Netanya–Sapir railway station
Railway station in Israel
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Netanya–Sapir railway station (Hebrew: תחנת הרכבת נתניה – ספיר, Taḥanat HaRakevet Netanya Sapir) is an Israel Railways station located in Kiryat Sapir (also known as Sapir/Poleg industrial zone) in southern Netanya, on the North-South coastal line.
Netanya–Sapir נתניה – ספיר  | |||||
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| General information | |||||
| Location | Yad Harutzim 13, Netanya | ||||
| Coordinates | 32°16′49″N 34°51′54″E | ||||
| Platforms | 2 | ||||
| Tracks | 2 | ||||
| Construction | |||||
| Parking | 283 spaces | ||||
Cycle facilities | 34 spaces | ||||
| Accessible | yes | ||||
| History | |||||
| Opened | 5 November 2016 | ||||
| Electrified | 17 September 2022 | ||||
| Passengers | |||||
| 2019 | 1,155,205[1] | ||||
| Rank | 36 out of 68 | ||||
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History
The plan to build the station was initiated in March 2001. The initial plan was for the station to be built by a private developer who would build a commercial center nearby.[2] In September 2002, the doubling of the coastal railway from two to four tracks on the Haifa-Tel Aviv section was also approved. This is with the aim of allowing suburban and intercity trains to travel on the four tracks simultaneously.[3]
The station plan was approved by the District Planning and Building Committee in June 2012. In March 2014, the tender for the construction of the station was published,[4] and the station opened on November 5, 2016.[5] The cost of building the station was approximately 70 million NIS.
In 2021, work began at the station to install an overhead electrical supply system by the Spanish company SEMI, and on September 3, 2022, the first electric train ran at the station. The system provides an alternating voltage of 25,000 volts at a frequency of 50 Hz and allows mobile railway equipment with a pantograph to operate at the station. Israel Railways currently has Bombardier Trax locomotives hauling double-deck cars from the same manufacturer and Desiro HC electric railcars manufactured by Siemens.
| Preceding station |  Israel Railways |
Following station | ||
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| Netanya towards Binyamina |
Binyamina–Beersheba | Beit Yehoshua towards Be'er Sheva–Center | ||
Station layout
Platform numbers increase in an East-to-West direction
| Side platform | |
| Platform 1 | Nahariya–Modi'in trains toward Modi'in–Center do not stop here → Nahariya–Beersheba and Karmiel–Beersheba trains toward Be'er Sheva–Center do not stop here → Binyamina–Beersheba trains toward Be'er Sheva–Center (Beit Yehoshua) → Netanya–Rehovot trains toward Rehovot (peak hours only) do not stop here → Netanya–Beit Shemesh trains toward Beit Shemesh (peak hours only) do not stop here → Night Train toward Ben Gurion Airport does not stop here → |
| Platform 2 | ← Nahariya–Modi'in and Nahariya–Beersheba trains toward Nahariya do not stop here ← Karmiel–Beersheba trains toward Karmiel do not stop here ← Binyamina–Beersheba trains toward Binyamina (Netanya) ← Netanya–Rehovot and Netanya–Beit Shemesh trains toward Netanya (peak hours only) do not stop here ← Night Train toward Nahariya does not stop here |
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Ridership
| Year | Passengers | Rank | Source |
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| 2021 | 630,966 ( 223,382) |
32 of 66 ( 2) |
2021 Freedom of Information Law Annual Report |
| 2020 | 407,584 ( 747,621) |
34 of 68 ( 2) |
2020 Freedom of Information Law Annual Report |
| 2019 | 1,155,205 | 36 of 68 | 2019 Freedom of Information Law Annual Report |
