Haifa East railway station
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Haifa East railway station
תחנת הרכבת חיפה מזרח |
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The station in 2010
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| Location | Hativat Golani street, Haifa |
| Coordinates | 32°48′43″N 35°00′17″E / 32.81194°N 35.00472°ECoordinates: 32°48′43″N 35°00′17″E / 32.81194°N 35.00472°E |
| Owned by | Israel Railways |
| Line(s) | Jezreel Valley railway, Eastern Railway |
| History | |
| Opened | Jan 1904 |
| Closed | 1990s |
Haifa East railway station was built in 1904 by the Ottoman authorities as the western terminus of their Jezreel Valley railway. In the 1920s, under the British Mandate, Palestine Railways extended the Eastern Railway north to connect with the Jezreel Valley railway at Haifa station. At this time, Haifa was the only place in the world to have direct railway services to three continents: Istanbul in Europe, Suez in Africa, and Medina in Asia. To this day, the distances on the Israel Railways main line are measured from Haifa East station.
As the first railway station in Haifa, it was originally named just "Haifa Station", and changed its name in 1937 when the new Haifa Center Railway Station opened.
The original station building was heavily damaged by an Irgun bombing in September 1946, and only a small part of it is preserved. Currently, it houses some Israel Railways offices; the five-track former engine shed, situated across the tracks from the station building and built in c.1918, houses the Israel Railway Museum; and the station itself is used as a marshalling yard and a stabling point.
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