Ra'anana–West railway station

Ra'anana–West רעננה – מערב
Station building, footbridge, and platform canopies
General information
Location	Herzliya Mizrach Interchange, Ra'anana, Israel
Coordinates	32°10′49″N 34°51′03″E
Line(s)	Sharon Railway
Platforms	2
Tracks	2
Construction
Parking	300 places (Free)
History
Opened	3 July 2018; 6 years ago (2018-07-03)
Electrified	25 December 2021; 3 years ago (2021-12-25)
Passengers
2019	265,006[1]
Rank	62 out of 68

Ra'anana–West railway station is an Israel Railways passenger station in the median of Highway 531, between the cities of Ra'anana and Herzliya, as part of the Sharon Railway.

The addition of this station and its sister station Ra'anana South, is intended to reduce travel time for Ra'anana residents to Tel-Aviv to approximately 11 minutes.^[2] The station was scheduled to open on 1 July 2018^[3] but was delayed till 3 July.^[4]

Location

The station building is located at ground level, west of Route 541 (Jerusalem Avenue) and north of Highway 531, and is accessible only from the Ra'anana side of the highway.^[5]

The station building is of the shape of a book lying on its side. Its floor area is 600m², and is connected through a 50m footbridge to the platforms, which are below ground. Each platform is 300m long.

v t e Herzliya– Ashkelon line
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 Center 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

The station during construction

Train service

Preceding station	Israel Railways			Following station
Herzliya Terminus		Herzliya–Ashkelon		Ra'anana–South towards Ashkelon

Ridership

Passengers boarding and disembarking by year

Year	Passengers	Rank	Source
2021	120,302 ( 61,420)	64 of 66 ()	2021 Freedom of Information Law Annual Report
2020	58,882 ( 206,124)	64 of 68 ( 2)	2020 Freedom of Information Law Annual Report
2019	265,006	62 of 68	2019 Freedom of Information Law Annual Report

References

1. "2019 Freedom of Information Law Annual Report" (PDF). Israel Railways.
2. "Israel Railways - Projects currently performed". Archived from the original on 2017-10-20. Retrieved 2017-12-13.
3. "ב-1 ביולי 2018: תחנות הרכבת ברעננה יחלו לפעול". Archived from the original on 2018-01-10. Retrieved 2018-02-11.
4. עושים היסטוריה: 9 ימים לפתיחת תחנות הרכבת ברעננה
5. יהיה בסדר בגלצ