Rishon LeZion Moshe Dayan Railway Station

Rishon LeZion Moshe Dayan
תחנת הרכבת ראשון לציון משה דיין
Location Moshe Dayan Interchange (Ayalon Highway), Rishon LeZion, Israel
Coordinates 31°59′16″N 34°45′27″E / 31.9879°N 34.7574°ECoordinates: 31°59′16″N 34°45′27″E / 31.9879°N 34.7574°E
Owned by Israel Railways
Platforms 2
Tracks 4
Construction
Platform levels 2
Parking 450 spaces
Disabled access Yes
History
Opened September 25, 2011

Hod HaSharon - Sderot suburban line

Legend
Hod HaSharon Sokolov
Kfar Saba Nordau
Rosh HaAyin North
to Rosh HaAyin South, Lod
Petah Tikva Sgula
Petah Tikva Kiryat Aryeh
Bnei Brak
to Haifa, Nahariya
Tel Aviv University
Tel Aviv Savidor Central
Tel Aviv HaShalom
Tel Aviv HaHagana
to Ben Gurion Airport, Lod
Holon Junction
Holon-Wolfson
Bat Yam-Yoseftal
Bat Yam-Komemiyut
Rishon LeZion Moshe Dayan
Yavne West
to Rehovot, Lod
Ashdod Ad Halom
Ashkelon
Sderot
Israel Rail Lines Map

The Rishon LeZion Moshe Dayan Railway Station is an Israel Railways station in Rishon LeZion. The station is located adjacent to the Moshe Dayan Interchange on the Ayalon Highway. As of September 2011 it serves as the terminus of a new suburban passenger line serving the cities of Holon, Bat Yam, and Rishon LeZion in southern Gush Dan. Current travel time from the station to Tel Aviv HaHagana Railway Station is about 18 minutes.

Future service

The railway line south of the station was extended to the new Yavne West Railway Station in 2012 and will eventually connect with the existing LodAshkelon railway in 2013, thereby offering improved and more direct train service from Tel Aviv to the cities of Yavne, Ashdod, and Ashkelon. When this occurs, Moshe Dayan will also serve as a stop on new inter-city services to those cities. From Ashkelon a new railway line is also being built to Beersheva and the station will evenutally serve trains headed there as well. A few hundred meters south of the station there is an unused railway tunnel passing under the Ayalon Highway which may some day serve a rail line connecting Moshe Dayan station with the Rishon LeZion HaRishonim Railway Station, from which there is existing service to Lod and a future rail line that is planned to reach Jerusalem and Modiin.

It is anticipated that an extension to the Red Line LRT which is currently under construction, will make Moshe Dayan Station the southern terminus of the Red Line LRT. The future planned Green and Brown LRT lines of the Tel Aviv Light Rail will also terminate at the station (though these are not planned for operation before 2020).

Services

Previous station Israel Railways Next station
Towards: Hod Hasharon Sokolov
Bat Yam-Komemiyut
  Hod HaSharon - Tel Aviv - Rishon LeZion - Ashkelon - Sderot
Suburban Service
  Towards: Sderot
Yavne West

References

    External links

    Media related to Moshe Dayan train station at Wikimedia Commons