Beit Yehoshua railway station

Bet Yehoshua railway station
תחנת הרכבת בית יהושע
Bet Yehoshua railway station; תחנת הרכבת בית יהושע
Israel Railways
General information
Coordinates	32°15′46.20″N 34°51′36.95″E
Platforms	2
Tracks	3
Construction
Accessible	Yes
History
Opened	May 1953
Electrified	September 2022
Passengers
2019	2,056,937[1]
Rank	24 out of 68

Bet Yehoshua railway station (Hebrew: תחנת הרכבת בית יהושע, Taḥanat HaRakevet Beit Yehoshua) is an Israel Railways passenger station located in Beit Yehoshua and serves the village and the southern part of the city of Netanya, with its large industrial zones, as well as other small communities in the area.

Train service

The station mostly serves suburban trains on the Binyamina–Tel Aviv–Beersheba, Netanya–Tel Aviv–Rehovot and Netanya–Tel Aviv–Beit Shemesh suburban lines with a total of four stops at the station in each direction per hour at peak times and two stops at off-peak times.

Platform 1 is used for southbound suburban or intercity trains, while platform 2 is used for northbound suburban or intercity trains. The station is situated between Netanya Sapir railway station to the north and Herzliya railway station to the south.

A small spur rail exists north of platform 2, housing a rail maintenance vehicle.

Preceding station		Following station
Netanya Sapir towards Binyamina	Binyamina–Beersheba	Herzliya towards Be'er Sheva Center
Netanya Terminus	Netanya–Rehovot	Herzliya towards Rehovot
Netanya Terminus	Netanya–Beit Shemesh	Herzliya towards Beit Shemesh

Station layout

Platform numbers increase in an East-to-West direction

Side platform
Platform 1	→ Nahariya–Modi'in Advancing trains toward Modi'in Central do not stop here → → Nahariya–Beersheba and Karmiel–Beersheba Advancing trains toward Be'er Sheva Central do not stop here → → Binyamina–Beersheba Advancing toward Be'er Sheva Central (Herzliya) → → Netanya–Rehovot Advancing toward Rehovot (Herzliya) during peak hours only → → Netanya–Beit Shemesh Advancing toward Beit Shemesh (Herzliya) during peak hours only → → Binyamina–Jerusalem Advancing trains toward Jerusalem–Yitzhak Navon during night hours only, except on Wed.-Thu. nights do not stop here → → Binyamina–Jerusalem Advancing trains toward Ben Gurion Airport during night hours on Wed.-Thu. nights only do not stop here →
Platform 2	← Nahariya–Modi'in and Nahariya–Beersheba Returning trains toward Nahariya do not stop here ← Karmiel–Beersheba Returning trains toward Karmiel do not stop here ← Binyamina–Beersheba Returning toward Binyamina (Netanya Sapir) ← Netanya–Rehovot and Netanya–Beit Shemesh Returning toward Netanya (terminus) during peak hours only ← Binyamina–Jerusalem Returning trains toward Binyamina during night hours only do not stop here
Side platform

Ridership

Passengers boarding and disembarking by year
Year	Passengers	Rank	Source
2021	1,052,922 ( 377,532)	24 of 68 ( 1)	2021 Freedom of Information Law Annual Report
2020	675,390 ( 1,381,547)	25 of 68 ( 1)	2020 Freedom of Information Law Annual Report
2019	2,056,937	24 of 68	2019 Freedom of Information Law Annual Report

References

"2019 Freedom of Information Law Annual Report" (PDF). Israel Railways.

External links

Israel Railways website

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[1] "2019 Freedom of Information Law Annual Report" (PDF). Israel Railways.