Hutzot HaMifratz railway station ( he, תחנת הרכבת חוצות המפרץ, ''Taḥanat HaRakevet Ḥutzot HaMifratz'') is an

Israel Railways Israel Railways Ltd. , dba Israel Railways ( he, רַכֶּבֶת יִשְׂרָאֵל, ''Rakevet Yisra'el''), is the state-owned principal railway company responsible for all inter-city, commuter, and freight rail transport in Israel. Isr ...

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serving Hutzot HaMifratz Mall ( he, קניון חוצות המפרץ),

Israel Israel (; he, יִשְׂרָאֵל, ; ar, إِسْرَائِيل, ), officially the State of Israel ( he, מְדִינַת יִשְׂרָאֵל, label=none, translit=Medīnat Yīsrāʾēl; ), is a country in Western Asia. It is situated ...

's largest open-air mall, and the surrounding

Haifa Bay The Bay of Haifa or Haifa Bay ( he, מפרץ חיפה, ''Mifratz Heifa''), formerly Bay of Acre, is a bay along the Mediterranean coast of Northern Israel. Haifa Bay is Israel's only natural harbor on the Mediterranean. ''Haifa Bay'' also ref ...

industrial zone in the north of

Haifa Haifa ( he, חֵיפָה ' ; ar, حَيْفَا ') is the third-largest city in Israel—after Jerusalem and Tel Aviv—with a population of in . The city of Haifa forms part of the Haifa metropolitan area, the third-most populous metropol ...

Location

The station is situated on the north–south coastal line and is located in the central part of the Haifa-Bay industrial zone. The station is one of two railway stations serving the Haifa Bay district (the other being

HaMifrats Central railway station HaMifratz Central railway station ( he, תחנת הרכבת מרכזית המפרץ, ''Taḥanat HaRakevet Merkazit HaMifratz'') is an Israel Railways, Israeli railway passenger station in Haifa, Israel co-located with the Haifa Bay central bus sta ...

), although it is much smaller in terms of passenger numbers and trains serving it. The station is one of six railway stations within Haifa's municipal borders.

History

The station was constructed during the summer of 2001 and officially opened on October 16, 2001. This is the second public railway station whose construction was entirely funded by a private enterprise (the first being HaMifrats Central station). The station replaced the temporary Kishon station that existed for several years some 700 meters to the north. The station consists of two

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s with two parallel

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running between them, a

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connecting the two platforms and a station hall on the eastern side. During the

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train service to the station was suspended after a

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Katyusha rocket hit a train depot in Haifa on July 16, 2006, killing 8 Israel Railways workers. It was restored 29 days later, on August 14, two days after the

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went into effect.

Train service

Hutzot HaMifratz is a station on both the main north–south coastal line of Israel Railways (

Nahariya Nahariya ( he, נַהֲרִיָּה, ar, نهاريا) is the northernmost coastal city in Israel. In it had a population of . Etymology Nahariya takes its name from the stream of Ga'aton (river is ''nahar'' in Hebrew), which bisects it. Hist ...

–Haifa–

Tel Aviv Tel Aviv-Yafo ( he, תֵּל־אָבִיב-יָפוֹ, translit=Tēl-ʾĀvīv-Yāfō ; ar, تَلّ أَبِيب – يَافَا, translit=Tall ʾAbīb-Yāfā, links=no), often referred to as just Tel Aviv, is the most populous city in the G ...

–

Ben-Gurion Airport Ben Gurion International Airport, ; ar, مطار بن غوريون الدولي , commonly known by the Hebrew-language acronym (), is the main international airport of Israel. Situated on the northern outskirts of the city of Lod, it is th ...

–

Be'er Sheva Beersheba or Beer Sheva, officially Be'er-Sheva ( he, בְּאֵר שֶׁבַע, ''Bəʾēr Ševaʿ'', ; ar, بئر السبع, Biʾr as-Sabʿ, Well of the Oath or Well of the Seven), is the largest city in the Negev desert of southern Israel. ...

Inter-City Service) and the suburban line serving Haifa's northern suburbs – The Qrayot (Haifa–

Qiryat Motzkin Kiryat Motzkin ( he, קִרְיַת מוֹצְקִין) is a city in the Haifa District of Israel, north of the city of Haifa. In it had a population of . The city is named after Leo Motzkin (1867-1933), one of the organizers of the First Zionis ...

Suburban Service), although only a third of all the Inter-City trains actually stop at the station. The station is situated between Qiryat Chaim railway station to the north and HaMifrats Central railway station to the south.

Station layout

Platform numbers increase in an East-to-West direction

Ridership

Public transport connections

Hutzot HaMifratz station is located about 400 meters to the north-west of the main highway ( Highway 4) and thus is within walking distance from a large number of

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lines and Sherut Taxis (Share Taxi).

References

External links

Israel Railways website
{{DEFAULTSORT:Hutzot Hamifratz Railway Station Railway stations in Haifa 2001 establishments in Israel Railway stations opened in 2001