Mazkeret Batya railway station

Mazkeret Batya railway station is an Israel Railways passenger station situated on the railway to Beersheba.

Mazkeret Batya מזכרת בתיה
General information
Coordinates	31.840129°N 34.854614°E / 31.840129; 34.854614
Line(s)	Tel Aviv – Lod – Beersheba
Platforms	2
Tracks	2
Construction
Accessible	Yes
History
Opened	30 May 2019; 6 years ago (2019-05-30)
Passengers
2019	243,989[1]
Rank	64 out of 68
Location

v t e Nahariya–Beersheba line
Legend
Nahariya Akko to Karmiel Kiryat Motzkin Kiryat Haim to Beit She'an HaMifratz Central Haifa Center–HaShmona Haifa–Bat Galim Haifa–Hof HaCarmel to Rosh HaAyin via Ra'anana–West Herzliya to Rosh HaAyin via Bnei Brak Tel Aviv–University Tel Aviv–Savidor Center Tel Aviv–HaShalom Tel Aviv–HaHagana to Rishon LeZion & Ashkelon to Modi'in & Jerusalem Lod to Rehovot & Ashkelon Ramla to Beit Shemesh Mazkeret Batya Kiryat Mal'akhi–Yoav Kiryat Gat Lehavim–Rahat to Ashkelon Be'er Sheva–North to Dimona Be'er Sheva–Center
Israel Rail Lines Map

History

The station is located north of Route 411 and south of the Shlosha stream, near the planned industrial zone of Mazkeret Batya.

The tender for the station was published in March 2016. On 27 December 2016 the Minister of Transportation, Yisrael Katz laid the cornerstone for the station.^[2] According to the ministry of transportation the station was to be inaugurated during October 2018,^[3] but this was delayed to 2019. The cost of building the station was approximately 20 million NIS. It opened on 30 May 2019.

The station has 320 parking spaces, 9 handicapped spaces and 7 bus bays. It has two 300 meter long side platforms with an underground passage to reach them, serving a total of two tracks.^[4] Each of the side platforms can be converted to an island platform in the future, allowing the station to serve a total of four tracks.

Trains on the Tel Aviv – Lod – Be'er Sheva line stop at this station.^[5]

Preceding station	Israel Railways			Following station
Ramla towards Nahariya		Nahariya–Beersheba		Kiryat Mal'akhi–Yoav towards Be'er Sheva–Center

See also

• Transportation in Israel