Tel Aviv University station תחנת תל אביב האוניברסיטה | |
Type: | Israel Railways |
Address: | 95 Rokah Blvd., Tel Aviv, Israel |
Platform: | 2 |
Tracks: | 4 |
Parking: | 170 spaces |
Passengers: | 6,499,857[1] |
Pass Year: | 2019 |
Pass Rank: | 4 out of 68 |
Tel Aviv University railway station is an Israel Railways station in northern Tel Aviv, Israel. It is officially named Tel Aviv Universita – Merkaz HaYeridim in Hebrew (English: Tel Aviv University – Exhibition Center), due to its proximity to Tel Aviv University and Expo Tel Aviv (the Tel Aviv fairgrounds and convention center, commonly known as Ganei HaTaarucha).
The station has four platforms connected by pedestrian tunnels. It is the northernmost passenger rail station in Tel Aviv; non-stop trains from the station can reach southern Haifa's Hof HaCarmel railway station in about 40 minutes. Outside the station, there is a bus terminal serving the areas adjacent to the university.
In 2019, over six million passengers used the station, making it the fourth-busiest in the country.
The station is located between the lanes of the Ayalon Highway at the Rokah Boulevard interchange. The western entrance is connected to Tel Aviv University by a long stairway, while the eastern entrance allows foot access to the Israel Trade Fairs & Convention Center and to the Yarkon Park. There is a parking facility located near the eastern entrance, between the station and the Trade Fairs Center. The parking facility can be accessed by private transport from Rokah Boulevard or by taking the Exhibition Center exit from the northbound lane of the Ayalon Highway.
A Dan Bus Company terminal is adjacent to the western entrance of the station. It is the terminus of routes 7, 13, 40, 45, 49, 113 and 289, that connect the station to Tel Aviv University and continue further to different parts of Tel Aviv and Gush Dan. On the eastern entrance of the station there is a small bus terminal that contains only the terminus of Dan bus line 8 that operated on rush hours only.
On Rokah Boulevard, outside the eastern entrance, are stops of Dan routes 8, 22, 40, 89, 122, 189 and 266 as well as routes from Tel Aviv to Herzliya, Ra'anana and Kfar Saba: 47, 48, 247 of Metropoline Bus Company and 521 of the Egged Bus Cooperative.
Platform numbers increase in a West-to-East direction
Platform 1 | Returning< | ---Northbound trains are called רכבת חוזרת in Israel Railways Terminology---> toward Nahariya → Returning toward Nahariya → Returning toward Karmiel → Returning toward Binyamina → Netanya–Rehovot and Netanya–Beit Shemesh Returning toward Netanya during peak hours only → Returning toward Herzliya → Returning trains toward Binyamina during night hours only do not stop here → | |
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Island platform | |||
Platform 2 | ← Advancing< | ---Southbound trains are called רכבת פורשת in Israel Railways Terminology---> toward Modi'in Central ← Nahariya–Beersheba, Karmiel–Beersheba and Binyamina–Beersheba Advancing toward Be'er Sheva Central ← Advancing toward Rehovot during peak hours only ← Advancing toward Beit Shemesh during peak hours only ← Advancing toward Jerusalem–Yitzhak Navon ← Advancing trains toward Jerusalem–Yitzhak Navon during night hours only, except on Wed.-Thu. nights do not stop here ← Advancing trains toward Ben Gurion Airport during night hours on Wed.-Thu. nights only do not stop here | |
Platform 3 | Returning< | ---Northbound trains are called רכבת חוזרת in Israel Railways Terminology---> toward Herzliya → | |
Island platform | |||
Platform 4 | ← Advancing< |
Year | Passengers | Rank | Source | |
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2021 | 3,132,561 | 2021 Freedom of Information Law Annual Report | ||
2020 | 1,883,810 | 2020 Freedom of Information Law Annual Report | ||
2019 | 6,499,857 | 2019 Freedom of Information Law Annual Report |