Jerusalem–Yitzhak Navon railway station
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Jerusalem–Yitzhak Navon Railway Station (Hebrew: תחנת הרכבת ירושלים – יצחק נבון, Tahanat HaRakevet Yerushalaim–Yitzhak Navon; Arabic: محطة أورشليم – يتسحاق ناڤون), originally named Jerusalem–HaUma railway station is an Israel Railways passenger terminal in Jerusalem, located at 6 Shazar Avenue.[4]
Israel Railways inter-city rail station | |
General information | |
Location | 6 Shazar Avenue, Jerusalem |
Coordinates | 31.788219°N 35.202439°E / 31.788219; 35.202439 |
Operated by | Israel Railways |
Line(s) | Tel Aviv–Jerusalem railway |
Platforms | 2 |
Tracks | 4 |
Train operators | Israel Railways |
Connections | Jerusalem Central Bus Station, Jerusalem Light Rail |
Construction | |
Structure type | Deep-level pylon three-vault station |
Depth | 80 metres (260 ft) |
Accessible | Yes |
Architect | Barchana Architects |
Architectural style | Neo-futurism |
Other information | |
Website | rail.co.il |
History | |
Opened | 25 September 2018; 5 years ago (2018-09-25)[1][2] |
Electrified | at opening |
Passengers | |
2020 | 1,651,659[3] |
Rank | 5 out of 68 |
The station is the eastern terminus of the Tel Aviv–Jerusalem railway. It is the world's deepest heavy-rail passenger station, with its platforms extending down to 80 metres (260 ft) below street level.[5]. At the time of its opening, it was the fourth deepest underground station in the world and the deepest underground station outside the former Soviet Union; it is currently the sixth-deepest in the world, and the deepest in West Asia.[note 1] It is located across from Binyanei HaUma and constitutes part of a major public transportation hub, being situated adjacent to the Jerusalem Central Bus Station as well as next to a station serving current and future lines of the Jerusalem Light Rail.
The station is named after Jerusalem native Yitzhak Navon, the fifth President of Israel.