Bnei Brak – Ramat HaHayal Railway Station
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Bnei Brak–Ramat HaHayal railway station
תחנת הרכבת בני ברק – רמת החייל |
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| Israel Railways | |
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| Location |
 Mivtza Kadesh St. 1, Bnei Brak, Israel
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| Coordinates | 32°06′10″N 34°49′52″E / 32.1029°N 34.8310°ECoordinates: 32°06′10″N 34°49′52″E / 32.1029°N 34.8310°E |
| Line(s) | Yarkon Railway |
| Platforms | 2 |
| Tracks | 3 |
| Construction | |
| Structure type | At-grade |
| History | |
| Opened | September 20, 1949 |
| Closed | 1990s |
| Rebuilt | 2000 |
Bnei Brak–Ramat HaHayal railway station is a suburban passenger railway station in Israel, operated by Israel Railways. It is located near the Bnei Brak–Ramat Gan and Bnei Brak–Tel Aviv borders next to the Ayalon Mall and Ramat Gan Stadium. In spite of its proximity to important industrial and commercial areas of Gush Dan as well as to residential areas of Tel Aviv, Bnei Brak is one of the less-popular stations of Israel Railways, possibly because of its misleading name and lack of awareness. As a result, in an effort to increase the public's awareness of the station, the name of the Ramat HaHayal neighborhood located to the north of the station was added to the station’s name in 2017.
The station is located approximately 200 meters from the three-borders point between Bnei Brak, Tel Aviv and Ramat Gan, which is situated near the bridge of Mivtza Kadesh Street over the Yarkon River.
The station was originally opened on September 20, 1949, for the purpose of serving the residents of Tel Aviv, and named Tel Aviv North. At that time, neither the Coastal railway nor the Ayalon railway existed, the only station serving Tel Aviv was Tel Aviv South, and the only connection from Haifa and the north of Israel to the south was through the Eastern Railway, which did not include a connection to Tel Aviv. The closest such connection was the Petah Tikva railway station, which lay at the end of a short westbound spur off the Eastern railway. In 1949, Israel Railways decided to lengthen this railroad branch further to the west, and thus created this station.
With the opening of the Coastal railway in May 1953, the Tel Aviv North branch was further lengthened westward to connect with it and the station became more relevant and served as an interim stop on the Haifa–Jerusalem service using the new Coastal Railway. This was enabled since the route through the station could connect to the Jaffa–Jerusalem railway by bypassing central Gush Dan through Tel Aviv North and from there to the Eastern railway via Rosh HaAyin and Lod.
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