Atlit Railway Station
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Atlit
תחנת עתלית |
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 Israel Railways
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| Location | Harduf St., HaRakevet Quarter, West Atlit |
| Coordinates | 32°41′33.91″N 34°56′24.73″E / 32.6927528°N 34.9402028°ECoordinates: 32°41′33.91″N 34°56′24.73″E / 32.6927528°N 34.9402028°E |
| Platforms | 2 |
| Tracks | 3 |
| Construction | |
| Parking | 50 spaces (3 handicap) |
| Disabled access | Yes |
| History | |
| Opened | 1930 |
Atlit Railway Station (Hebrew: תחנת הרכבת עתלית, Taḥanat HaRakevet Atlit) is an Israel Railways passenger station serving the town of Atlit as well as the surrounding rural communities and military bases.
The station is situated on the North-South coastal line and is located on the north-western edge of the town of Atlit.
The station was constructed in the 1930s by the British, during their Mandate for Palestine. The station was designed both as a passenger station and as a freight station serving the nearby salt plant constructed in 1922.
Despite its relatively limited size and significance, passenger trains have been serving the station almost continuously since its opening, this is because the station is located on the main Haifa – Tel Aviv passenger line.
During the 1990s the station underwent a complete restoration, which included an update to the present passenger station format of Israel Railways as well as the erection of a second platform, a pedestrian bridge connecting the two platforms and the preservation of the original stone station hall.
During the 2006 Israel-Lebanon conflict train service to the station was suspended after a Hezbollah Katyusha rocket hit a train depot in Haifa on July 16, 2006, killing 8 Israel Railways workers. The service was reinstated several days later, after Israel Railways gave in to heavy public pressure and reopened both Atlit Railway Station and Hof HaCarmel Railway Station.
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