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unusual facts about Israel Railways



Lehavim-Rahat Railway Station

Lehavim Rahat Railway Station is a station on the Israel Railways lines between Tel Aviv (and points north) and Beersheba, located near Lehavim Junction.

Lev HaMifratz Railway Station

During the 2006 Lebanon War train service to the station was suspended after a Hezbollah Katyusha rocket hit a train depot in Haifa on July 16, 2006, killing 8 Israel Railways workers.

Tel Aviv Savidor Central Railway Station

Until 1980 the head office of Israel Railways was located at the Haifa Central Station.


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Binyamina Railway Station

Train service to both Atlit Railway Station and Hof HaCarmel Railway Station was reinstated several days later, after Israel Railways gave in to heavy public pressure, annulling its new and unfortunate status.

During the 2006 Israel-Lebanon conflict the station briefly acted as Israel's northernmost station after Israel Railways announced the suspension of all train service north of Binyamina as a result of a Hezbollah Katyusha rocket hitting a train depot in Haifa on July 16, 2006, killing 8 Israel Railways workers.

Hutzot HaMifratz Railway Station

Hutzot HaMifratz Railway Station is a station on both the main North-South coastal line of Israel Railways (Nahariya – Haifa – Tel AvivBen-Gurion AirportBe'er Sheva Inter-City Service) and the suburban line serving Haifa's northern suburbs – The Qrayot (Haifa - Qiryat Motzkin Suburban Service), although only a third of all the Inter-City trains actually stop at the station.

During the 2006 Israel-Lebanon conflict train service to the station was suspended after a Hezbollah Katyusha rocket hit a train depot in Haifa on July 16, 2006, killing 8 Israel Railways workers.

Kiryat Haim Railway Station

Kiryat Haim Railway Station is a station on both the main North-South coastal line of Israel Railways (Nahariya – Haifa – Tel AvivBen Gurion AirportBe'er Sheva Inter-City Service) and the suburban line serving Haifa's northern suburbs – The Kerayot (Haifa - Kiryat Motzkin Suburban Service).

Kiryat Motzkin Railway Station

During the 2006 Israel-Lebanon conflict train service to the station was suspended after a Hezbollah Katyusha rocket hit a train depot in Haifa on July 16, 2006, killing eight Israel Railways workers.

Lev HaMifratz Railway Station

Lev HaMifratz Railway Station is a station on both the main North-South coastal line of Israel Railways NahariyaHaifaTel-AvivModi'in/Be'er Sheva Inter-City Service) and the suburban line serving Haifa's northern suburbs – The Krayot (Haifa - Kiryat Motzkin Suburban Service).

Tel Aviv Savidor Central Railway Station

It is named after Menachem Savidor, Israel Railways' chairman between 1954–1964 and later the speaker of the Knesset.