Akko Railway Station

Acre עכו
Acre Railway Station
Location	David Remez St., Akko Israel
Platforms	3
Tracks	3
Construction
Parking	300 free spaces
Bicycle facilities	4 spaces
Disabled access	Yes
History
Opened	1950s
Rebuilt	2002

Acre Railway Station (Hebrew: תחנת הרכבת עכו‎‎, Taḥanat HaRakevet Ako) is an Israel Railways passenger station serving the city of Acre (Akko) and the surrounding towns and villages.

The station is situated on the North-South coastal line. The Station is located on David Remez Street (Hebrew: רחוב רמז‎‎, Reḥov Remez) in the eastern part of the city, across the road from the city market and a short walking distance from the central bus station .

The original Acre Railway Station was constructed by the Ottoman Empire in 1912-1913, as part of the extension to Jezreel Valley railway which branched off in Balad al-Sheikh (present-day Nesher). This branch line was destroyed during the First World War, and restored afterwards by the British Mandate for Palestine. During the Second World War, the British extended the railway north of Acre to Beirut and Tripoli; but the old Acre Railway Station was left off the busy Beirut to Cairo line, and it was only served by the suburban services to Haifa and Krayot.

The present-day station was constructed in the early 1950s at the location of the halt on the Beirut-Cairo railway. The location of the original Ottoman two-storey station building is since 1954 occupied by the Acre School for Naval Officers. The building itself was demolished in mid-1960s.