The Kfar Chabad railway station is a railway station in the central Israeli village of Kfar Chabad. The station lies between Lod and Tel Aviv HaHagana. It is served by trains on the line between Binyamina and Ashkelon. The town of Kfar Chabad is a Chasidic town affiliated with the Chabad movement. The station was constructed in 1952 in place of the old Palestine Railways halt which used to serve the village of Al-Safiriyya. In 1999, as part of double-tracking the Tel-Aviv—Lod railway, Kfar Habad station had been rebuilt. The station is operated by the country's national rail operator, Israel Railways.
Kfar Chabad כְּפַר חַבָּ"ד | |
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Israel Railways | |
General information | |
Location | Adjoining HaRakevet Quarter, Kfar Habad |
Coordinates | 31°59′35″N 34°51′11″E / 31.99306°N 34.85306°E |
Construction | |
Parking | 40 spaces |
Bicycle facilities | 5 spaces |
History | |
Opened | April 1891 1952 (station) | (halt)
Closed | 1948 (halt) |
Rebuilt | 1999 |
Electrified | 17 September 2022 |
Previous names | 1891–1948: es-Safiriyya |
Passengers | |
2019 | 416,411[1] |
Rank | 55 out of 68 |
References
edit- ^ "2019 Freedom of Information Law Annual Report" (PDF). Israel Railways.
Preceding station | Israel Railways | Following station | ||
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Tel Aviv HaHagana towards Binyamina
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Binyamina–Beersheba | Lod Ganei Aviv towards Be'er Sheva Center
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Tel Aviv HaHagana towards Netanya
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Netanya–Rehovot | Lod towards Rehovot
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