Tel Aviv University railway station

Tel Aviv University railway station is an Israel Railways station in northern Tel Aviv, Israel. It is officially named Tel Aviv Universita – Merkaz HaYeridim in Hebrew (English: Tel Aviv University – Exhibition Center), due to its proximity to Tel Aviv University and Expo Tel Aviv (the Tel Aviv fairgrounds and convention center, commonly known as Ganei HaTaarucha).

Tel Aviv University station
תחנת תל אביב האוניברסיטה
Israel Railways
General information
Location95 Rokah Blvd., Tel Aviv, Israel
Coordinates32°06′13″N 34°48′16.5″E
Platforms2
Tracks4
Construction
Parking170 spaces
History
OpenedOctober 2000
Electrified6 September 2020
Passengers
20196,499,857[1]
Rank4 out of 68

The station has four platforms connected by pedestrian tunnels. It is the northernmost passenger rail station in Tel Aviv; non-stop trains from the station can reach southern Haifa's Hof HaCarmel railway station in about 40 minutes. Outside the station, there is a bus terminal serving the areas adjacent to the university.

In 2019, over six million passengers used the station, making it the fourth-busiest in the country.

Access

The station is located between the lanes of the Ayalon Highway at the Rokah Boulevard interchange. The western entrance is connected to Tel Aviv University by a long stairway, while the eastern entrance allows foot access to the Israel Trade Fairs & Convention Center and to the Yarkon Park. There is a parking facility located near the eastern entrance, between the station and the Trade Fairs Center. The parking facility can be accessed by private transport from Rokah Boulevard or by taking the Exhibition Center exit from the northbound lane of the Ayalon Highway.

A Dan Bus Company terminal is adjacent to the western entrance of the station. It is the terminus of routes 7, 13, 40, 45, 49, 113 and 289, that connect the station to Tel Aviv University and continue further to different parts of Tel Aviv and Gush Dan. On the eastern entrance of the station there is a small bus terminal that contains only the terminus of Dan bus line 8 that operated on rush hours only.
On Rokah Boulevard, outside the eastern entrance, are stops of Dan routes 8, 22, 40, 89, 122, 189 and 266 as well as routes from Tel Aviv to Herzliya, Ra'anana and Kfar Saba: 47, 48, 247 of Metropoline Bus Company and 521 of the Egged Bus Cooperative.

Train service

Preceding station Israel Railways Following station
Binyamina
towards Nahariya
Nahariya–Modi'in Tel Aviv Savidor Central
Herzliya
towards Nahariya
Nahariya–Beersheba Tel Aviv Savidor Central
Herzliya
towards Karmiel
Karmiel–Beersheba
Herzliya
towards Binyamina
Binyamina–Beersheba
Herzliya
towards Netanya
Netanya–Beit Shemesh Tel Aviv Savidor Central
towards Beit Shemesh
Bnei Brak–Ramat HaHayal
towards Herzliya
Herzliya–Ashkelon Tel Aviv Savidor Central
towards Ashkelon
Herzliya
Terminus
Herzliya–Jerusalem Tel Aviv Savidor Central

Ridership

Passengers boarding and disembarking by year
YearPassengersRankSource
2020 1,883,810 ( 4,616,047) 4 of 68 () 2020 Freedom of Information Law Annual Report
2019 6,499,857 4 of 68 2019 Freedom of Information Law Annual Report

References


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