| Ramla Railway Station תחנת הרכבת רמלה الرملة |
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| Address | Eli Cohen Street, Ramla |
| Lines | Tel Aviv - Jerusalem |
| Platforms | 1 existing, 1 under construction |
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| Opened | April 1891 |
| Closed | 1998 |
| Rebuilt | 2003 |
Ramla Railway Station is a railway station in Ramla, Israel, on the Tel Aviv – Jerusalem line. The station is located in the east of Ramla. The station is also on a section shared with the Be'er Sheva - Tel Aviv line, which branches out in a southerly direction about 3 km east of Ramla.
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Ramla Station was built as part of the Jaffa–Jerusalem railway, 22.5 km to the southeast of the Jaffa Railway Station; the first service to Jaffa began in April 1891. The original Jaffa Railway Station closed in 1948, when the final destination on the line was changed to Tel Aviv's Beit Hadar Station (also known as the Customs House Station); making it the oldest active railway station in Israel.[1]
During the unrest of the 1947–1948 Civil War in Mandatory Palestine the original station building was bombed by the Irgun on 27 May 1947.[2]
In the 1950's a small concrete halt was built. On August 14, 1998 the station was closed since the section of line between Jerusalem and the Beit Shemesh Railway Station ceased operating due to deteriorating track conditions.[3]
In 2001 it was decided to build a new station building west of the original station, closer to Ramla's city center and adjacent to the Ramla central bus station and civic center. The new station building was opened on April 12, 2003 and service to Jerusalem resumed on April 9, 2005, the line having been completely renovated after being out of service for six years.
When suburban service to the Rehovot Railway Station, on the Lod - Ashkelon line commenced in 1990, a halt named Ramla West constructed on the line just south of the level crossing with Road 44. However, due to its inconvenient location it was not popular and was closed after just few months.
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There is hourly train service in each direction to and from Tel Aviv and Jerusalem.
Trains to Be'er Sheva Center Railway Station pass through the station but do not stop at this time.
As part of the double-tracking and upgrading project of the Lod-Beersheba main line, the size of the current station will be doubled and additional service will be added after the project is completed in 2011.
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| Towards: Tel Aviv HaHagana Lod |
Tel Aviv - Jerusalem Inter-city Service |
Towards: Jerusalem Malha Beit Shemesh |
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