Rishon LeZion HaRishonim railway station

Railway station in Israel

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Rishon LeZion–HaRishonim
ראשון לציון - הראשונים

Israel Railways
General information
Location|  Rishon LeZion, Israel
Coordinates| 31°56′55.95″N 34°48′7.26″E﻿ / ﻿31.9488750°N 34.8020167°E﻿ / 31.9488750; 34.8020167
Platforms| 2
Tracks| 2
History
Opened| September 13, 2003
Passengers
2019| 360,136[1]
Rank| 59 out of 68

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Railways in the Tel Aviv area

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Inter-city lines to Nahariya and Karmiel via Haifa

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Netanya |  |

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Netanya Sapir |  |

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Beit Yehoshua |  |

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Herzliya |  |

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Tel Aviv University |  |

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Tel Aviv Savidor Central |  |

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Tel Aviv HaHagana |  |

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Holon Junction |  |

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Kfar Chabad |  |

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Holon-Wolfson |  |

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Lod Ganei Aviv |  |

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Inter-city and suburban lines

Bat Yam-Yoseftal |  |

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to Jerusalem

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Be'er Ya'akov |  |

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Rishon LeZion Moshe Dayan |  |

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Rehovot |  |

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to Beit Shemesh

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Ashkelon |  |

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Inter-city and suburban lines to Beersheba

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Rishon LeZion–HaRishonim railway station (Hebrew: תחנת הרכבת ראשון לציון הראשונים, Tahanat HaRakevet Rishon LeTziyon HaRishonim) is a station of Israel Railways in Rishon LeZion, part of the Tel Aviv – Rishon LeZion line. The station is located in the southern area of the city, in the middle of HaRishonim Interchange, at the intersection of the new Highway 431 and Route 412 (Rishon LeZion – Nes Ziona road). It was opened on September 13, 2003, with the Beit Shemesh railway station. The station has two platforms. It is the southern terminus of the suburban line to Netanya.

HaRishonim station is currently built as a terminus, not allowing through traffic in its current configuration.

At the current time, the only service that reaches the station is an cut short hourly shuttle train to Lod. The service generally uses platform 1.

## Access

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The station is located between the lanes of highway 431, with the entrance facing route 412. A parking area and a bus terminal are located to the North of highway 431, adjacent to the station. Another bus station is located on route 412, in front of the entrance. The entrance to the parking area is via Nîmes Boulevard.

Egged bus lines 164 and 201, as well as Kavim bus line 247 pass along route 412; between Rishon LeZion city center and Ness Ziona and stop at the station entrance (Kavim line 247 also continues to Be'er Ya'akov). Egged line 174 runs along route 412 within Rishon LeZion and terminates at the station terminal. Egged lines 11, 11A and 20 connect the station's bus terminal with the eastern neighborhoods of Rishon LeZion, and Egged line 17A connects the terminal with the western neighborhoods. Two more bus routes to the west of the city are Dan lines 19 and 129, which reach the terminal during mornings and noons.

## Plans

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There are plans to continue the railway from the station to the west of the city and connect the station with the Rishon LeZion Moshe Dayan railway station on the Tel Aviv–Holon–Yavne (west)–Ashdod line.[2] The future extension is supposed to include two more stations in the west of the city and when completed, will create a loop track starting and ending in Tel Aviv. Another plan is to continue the railway tracks eastwards between the lanes of highway 431 towards Modi'in and the high-speed railway to Jerusalem and right of way has been reserved for this purpose during the construction of highway 431 along the entire route.

## References

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1. ^ "2019 Freedom of Information Law Annual Report" (PDF). Israel Railways.
2. ^ Bar-Eli, Avi (January 10, 2008). "Rishon West Train Delayed to End of 2010". Haaretz. Retrieved 2008-12-16.

## External links

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* Israel Railways web site

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Israel Railways

Main line|

| Coastal railway|

* Nahariya
* Acre
* Kiryat Motzkin
* Kiryat Haim
* Hutzot HaMifratz
* HaMifratz Central
* Haifa Center HaShmona
* Haifa Bat Galim
* Haifa Hof HaCarmel
* Atlit
* Binyamina
* Caesarea-Pardes Hanna
* Hadera West
* Netanya
* Netanya Sapir
* Beit Yehoshua
* Herzliya

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Ayalon railway|

* Tel Aviv University
* Tel Aviv Savidor Central
* Tel Aviv HaShalom
* Tel Aviv HaHagana

Old Tel Aviv–Jerusalem railway|

* Kfar Chabad
* Lod Ganei Aviv
* Lod
* Ramla

South railway|

* Mazkeret Batya
* Kiryat Mal'akhi – Yoav
* Kiryat Gat
* Lehavim–Rahat
* Be'er Sheva North
* Dimona
* Har Tzin freight terminal

Branch lines|

| Acre–Karmiel railway|

* Ahihud
* Karmiel

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Jezreel Valley railway|

* Yokneam–Kfar Yehoshua
* Migdal HaEmek–Kfar Baruch
* Afula
* Beit She'an

Sharon railway|

* Ra'anana West
* Ra'anana South
* Hod Hasharon Sokolov
* Kfar Saba–Nordau

Eastern railway|

* Rosh HaAyin North

Yarkon railway|

* Bnei Brak–Ramat HaHayal
* Petah Tikva-Kiryat Aryeh
* Petah Tikva Segula

Tel Aviv–Bnei Darom railway|

* Holon Junction
* Holon–Wolfson
* Bat Yam–Yoseftal
* Bat Yam–Komemiyut
* Rishon LeZion Moshe Dayan
* Yavne West

New Tel Aviv–Jerusalem railway|

* Ben Gurion Airport
* Jerusalem–Yitzhak Navon

Anava–Modi'in railway|

* Paatei Modi'in
* Modi'in Central

Lod–Ashkelon railway|

* Be'er Ya'akov
* Rehovot
* Yavne East
* Ashdod Ad Halom
* Ashkelon

Rishon LeZion–Modi'in railway|

* Rishon LeZion HaRishonim

Ashkelon–Beersheba railway|

* Sderot
* Netivot
* Ofakim

Old Tel Aviv–Jerusalem railway|

* Beit Shemesh
* ~~Biblical Zoo~~
* ~~Jerusalem–Malha~~

South railway|

* Be'er Sheva Center

Future lines|

| Eastern railway (under construction)|

* ~~Hadera East~~
* ~~Ahituv–Emeq Hefer~~
* Tayibe–Qalansuwa
* Tira–Kochav Ya'ir
* Kfar Saba North
* Rosh HaAyin North
* ~~Rosh HaAyin South~~
* El'ad
* Airport City
* Lod

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Rishon LeZion–Modi'in railway (under construction)|

* Rishon LeZion Moshe Dayan
* Rishon LeZion Me'uyan Soreq
* Rishon LeZion HaRishonim
* Ramla South
* Paatei Modi'in

Planned|

* Karmiel-Kiryat Shmona railway

Proposed|

* Beersheba–Eilat high-speed railway

Freight lines|

* Heletz railway

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