Kfar Saba–Nordau railway station

Kfar Saba–Nordau railway station (also known as Kostyuk) is a passenger railway station located at the city boundary of Hod HaSharon, Israel and Kfar Saba, Israel. The station was opened on 13 April 2003 as the beginning of the new Sharon Railway. Eleven days later, on 24 April 2003, a suicide bomber approached the new train station and activated the bomb he was carrying, murdering Alexander Kostyuk, the security guard who had prompted him for identification, and wounding 13 others. The station was later named after Kostyuk who prevented the bomber from entering the station.^[2]

Kfar Saba–Nordau railway station תחנת הרכבת כפר סבא—נורדאו
Israel Railways
The main entrance in 2010
General information
Location	Kfar Saba, Israel
Coordinates	32.167566°N 34.916525°E / 32.167566; 34.916525
Line(s)	Sharon Railway
Platforms	2
Tracks	2
Construction
Accessible	Yes
History
Opened	13 April 2003; 21 years ago (2003-04-13)
Electrified	25 December 2021; 2 years ago (2021-12-25)
Previous names	2003–2006: Hod haSharon–Kfar Saba
Passengers
2019	1,373,963[1]
Rank	32 out of 68

A train parking at the railway station in 2009

The station platforms are located in the median of Route 531 which separates Kfar Saba from Hod HaSharon; the only access to the platforms is via the station building on HaTsabarim St at Kfar Saba's side of the highway. Accordingly, the station is named "Kfar Saba", even though HaTsabarim St, including the station itself, is within the municipal boundaries of Hod HaSharon. Between September 2006 and March 2010, the station was named Hod Hasharon station.

v t e Herzliya– Ashkelon line
Legend
Herzliya Future link to Binyamina Ra'anana West Ra'anana South 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 Hof HaCarmel & 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 to Be'er Sheva
Israel Rail Lines Map

Train service

Preceding station	Israel Railways			Following station
Hod Hasharon Sokolov towards Herzliya		Herzliya–Ashkelon		Rosh HaAyin North towards Ashkelon

Ridership

Passengers boarding and disembarking by year

Year	Passengers	Rank	Source
2021	398,644 ( 112,539)	42 of 66 ( 1)	2021 Freedom of Information Law Annual Report
2020	286,105 ( -1,087,858)	43 of 68 ( 11)	2020 Freedom of Information Law Annual Report
2019	1,373,963	32 of 68	2019 Freedom of Information Law Annual Report

References

1. "2019 Freedom of Information Law Annual Report" (PDF). Israel Railways.
2. "Alexander Kostyuk". Israel Ministry of Foreign Affairs. 24 April 2003. Retrieved 4 August 2009.

External links

• Israel railways web site
• On the Platform – information website