Rishon LeZion–Moshe Dayan railway station

The Rishon LeZion–Moshe Dayan railway station is an Israel Railways station in Rishon LeZion. The station is located adjacent to the Moshe Dayan Interchange on the Ayalon Highway. It serves as the terminus of a new suburban passenger line serving the cities of Holon, Bat Yam, and Rishon LeZion in southern Gush Dan. Current travel time from the station to Tel Aviv HaHagana railway station is about 18 minutes.

Rishon LeZion–Moshe Dayan ראשון לציון – משה דיין
Israel Railways
General information
Location	Moshe Dayan Interchange (Ayalon Highway), Rishon LeZion, Israel
Coordinates	31.9879°N 34.7574°E / 31.9879; 34.7574
Owned by	Israel Railways
Platforms	2
Tracks	4
Construction
Platform levels	2
Parking	450 spaces
Accessible	Yes
History
Opened	25 September 2011; 13 years ago (2011-09-25)
Electrified	25 December 2021; 2 years ago (2021-12-25)
Passengers
2019	2,217,849[1]
Rank	23 out of 68
Services
Preceding station Israel Railways Following station Bat Yam–Komemiyut towards Herzliya Herzliya–Ashkelon Yavne–West towards Ashkelon

v t e Herzliya– Ashkelon line
Legend
Herzliya Future link to Binyamina Ra'anana–West Ra'anana–South Hod HaSharon–Sokolov Kfar Saba–Nordau Rosh HaAyin–North to Rosh HaAyin–South & Lod Petah Tikva–Segula Petah Tikva–Kiryat Aryeh Bnei Brak–Ramat HaHayal to Haifa & Nahariya Tel Aviv–University Tel Aviv–Savidor Central Tel Aviv–HaShalom Tel Aviv–HaHagana to Ben Gurion Airport & Lod Holon Junction Holon–Wolfson Bat Yam–Yoseftal Bat Yam–Komemiyut Rishon LeZion–Moshe Dayan Yavne–West to Rehovot & Lod Ashdod–Ad Halom Ashkelon to Be'er Sheva
Israel Rail Lines Map

Future service

The railway line south of the station was extended to the new Yavne West railway station in 2012 and connects with the existing Lod–Ashkelon railway since 2013, thereby offering improved and more direct train service from Tel Aviv to the cities of Yavne, Ashdod, and Ashkelon. Moshe Dayan also serves as a stop on new inter-city services to those cities. From Ashkelon a new railway line has been built to Beersheva and the station serves trains headed there as well.

Rishon LeZion Moshe Dayan is planned to serve as the western terminus for the future Rishon LeZion–Modi'in railway. A few hundred meters south of the station, a currently unused railway tunnel will allow trains to pass under the Ayalon Highway and travel eastward to Rishon LeZion HaRishonim railway station, from which the new line will continue to reach Modi'in and Jerusalem beyond.

It is anticipated that an extension to the Red Line LRT which is currently under construction, will make Moshe Dayan Station the southern terminus of the Red Line LRT. The future planned Green and Brown LRT lines of the Tel Aviv Light Rail will also terminate at the station (though these are not planned for operation before 2020).

References

1. "2019 Freedom of Information Law Annual Report" (PDF). Israel Railways.

External links

• Media related to Moshe Dayan train station at Wikimedia Commons