Tel Aviv Savidor Central railway station
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The Tel Aviv Savidor Central railway station (Hebrew: תֵּל אָבִיב סָבִידוֹר מֶרְכָּז, Tel Aviv Savidor Merkaz, Arabic: تل أبيب مركز سافيدور) is a major railway station on the Ayalon Railway in central Tel Aviv, Israel, serving most lines of Israel Railways.
Tel Aviv Savidor Central תחנת תל אביב סבידור מרכז تل أبيب مركز سافيدور | |
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Israel Railways | |
General information | |
Location | 10 Al Parashat Drakhim St., Tel Aviv |
Coordinates | 32°05′02″N 34°47′54″E |
Line(s) | Ayalon Railway |
Platforms | 3 |
Tracks | 6 |
Construction | |
Parking | 3000 payable spaces |
Bicycle facilities | 50 spaces |
Accessible | Yes |
History | |
Opened | 3 November 1953; 70 years ago (1953-11-03) |
Rebuilt | 1988 |
Electrified | 5 April 2020; 4 years ago (2020-04-05) |
Passengers | |
2019 | 13,426,398[1] |
Rank | 2 out of 68 |
It is located in the median of the Ayalon Highway at the Arlozorov interchange, with bridges over the highway linking passengers to a large bus terminal to the west and light rail station to the south, and to the Ramat Gan Diamond Exchange District to the east. In 2019, over 13 million passengers used the station, making it the busiest in the country after HaShalom station, one stop to the south.
The station was opened to the public in November 1954 under the name Tel Aviv Central, and throughout its history was also widely known as Arlozorov station. It was eventually named after Menachem Savidor, Israel Railways' chairman between 1954–1964 and later the Speaker of the Knesset.
It has three island platforms serving a total of six tracks, the most recent of which were built in 2005. An additional island platform and two more tracks are expected to be added to the station in the late-2020s as part of the project to expand the capacity of the Ayalon Railway. Electrification works in the station were completed in 2020.
In 2018, a northern access terminal fronting Modai'i bridge opened, adding a third passenger entry and exit point out of the station and facilitating additional access to the Diamond Exchange District.
The Arolozorov underground light rail station opened on 18 August 2023. It is located about 125 m south of the main entrance to Savidor Central railway station and provides access to the Red Line light rail line. However, this location is inconvenient, as it is separated from the station's entrance by a large parking lot and bus terminal; the Abba Hillel light rail station, 250 m to the east of the Diamond Exchange district exit, can be reached easier by foot.