Petah Tikva–Kiryat Aryeh railway station

The Petah Tikva–Kiryat Aryeh railway station is a suburban passenger railway station in Israel, operated by Israel Railways. It is located in the northern Kiryat Aryeh business area and industrial zone of Petah Tikva, and mainly serves commuters from other towns who work in Petah Tikva. The station is adjacent to HaMoshava Stadium. It consists of a passenger hall and two side platforms serving two tracks on the Yarkon Railway. Space exists to allow converting the far side platform to an island platform, allowing the station to serve a total of three tracks in the future.

Petah Tikva–Kiryat Aryeh פתח תקווה – קרית אריה
General information
Location	Em HaMoshavot Rd., Petah Tikva, Israel
Coordinates	32°6′22.34″N 34°51′46.53″E
Line(s)	Yarkon Railway
Platforms	2
Tracks	2
Construction
Accessible	Yes
History
Opened	3 May 2008; 16 years ago (2008-05-03)[1]
Electrified	25 December 2021; 2 years ago (2021-12-25)
Passengers
2019	1,943,818[2]
Rank	26 out of 68

v t e Railways in the Tel Aviv area
Legend
Inter-city lines to Nahariya and Karmiel via Haifa Binyamina Caesarea–Pardes Hanna Hadera–West Netanya Netanya–Sapir Beit Yehoshua Herzliya Ra'anana–West Ra'anana–South Hod HaSharon–Sokolov Kfar Saba–Nordau Rosh HaAyin–North Petah Tikva–Segula Petah Tikva–Kiryat Aryeh Bnei Brak–Ramat HaHayal Tel Aviv–University Tel Aviv–Savidor Center Tel Aviv–HaShalom Tel Aviv–HaHagana Holon Junction Kfar Chabad Ben Gurion Airport Holon–Wolfson Lod–Ganei Aviv Inter-city and suburban lines Bat Yam–Yoseftal to Jerusalem Paatei Modi'in Modi'in–Center Lod Bat Yam–Komemiyut Be'er Ya'akov Rishon LeZion–Moshe Dayan Ramla Rehovot Inter-city line to Beit Shemesh Yavne–West Yavne–East Mazkeret Batya Ashdod–Ad Halom Kiryat Mal'akhi–Yoav Ashkelon Kiryat Gat Inter-city and suburban lines to Be'er Sheva

v t e Red Line
Legend
Petach Tikva CBS Pinsker Krol Dankner Beilinson Shacham Shenkar Kiryat Arye Em HaMoshavot Bridge Aharonovich Ben-Gurion Bialik Abba Hillel Arlosoroff Sha'ul HaMelekh Yehudit Carlebach Allenby Elifelet Shalma (Salame) Bloomfield Stadium Ehrlich Isakov HaBesht Machrozet Ha'Atsma'ut Rothschild Jabotinsky Balfour Binyamin Yoseftal Kaf Tet BeNovember He'Amal HaKomemiyut

Located across the tracks from the Kiryat Aryeh railway station is the Tel Aviv Red Line light rail's maintenance depot, which also includes a passenger light rail station. A pedestrian tunnel under the tracks allows passengers to transfer between the heavy rail and light rail stations.

In October 2019 the station was the setting of a viral video. The video showcased a feral cat sitting on the gates while passengers streamed past it. The two-minute video went viral and accumulated millions of views and TV coverage around the world, a few days later the mayor of Petah Tikva came to pay tribute to the cat and was also caught on camera and became a part of the ongoing story ^[3][4][5]

Train service

Preceding station	Israel Railways			Following station
Petah Tikva–Segula towards Herzliya		Herzliya–Ashkelon		Bnei Brak–Ramat HaHayal towards Ashkelon

Ridership

Passengers boarding and disembarking by year

Year	Passengers	Rank	Source
2021	559,290 ( 30,348)	33 of 66 ( 4)	2021 Freedom of Information Law Annual Report
2020	528,942 ( 1,414,876)	29 of 68 ( 3)	2020 Freedom of Information Law Annual Report
2019	1,943,818	26 of 68	2019 Freedom of Information Law Annual Report

References

1. Rothschild, Walter (28 September 2008). "The New Station of Petah Tikva – Kiryat Arie & Tickets" (PDF). HaRakevet. No. 82. p. 5. Retrieved 28 August 2010.
2. "2019 Freedom of Information Law Annual Report" (PDF). Israel Railways.
3. "Street Cat Greets Hundred of Passengers at Israeli Train Every Day". 30 May 2019.
4. @BuzzFeedNews (29 October 2019). "Shawarma, aka "Queen Of the Station," greets commuters at this train station every single day 😻 #NationalCatDay" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
5. "JAPAN1". YouTube.