Rosh HaAyin South railway station
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Rosh HaAyin South railway station
תחנת הרכבת ראש העין דרום |
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The disused platforms in 2017
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| Coordinates | 32°06′15″N 34°56′05″E / 32.10417°N 34.93472°ECoordinates: 32°06′15″N 34°56′05″E / 32.10417°N 34.93472°E |
| Owned by | Israel Railways |
| Line(s) | Eastern Railway |
| Platforms | 2 |
| Tracks | 3 |
| History | |
| Opened | 1915 |
| Closed | 13 April 2003 |
Rosh HaAyin South railway station is a railway station near Rosh HaAyin, Israel. Despite the name, it is located north-west of the city, near the historic site of Antipatris (Tel Afek).
The station no longer serves passengers, but it remains operational as a freight terminal, and there are plans to reinstate the passenger service.
Ras al-Ayn railway station was built in 1915 by the Ottoman authorities in Palestine as part of the Sinai and Palestine Campaign of World War I. To allow rapid deployment of their troops southward, the Turks built the Eastern Railway from Afula, where it connected to Jezreel Valley railway, southwards via Jenin and Tulkarm to Lydda, where it connected to the Jaffa–Jerusalem railway and the Railway to Beersheba. 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.
After the British conquered the area, they converted the Eastern Railway to standard gauge and extended it further northwards via Hadera, connecting Haifa with Lydda for onward journey west to Jaffa, east to Jerusalem, or south via Gaza City to El Kantara, Egypt. Thus, Ras al-Ayn railway station became part of the Palestine Railways main line. In 1921, a branch line was built from Ras al-Ayn station westwards to Petah Tikva.
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