HaMifrats Central railway station

HaMifrats Central
מרכזית המפרץ
HaMifrats Central railway station
Location 55 HaHistadrut Blvd., Haifa[1]
Israel
Platforms 2
Tracks 2
Construction
Parking 500 free spaces[1]
Disabled access Yes[1]

HaMifrats Central railway station (Hebrew: תחנת הרכבת מרכזית המפרץ‎, Taḥanat HaRakevet Merkazit HaMifratz) is an Israeli railway passenger station in Haifa, Israel, serving Lev HaMifratz Mall (Hebrew: קניון לב המפרץ‎, Heart of the Bay Mall), one of Haifa's largest malls, and the surrounding Haifa Bay industrial zone in the northeast of the city.

Location

The station is situated on the north–south coastal line and is located in the southern part of the Haifa-Bay industrial zone. The station is one of two railway stations serving this district (the other being Hutzot HaMifratz railway station), although it is much larger in terms of passenger numbers and trains serving it. The station is also one of six railway stations within Haifa's municipal borders.

History

HaMifrats Central station is accessed via Lev HaMifratz Mall.

The station was constructed during the summer of 2001 and officially opened on October 8, 2001. This is the first public railway station whose construction was entirely funded by a private enterprise (the adjacent shopping mall). Entrance to the station is possible only through the mall's second floor, where a small station building exists. A bridge connects the mall's second floor with the two platforms on ground level just west of it.

During the 2006 Lebanon War train service to the station was suspended after a Hezbollah Katyusha rocket hit a train depot in Haifa on July 16, 2006, killing eight Israel Railways workers. It was restored 29 days later, on August 14, two days after the ceasefire went into effect.

Train service

HaMifrats Central is a station on the main north–south coastal line of Israel Railways Nahariya–Haifa–Tel-Aviv–Modi'in/Be'er Sheva Inter-City Service) ,the suburban line serving Haifa's northern suburbs – The Krayot (Haifa–Kiryat Motzkin Suburban Service) and the Jezreel Valley railway . The station is situated between Hutzot HaMifratz railway station to the north and Haifa Center HaShmona railway station to the south.

Preceding station   Israel Railways   Following station
Kiryat Haim
towards Nahariya		   Nahariya–Haifa–Tel Aviv–Ben-Gurion Airport–Modi'in
Inter-City Service		   Haifa Center HaShmona
towards Modi'in Central
  Nahariya–Haifa–Tel Aviv–Be'er Sheva
Inter-City Service		   Haifa Center HaShmona
towards Be'er Sheva Center
Hutzot HaMifratz
towards Nahariya		   Nahariya–Kiryat Motzkin–Haifa
Suburban Service		   Haifa Center HaShmona
towards Hof HaCarmel
Yokneam–Kfar Yehoshua
towards Beit She'an		   Beit She'an – Afula – Migdal HaEmek – Yokneam Illit – Haifa – Atlit
Inter-City Service		   Haifa Center HaShmona
towards Atlit

Public transport connections

HaMifrats Central station is located some 300 meters from the HaMifratz Central Bus Station, which constitutes the public transport gateway to Haifa from the North. It is the terminus for all Egged bus lines between Haifa and its northern suburbs, as well as other cities in northern Israel. The bus terminal also serves as the terminus for several intracity bus lines within Haifa, operated by Egged. Apart from buses, the station is served by sherut (shared) taxis passing along Highway 4. The Metronit has an interchange station with Israel Railways at Lev HaMifratz.

Construction

A large public transport complex at HaMifrats Central which will serve as an integrated transit hub that includes new central bus and train stations housed within the same building is currently under construction just west of the mall and is expected to open in 2018. It will replace the existing train station hall inside the mall. The new station will also be connected to a new passenger platform serving the Jezreel Valley railway as well as to the mall using a pedestrian bride. A terminal for a proposed aerial tramway connecting the station with the Technion University on Mount Carmel and points in between is being considered for construction in the future as part of the complex.

References

  1. 1 2 3 Israel Railways - Lev HaMifrats (English)

Coordinates: 32°47′38″N 35°02′13″E / 32.7939°N 35.0370°E / 32.7939; 35.0370

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