Ramla Railway Station

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Ramla Railway Station
תחנת הרכבת רמלה
الرملة
File:21-6-12 Ramla Train Station.jpg
Location Eli Cohen Street, Ramla
Coordinates Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
Owned by Israel Railways
Line(s) Tel Aviv - Jerusalem
Platforms 2
Tracks 2
Construction
Disabled access Yes
History
Opened April 1891
Closed 1998
Rebuilt 2003, 2012

Ramla Railway Station is a railway station in Ramla, Israel, on the Tel AvivJerusalem 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.

History

Original Ramla station building, circa 1930

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 line's western terminus was changed to Tel Aviv's Beit Hadar Station (also known as the Customs House Station), thus making Ramla 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 1950s 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 relocate the station to the west, closer to Ramla's city center and adjacent to the Ramla central bus station and civic center. The new Ramla station 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.

As part of the double-tracking and upgrading project of the Lod-Beersheba main line, the size of the station was doubled in 2012. Also as part of the project, the railway's route in the area was improved and actually no longer passes next to the original 1891–1998 station location.

Ramla West Railway Station

When suburban service to the Rehovot Railway Station, on the LodAshkelon 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.

Services

Tel Aviv - Jerusalem inter-city line
Tel Aviv Central
Tel Aviv HaShalom
Tel Aviv HaHagana
to Rishon LeZion Moshe Dayan
Ayalon Highway (20)
to Tel Aviv South, Jaffa
to Ben Gurion Airport
Highway 1
to Rosh HaA'yin
Lod
to Ashkelon
Ramla
Highway 431
to Be'er Sheva Central
Trans-Israel Highway (6)
Beit Shemesh
Jerusalem Biblical Zoo
Jerusalem Malha
Jerusalem (Khan)
Israel Rail Lines Map

There is hourly train service in each direction to and from Tel Aviv and Jerusalem.

Trains to Be'er Sheva Center Railway Station stop at the station also at this time.

References

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  3. Pasim.org - Jerusalem Line(s) Back on Track at the Wayback Machine

External links

Preceding station   Israel Railways   Following station
Towards: Nahariya
Lod
  NahariyaTel AvivBeersheba
Inter-City Service
  Towards: Beersheba Central
Kiryat Gat
Towards: Haifa Center HaShmona
Lod
  Haifa - Tel Aviv - Jerusalem
Inter-city Service
  Towards: Jerusalem Malha
Beit Shemesh