Kiryat Gat Railway Station

Qiryat Gat תחנת הרכבת קריית גת كريات جات
Coordinates	31°36′12″N 34°46′40″E / 31.60333°N 34.77778°E
Line(s)	Tel Aviv - Beersheba
Platforms	2
Tracks	4
Construction
Parking	100
History
Opened	July 1960
Closed	1979 to 1997
Rebuilt	1997
Passengers
2009	650,000  10%

The Kiryat Gat railway station is an Israel Railways station in Kiryat Gat, situated on the Railway to Beersheba. It is located in the industrial zone in the east of Kiryat Gat. The station was first opened in July 1960, but was closed from 1979 to 1997. In December 2006 the station served a daily average of 1850 passengers.

The station is accessible by intracity bus routes 1, 2, 3, and regional bus routes 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 68, 69, 70 and 251. All routes are operated by Dan BaDarom.

Train service

The station is open 24 hours a day, except on Saturdays. At peak times there are two trains per hour in each direction to and from Tel Aviv (and points north) and Be're Sheva, with a journey time of approximately half an hour to each city. Service then drops to one train per hour at off-peak times. Early morning trains to and from the station also stop at Ben Gurion International Airport.

Station Lines

Nahariya–Beersheba line
Nahariya Akko to Karmiel Kiryat Motzkin Kiryat Haim to Beit She'an HaMifrats Central Haifa Central HaShmona Haifa Bat Galim Haifa Hof HaCarmel to Kfar Sava Tel Aviv University Tel Aviv Savidor Central Tel Aviv HaShalom Tel Aviv HaHagana to Rishon LeZion Moshe Dayan to Ben Gurion Airport Lod to Ashkelon Ramla to Jerusalem Malha Mazkeret Batya Kiryat Mal'akhi – Yoav Kiryat Gat Lehavim–Rahat Be'er Sheva North to Dimona Be'er Sheva Central
Israel Rail Lines Map

References

• Israel railways web site

External links

• On the Platform - information website