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Kiryat Motzkin קריית מוצקין
The two platforms
General information
Location	Between Bar-Ilan St. &INS Eilat St.[1] Israel
Coordinates	32°49′59″N35°04′12″E / 32.8330°N 35.0699°E /32.8330; 35.0699
Platforms	2
Tracks	2
Construction
Parking	300 free spaces[1]
Bicycle facilities	30 spaces[1]
Accessible	Yes
History
Opened	1937; 88 years ago (1937)
Rebuilt	early 1990s
Passengers
2019	2,376,278[2]
Rank	19 out of 68
Location

v t e Karmiel–Haifa line
Legend
Karmiel Ahihud toNahariya Kiryat Motzkin Kiryat Haim Hutzot HaMifratz toBeit She'an–David Levy HaMifratz Central Haifa Center–HaShmona Haifa–Bat Galim Haifa–Hof HaCarmel toTel Aviv–Savidor Central
Israel Rail Lines Map

Kiryat Motzkin railway station (Hebrew:תחנת הרכבת קרית מוצקין,Takhanat HaRakevet Kiryat Motzkin) is anIsrael Railwayspassenger station serving the city ofKiryat Motzkin and the surroundingKerayot region.

The station is situated on theCoastal railway line. The station is located on Issakhar Street (Hebrew:רחוב יששכר,Rekhov Yissakhar) in the western part of the city, on the municipal border with Haifa's neighborhood of Kiryat Shmuel. The station is one of two railway stations serving Haifa's northern suburbs – theKrayot (the other beingKiryat Haim railway station), although Kiryat Motzkin is larger in terms of passenger numbers and trains serving it.

The present-day station stands on the spot of ahalt on theJezreel Valley railway, constructed by theOttoman Empire in 1903–1904. In 1937, as part of converting the oldnarrow-gauge Ottoman railway tostandard gauge, the BritishMandate for Palestine constructed the station building at this location.^[3] During theSecond World War, the British extended the railway north ofAcre toBeirut and Tripoli, thereby placing Kiryat Motzkin railway station on the busyBeirut toCairo line. This was Kiryat Motzkin's only means of transport to and from the surrounding areas, especially the city of Haifa.

The old British station building is preserved, and is currently used as a warehouse. The new building was constructed next to it in the early 1990s, according to the presentpassenger station format of Israel Railways. In the late 1990s, a tunnel was constructed just north of the station, replacing the dangerouslevel crossing that existed in its place.

During the2006 Israel–Lebanon conflict train service to the station was suspended after aHezbollahKatyusha 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 theceasefire went into effect.

In the 2010s the station was renovated at a cost of ILS 40 million, finishing in early 2018.^[4]

The station consists of twoside platforms with two parallelrail tracks running between them. The small station building is located on the east platform (Kiryat Motzkin exit) as well as an exit on the west side (Kiryat Shmuel exit). A pedestriantunnel connects the two platforms beneath the tracks.

Platform 1 (the eastern one) is used by southbound trains while platform 2 (the western one) by northbound trains.

Kiryat Motzkin railway station is a station on both the main north–south coastal line of Israel Railways (Nahariya – Haifa –Tel Aviv –Ben-Gurion Airport –Lod –Be'er Sheva Inter-City service) and the suburban line serving Haifa's northern suburbs – the Kerayot (Haifa - Kiryat Motzkin suburban service). The station is situated betweenAkko (Acre) railway station to the north and Kiryat Haim railway station to the south.

For many years the station served as the northern end of the double-track section of the Coastal Railway main line (which is why many of the Haifa area suburban service trains made Kiryat Motzkin their final stop). However, works to complete the double tracking of the coastal railway to Akko were completed in 2012 and to Nahariya in 2013. Following this, many of the trains on the suburban service now terminate in Akko or Nahariya instead.

Timetable highlights:

• Inter-City service:
  • Onweekdays the station is served by 36 southbound and 35 northbound trains. The first train departs at 01:18 and the last train arrives at 01:15.
  • On Fridays andholiday eves the station is served by 22 southbound and 22 northbound trains. First train departs at 01:18 and last train arrives at 15:18.
  • OnSaturdays and holiday the station is served by 6 southbound and 5 northbound trains. First train departs at 19:04 and last train arrives at 22:56.
• Suburban service:
  • On weekdays the station is served by 14 southbound and 13 northbound suburban trains to and from Haifa. First train departs at 06:14 and last train arrives at 19:20.
  • On Fridays and holiday eves the station is served by one northbound train.

Preceding station	Israel Railways			Following station
Acre towardsNahariya		Nahariya–Modi'in		Kiryat Haim towardsModi'in–Center
		Nahariya–Beersheba		HaMifratz Central towardsBe'er Sheva–Center
		Night Train Nahariya–Ben Gurion Airport		Haifa Center–HaShmona towardsBen Gurion Airport
Ahihud towardsKarmiel		Karmiel–Beersheba		HaMifratz Central towardsBe'er Sheva–Center
		Karmiel–Haifa		Kiryat Haim towardsHaifa–Hof HaCarmel

Platform numbers increase in an East-to-West direction

Passengers boarding and disembarking by year

Year	Passengers	Rank	Source
2020	844,709( 1,531,569)	20 of 68( 1)	2020 Freedom of Information Law Annual Report
2019	2,376,278	19 of 68	2019 Freedom of Information Law Annual Report

Kiryat Motzkin railway station is located about a kilometer to the west of the main highway (Highway 4) and thus is out of walking distance from a large number of bus lines. TwoEgged bus lines have a stop on the street outside the station, both running at about 20 minute intervals:

• 22: Kiryat Motzkin–Kiryat Ata
• 23:Kiryat Yam–railway station–Kiryat Ata

In addition,Sherut (share taxi is called "Tapuzit") line3 (circular inside theKrayot) stops at the station.

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