Tel Aviv–University railway station


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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).

Tel Aviv–University

תל אביב – האוניברסיטה

Israel Railways
General information
Location95 Rokah Blvd., Tel Aviv, Israel
Coordinates32°06′13″N 34°48′16.5″E / 32.10361°N 34.804583°E
Platforms2
Tracks4
Construction
Parking170 spaces
History
Opened26 October 2000; 23 years ago
Electrified6 September 2020; 4 years ago
Passengers
20196,499,857[1]
Rank4 out of 68

Railways in the Tel Aviv area

Inter-city lines to Nahariya and Karmiel via Haifa

Binyamina

Caesarea–Pardes Hanna

Hadera–West

Netanya

Netanya–Sapir

Beit Yehoshua

Herzliya

Ra'anana–West

Ra'anana–South

Hod HaSharon–Sokolov

Kfar Saba–Nordau

Rosh HaAyin–North

Petah Tikva–Segula

Petah Tikva–Kiryat Aryeh

Bnei Brak–Ramat HaHayal

Tel Aviv–University

Tel Aviv–Savidor Central

Tel Aviv–HaShalom

Tel Aviv–HaHagana

Holon Junction

Kfar Chabad

Ben Gurion Airport
Holon–Wolfson

Lod–Ganei Aviv

Inter-city and suburban lines

Bat Yam–Yoseftal

Pa'atei Modi'in

Modi'in Center
Lod

Bat Yam–Komemiyut

Be'er Ya'akov

Rishon LeZion–Moshe Dayan

Ramla
Rehovot

Inter-city line
to Beit Shemesh
Yavne–West

Yavne–East

Mazkeret Batya
Ashdod–Ad Halom

Kiryat Mal'akhi–Yoav
Ashkelon

Kiryat Gat

Inter-city and suburban lines to Beersheba

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.

Preceding station   Israel Railways Following station
Binyamina

towards Nahariya

Nahariya–Modi'in Tel Aviv–Savidor Center
Herzliya

towards Nahariya

Nahariya–Beersheba Tel Aviv–Savidor Center
Herzliya

towards Karmiel

Karmiel–Beersheba
Herzliya

towards Binyamina

Binyamina–Beersheba
Herzliya

towards Netanya

Netanya–Rehovot Tel Aviv–Savidor Center

towards Rehovot

Netanya–Beit Shemesh Tel Aviv–Savidor Center

towards Beit Shemesh

Herzliya

Terminus

Herzliya–Jerusalem Tel Aviv–Savidor Center
Bnei Brak–Ramat HaHayal

towards Herzliya

Herzliya–Ashkelon Tel Aviv–Savidor Center

towards Ashkelon

Platform numbers increase in a West-to-East direction

Platform 1      Nahariya–Modi'in trains toward Nahariya (Binyamina)
     Nahariya–Beersheba trains toward Nahariya (Herzliya during peak hours; Haifa–Hof HaCarmel during off-peak hours)
     Karmiel–Beersheba trains toward Karmiel (Herzliya)
     Binyamina–Beersheba trains toward Binyamina (Herzliya)
          Netanya–Rehovot and Netanya–Beit Shemesh trains toward Netanya (Herzliya) (peak hours only) →
     Herzliya–Jerusalem trains toward Herzliya (Terminus)
     Night Train toward Herzliya or Nahariya does not stop here →
Island platform
Platform 2      Nahariya–Modi'in trains toward Modi'in–Center (Tel Aviv–Savidor Center)
               Nahariya–Beersheba, Karmiel–Beersheba and Binyamina–Beersheba trains toward Be'er Sheva–Center (Tel Aviv–Savidor Center)
     Netanya–Rehovot trains toward Rehovot (Tel Aviv–Savidor Center) (peak hours only)
     Netanya–Beit Shemesh trains toward Beit Shemesh (Tel Aviv–Savidor Center) (peak hours only)
     Herzliya–Jerusalem trains toward Jerusalem–Yitzhak Navon (Tel Aviv–Savidor Center)
     Night Train toward Ben Gurion Airport or Jerusalem–Yitzhak Navon does not stop here
Platform 3      Herzliya–Ashkelon trains toward Herzliya (Bnei Brak–Ramat HaHayal)
Island platform
Platform 4      Herzliya–Ashkelon trains toward Ashkelon (Tel Aviv–Savidor Center)
Passengers boarding and disembarking by year
Year Passengers Rank Source
2021 3,132,561 (  1,248,751) 5 of 66 (  1) 2021 Freedom of Information Law Annual Report
2020 1,883,810 (  4,616,047) 4 of 68 ( ) 2020 Freedom of Information Law Annual Report
2019 6,499,857 4 of 68 2019 Freedom of Information Law Annual Report