Hadera East railway station
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Hadera East railway station
תחנת הרכבת חדרה מזרח |
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The derelict station in 2017
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| Location | Tzahal Street, Hadera |
| Coordinates | 32°26′46″N 34°57′00″E / 32.44611°N 34.95000°ECoordinates: 32°26′46″N 34°57′00″E / 32.44611°N 34.95000°E |
| Owned by | Israel Railways |
| Line(s) | Eastern Railway |
| Platforms | 1 |
| Tracks | 2 |
| History | |
| Opened | 1920 |
| Closed | 1968 |
Hadera East railway station is a former railway station in Hadera, Israel, the original north terminus of the Eastern Railway. In 1968, the line was closed to passengers, and the southbound track to Kfar Saba dismantled. As of 2017, the section between Hadera West and Hadera East still remains in use by freight trains serving the large Granot "Ambar North" feed mill complex adjacent to Hadera East station.
During the Sinai and Palestine Campaign of World War I, the Ottoman authorities in Palestine constructed the railway between the Jezreel Valley railway in Afula southwards via Jenin and Tulkarm to Lydda, where it connected to the Jaffa–Jerusalem railway and the Railway to Beersheba. The northwards extension from Tulkarm to Hadera allowed transporting timber from the forests around Hadera that was used as fuel and for infrastructure. The line was built as narrow gauge (1050 mm) like the rest of the Ottoman railways in the region, and was situated relatively inland to avoid the reach of naval guns from Royal Navy warships patrolling the Mediterranean coast. In the forests of Hadera, the Ottoman railway split into two branches, one ending about a mile south-west from Hadera, the other about 1½ miles north from Karkur; neither of these branches served any settlement, although they provided a link with the military bases that developed around Hadera.
After the British conquered the area, they converted the Eastern Railway to standard gauge and extended it further northwards, connecting Haifa with Lydda for onward journey west to Jaffa, east to Jerusalem, or south via Gaza City to El Kantara, Egypt. Prior to the construction of this new line, the only southbound connection from Haifa was the Jezreel Valley railway via Afula. Hadera East halt was constructed by Palestine Railways as part of this new line; it opened in 1920 at a location 1½ miles north-east from the town, and was served by buses from Hadera, Pardes Hanna and Karkur. Until the 1940s, the halt didn't include any facilities for waiting passengers, not even a canopy.
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