Tel Aviv HaShalom railway station

32°04′24″N 34°47′35.5″E / 32.07333°N 34.793194°E / 32.07333; 34.793194Line(s)Ayalon RailwayPlatforms2Tracks3ConstructionParkingNo ParkingBicycle facilities50 spacesAccessibleYesHistoryOpened5 May 1996; 28 years ago (1996-05-05)ElectrifiedYesPassengers201915,352,944^[1]Rank1 out of 68

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Tel Aviv HaShalom railway station (Hebrew: תַּחֲנַת תֵּל אָבִיב הַשָּלוֹם) is a major railway station on the Ayalon Railway in central Tel Aviv, Israel, serving most lines of Israel Railways. It is located in the median of the Ayalon Highway at the HaShalom interchange, near the city's main commercial area and HaKirya IDF base. In 2019, over 15 million passengers used the station, making it the busiest in the country.

The station was built by the Polish company Mostostal Warszawa^[2] and opened in 1996 with two tracks served by two side platforms. One of the platforms was turned into an island platform when a third track was added in 2006. The station building is located above the platforms, with entrances on the north side of HaShalom Road and via a bridge connected to the Azrieli Center mall.

Exit-only stairways were opened in 2008 to provide direct access to bus stops on the southern side of HaShalom Road. In February 2021 Israel Railways completed the construction of a second passenger terminal building located on the southern side of HaShalom road, opposite from the existing passenger building.

Electronic boards display the timetable in the station building, on the platforms, and in the shopping mall.

Electrification works in the station were completed in 2020. An additional side platform and fourth track are expected to be added to the station in the mid-2020s as part of the project to add a fourth track to the Ayalon Railway.

Access

The station is located near several major crossroads in central Tel Aviv. HaShalom Road continues east toward Givatayim and Ramat Gan while Kaplan Street proceeds west into Tel Aviv. Dozens of bus lines pass along the parallel Begin Road on their way to and from the central bus station.

The buses serving the station area are operated primarily by Egged and Dan, as well as Kavim, Superbus, Afikim and Nateev Express.

Gallery

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  The new southern entrance under construction
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  The station platform
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  View from the Ayalon Highway

Train service

Preceding station	Israel Railways			Following station
Tel Aviv Savidor Central towards Nahariya		Nahariya–Modi'in		Tel Aviv HaHagana towards Modi'in Central
		Nahariya–Beersheba		Tel Aviv HaHagana towards Be'er Sheva Center
Tel Aviv Savidor Central towards Karmiel		Karmiel–Beersheba
Tel Aviv Savidor Central towards Binyamina		Binyamina–Beersheba
Tel Aviv Savidor Central towards Netanya		Netanya–Beit Shemesh		Tel Aviv HaHagana towards Beit Shemesh
		Netanya–Rehovot		Tel Aviv HaHagana towards Rehovot
Tel Aviv Savidor Central towards Herzliya		Herzliya–Ashkelon		Tel Aviv HaHagana towards Ashkelon
		Herzliya–Jerusalem		Tel Aviv HaHagana towards Jerusalem–Yitzhak Navon

Station layout

Platform numbers increase in a West-to-East direction

Side platform
Platform 1	→           Nahariya–Modi'in and Nahariya–Beersheba Returning toward Nahariya (Tel Aviv Savidor Central) → →      Nahariya–Beersheba Returning toward Tel Aviv Savidor Central (terminus) for selected trains during off-peak hours → →      Karmiel–Beersheba Returning toward Karmiel (Tel Aviv Savidor Central) → →      Binyamina–Beersheba Returning toward Binyamina (Tel Aviv Savidor Central) → →      Netanya–Rehovot Returning toward Netanya (Tel Aviv Savidor Central) during peak hours only → →      Netanya–Beit Shemesh Returning toward Netanya (Tel Aviv Savidor Central) during peak hours → →      Netanya–Beit Shemesh Returning toward Tel Aviv Savidor Central (terminus) during off-peak hours → →      Herzliya–Jerusalem Returning toward Herzliya (Tel Aviv Savidor Central) → →      Binyamina–Jerusalem Returning trains toward Binyamina during night hours only do not stop here →
Platform 2	←      Nahariya–Modi'in Advancing toward Modi'in Central (Tel Aviv HaHagana) ←                Nahariya–Beersheba, Karmiel–Beersheba and Binyamina–Beersheba Advancing toward Be'er Sheva Central (Tel Aviv HaHagana) ←      Netanya–Rehovot Advancing toward Rehovot (Tel Aviv HaHagana) during peak hours only ←      Netanya–Beit Shemesh Advancing toward Beit Shemesh (Tel Aviv HaHagana) ←      Herzliya–Jerusalem Advancing toward Jerusalem–Yitzhak Navon (Tel Aviv HaHagana) ←      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
Island platform
Platform 3	→      Herzliya–Ashkelon Returning toward Herzliya (Tel Aviv Savidor Central) → ←      Herzliya–Ashkelon Advancing toward Ashkelon (Tel Aviv HaHagana)

Ridership

Passengers boarding and disembarking by year

Year	Passengers	Rank	Source
2021	8,425,111 ( 2,790,019)	1 of 66 ()	2021 Freedom of Information Law Annual Report
2020	5,635,092 ( 9,717,852)	1 of 68 ()	2020 Freedom of Information Law Annual Report
2019	15,352,944	1 of 68	2019 Freedom of Information Law Annual Report

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