Be'er Sheva Center railway station

Be'er Sheva Center railway station is an Israel Railways terminal in Beersheba. It is located on Yitzhak Ben Zvi street next to the city's central bus station and HaNegev Mall. It is one of two railway stations serving the city, the other being Be'er Sheva North, located near the Ben-Gurion University of the Negev.

Be'er Sheva Center (Merkaz) תחנת באר שבע מרכז
Israel Railways
Be'er Sheva Merkaz station entrance
General information
Location	8 Yitzhak Ben Zvi Street, Beersheba.
Line(s)	Nahariya-Haifa-Tel Aviv-Lod-Beersheba Rosh HaAyin-Tel Aviv-Rishon LeZion-Ashkelon-Beersheba
Platforms	5
Tracks	4
Construction
Parking	300
Accessible	Yes
History
Opened	September 20, 2000 (2000-09-20)
Passengers
2019	3,562,792
Rank	10 out of 68

Design

The station building is located in the north end of the platforms. As of 2021, the station consists of three platforms (two side platforms and an island platform) serving a total of four tracks. Construction works are expected to be completed in 2022 that will convert the eastern side platform to an island platform which will serve a fifth track at the station. The works will also add an additional public entrance to the station from the southeast.

Space also exists to add an additional passenger platform on the western side of the station in the future.

Services

As of the Fall 2015 schedule there are three trains in each direction per hour between Be'er Sheva Center and central Israel during most hours of the day. Two of these trains use the Railway to Beersheba with a travel time of between 1hr 5mins and 1hr 15mins (depending on the stops along the route) to Tel Aviv HaHagana Railway Station, with some continuing as far north as Nahariya. The other train serving the station uses the Ashkelon–Beersheba railway and the Coastal railway with a travel time between 1hr 30mins and 1hr 45mins to Tel Aviv HaHagana via Ashkelon and Rishon LeZion. These trains then terminate in Hod HaSharon.

Station lines

Nahariya–Beersheba line Nahariya Akko to Karmiel Kiryat Motzkin Kiryat Haim to Beit She'an HaMifratz Central Haifa Central HaShmona Haifa Bat Galim Haifa Hof HaCarmel to Rosh HaAyin North via Ra'anana West Herzliya to Rosh HaAyin North via Bnei Brak Tel Aviv University Tel Aviv Savidor Central Tel Aviv HaShalom Tel Aviv HaHagana to Rishon LeZion Moshe Dayan and Ashkelon to Modi'in and Jerusalem Lod to Rehovot and 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 Central Israel Rail Lines Map

Herzliya– Ashkelon line 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

See also

• Beersheba Turkish Railway Station

References

Preceding station	Israel Railways			Following station
Be'er Sheva North towards Nahariya		Nahariya–Beersheba		Terminus
Be'er Sheva North towards Karmiel		Karmiel–Beersheba
Be'er Sheva North towards Binyamina		Binyamina–Beersheba
Be'er Sheva North towards Ashkelon		Ashkelon–Beersheba