Tel Aviv South Railway Station
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Tel Aviv South Railway Station
תחנת הרכבת תל אביב דרום |
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Tel Aviv South 1970 site photographed in 2008
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| Location | David Remez Street, Tel Aviv | |
| Coordinates | 32°02′43″N 34°47′12″E / 32.0452°N 34.7866°ECoordinates: 32°02′43″N 34°47′12″E / 32.0452°N 34.7866°E | |
| Owned by | Israel Railways | |
| Line(s) | Tel Aviv - Jerusalem | |
| Platforms | 2 | |
| Tracks | 4 | |
| History | ||
| Opened | 1920 | |
| Closed | First location 1970, Second 1993 | |
| Rebuilt | 1970 | |
| Previous names |
Custom House Station Beit Hadar Station |
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| Services | ||
| 16 daily in both directions (in 1970) to: Jerusalem Railway Station Be'er Sheva North Railway Station |
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| Tel Aviv - Jerusalem inter-city line | |
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Tel Aviv South Railway Station is a former railway station in Tel Aviv, Israel, that was situated in two different locations. It opened in its first location in 1920, then relocated in 1970 and finally closed to passengers in 1993.
The station was built at its first location (32°03′49″N 34°46′37″E / 32.0636°N 34.7770°E) in 1920, as the Tel Aviv Custom House Station. At a distance of approximately 2.5 km from the Jaffa Railway Station; near the Yehuda Halevi Street and along the route that is today called the Railway Street (HaRakevet Street) in Hebrew.
It was built once the British Mandate Authorities were able to rebuild the whole Jaffa–Jerusalem railway, which was damaged during World War I, in a Standard gauge, rather than the original 1.05 meter gauge. The construction of the station and its adjacent Custom House was one of the first civil engineering works the British carried out, once their governing mandate was established by the League of nations. The station and Customs House were built to replace the existing Jaffa Customs House, which was old, congested and could not cope with the growing level of cargo traffic at that time.
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