Netivot railway station
Railway station in Israel
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The Netivot railway station is a railway station situated in the western outskirts of Netivot, Israel. It is located on the Ashkelon–Beersheba railway between Sderot and Ofakim. A bus terminal is located adjacent to the station.
| General information | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Location | Eli Sinai St., Netivot | ||||
| Coordinates | 31.4110°N 34.5719°E | ||||
| Platforms | 2 | ||||
| Tracks | 4 | ||||
| Construction | |||||
| Parking | 264 spaces | ||||
| Accessible | yes | ||||
| History | |||||
| Opened | February 15, 2015 | ||||
| Passengers | |||||
| 2019 | 970,450[1] | ||||
| Rank | 38 out of 68 | ||||
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On the 12th of April 2011, the cornerstone of the station was laid in the presence of the Prime Minister, Binyamin Netanyahu and the Minister of Transportation, Yisrael Katz.[2] Due to the 2014 Israel–Gaza conflict the original 2014 opening date was postponed to the 15th of February 2015.[3]
