Be'er Sheva Center railway station

Be'er Sheva Center (*Merkaz*)
תחנת באר שבע מרכז
Be'er Sheva Center (Merkaz); תחנת באר שבע מרכז
Israel Railways
	Be'er Sheva Merkaz station entrance
General information
Location	8 Yitzhak Ben Zvi Street, Beersheba.
Line(s)	Nahariya-Haifa-Tel Aviv-Lod-Beersheba; Rosh HaAyin-Tel Aviv-Rishon LeZion-Ashkelon-Beersheba;
Platforms	5
Tracks	4
Construction
Parking	300
Accessible	Yes
History
Opened	September 20, 2000; 23 years ago
Passengers
2019	3,562,792
Rank	10 out of 68

Be'er Sheva Center railway station is an Israel Railways terminal in Beersheba. It is located on Yitzhak Ben Zvi street next to the city's central bus station and HaNegev Mall.^[2] It is one of two railway stations serving the city, the other being Be'er Sheva North, located near the Ben-Gurion University of the Negev.

Design

The station building is located in the north end of the platforms. As of 2021, the station consists of three platforms (two side platforms and an island platform) serving a total of four tracks. Construction works are expected to be completed in 2022 that will convert the eastern side platform to an island platform which will serve a fifth track at the station. The works will also add an additional public entrance to the station from the southeast.

Space also exists to add an additional passenger platform on the western side of the station in the future.

Services

As of the Fall 2015 schedule there are three trains in each direction per hour between Be'er Sheva Center and central Israel during most hours of the day. Two of these trains use the Railway to Beersheba with a travel time of between 1hr 5mins and 1hr 15mins (depending on the stops along the route) to Tel Aviv HaHagana Railway Station, with some continuing as far north as Nahariya. The other train serving the station uses the Ashkelon–Beersheba railway and the Coastal railway with a travel time between 1hr 30mins and 1hr 45mins to Tel Aviv HaHagana via Ashkelon and Rishon LeZion. These trains then terminate in Hod HaSharon.

Station lines

Nahariya–Beersheba line

Legend

					Nahariya
					Akko
					to Karmiel
					Kiryat Motzkin
					Kiryat Haim
					to Beit She'an
					HaMifratz Central
					Haifa Central HaShmona
					Haifa Bat Galim
					Haifa Hof HaCarmel
					to Rosh HaAyin North via Ra'anana West
					Herzliya
					to Rosh HaAyin North via Bnei Brak
					Tel Aviv University
					Tel Aviv Savidor Central
					Tel Aviv HaShalom
					Tel Aviv HaHagana
					to Rishon LeZion Moshe Dayan and Ashkelon
					to Modi'in and Jerusalem
					Lod
					to Rehovot and Ashkelon
					Ramla
					to Beit Shemesh
					Mazkeret Batya
					Kiryat Mal'akhi – Yoav
					Kiryat Gat
					Lehavim–Rahat
					to Ashkelon
					Be'er Sheva North
					to Dimona
					Be'er Sheva Central

Israel Rail Lines Map

Herzliya–
Ashkelon line

Legend

Israel Rail Lines Map

References

^ "2019 Freedom of Information Law Annual Report" (PDF). Israel Railways.
^ "Beersheba Center Station Page". Israel Railways (in Hebrew). Retrieved 21 September 2015.

Preceding station		Following station
Be'er Sheva North towards Nahariya	Nahariya–Beersheba	Terminus
Be'er Sheva North towards Karmiel	Karmiel–Beersheba
Be'er Sheva North towards Binyamina	Binyamina–Beersheba
Be'er Sheva North towards Ashkelon	Ashkelon–Beersheba