Lod railway station

Lod railway station תחנת הרכבת לוד
Israel Railways
General information
Location	5 Yoseftal Ave.,Lod
Coordinates	31°56′45″N34°52′32″E
Platforms	3
Tracks	6
Construction
Parking	300 spaces
Bicycle facilities	5 spaces
History
Opened	24 May 1891(1891-05-24)
Rebuilt	1917–1920; 2016–2020
Electrified	17 September 2022(2022-09-17)
Passengers
2019	2,489,889
Rank	17 out of 68

Railways in the Tel Aviv area
Inter-city linestoNahariyaandKarmielviaHaifa Binyamina Caesarea-Pardes Hanna Hadera West Netanya Netanya Sapir Beit Yehoshua Herzliya Ra'anana West Ra'anana South Hod Hasharon Sokolov Kfar Saba–Nordau Rosh HaAyin North Petah Tikva Segula Petah Tikva-Kiryat Aryeh Bnei Brak–Ramat HaHayal Tel Aviv University Tel Aviv Savidor Central Tel Aviv HaShalom Tel Aviv HaHagana Holon Junction Kfar Chabad Ben Gurion Airport Holon-Wolfson Lod Ganei Aviv Inter-city and suburban lines Bat Yam-Yoseftal toJerusalem Pa'atei Modi'in Modi'in Center Lod Bat Yam-Komemiyut Be'er Ya'akov Rishon LeZion Moshe Dayan Ramla Rehovot Inter-city line toBeit Shemesh Yavne West Yavne East Mazkeret Batya Ashdod Ad Halom Kiryat Malakhi-Yoav Ashkelon Kiryat Gat Inter-city and suburban linestoBeersheba

Lod railway stationis anIsrael Railwaysstation inLod,Israel,served by most railway lines ofIsrael Railways.The station is located in the HaRakevet district of south Lod. In December 2006, Lod Station served a daily average of 7,786 passengers.

Lod station is the 11th most used station of Israel Railwaysand is home to a major railway depot. It traces its history as such to the 19th century, when it was used as an interim station on theJaffa-Jerusalem line,the first significant railway line in the Middle East. For many years Lod (then calledLydda) was the main railway hub of mandatory Palestine and later Israel as it sits at the intersection of several major rail lines located in the central part of the country. Also, before the establishment of the state of Israel, theCoastal Railwaydid not exist, neither did westbound spurs from theEastern Railwayand therefore all traffic from the north of the country bound forTel Avivand Jaffa had to first proceed southwards to Lod, then reroute northwest through the station.

The station's location was changed followingWorld War I,when the British rebuilt the Jaffa–Jerusalem line tostandard gauge.The original station building serves as aMagen David Adomstation.In the late 2010s, the passenger station was rebuilt again, and the new station building, around 500 m northeast from the 1910s-era passenger station, opened on 29 November 2020. The new station complex, around 6000 m²in area, is the third biggest in Israel afterJerusalem–Yitzhak NavonandModi'in Central.It is located next to the newIsrael Railwaysheadquarters building, relocated fromTel Aviv Savidor Central railway stationin 2017. In 2021, Lod central bus station is expected to be relocated near the new railway station, forming a combined passenger station complex.

The sprawling site also houses a largerail yardand extensive rolling stock maintenance facilities.

In late 2021, Lod station's electronic signage was upgraded to display information in Arabic, in addition to Hebrew and English.

In 2024, the old station was restored to its Mandate-era condition, with one exception: a 1968 mural byLeah Majaro-Mintz,which was originally displayed in theJerusalem-Khan railway stationwas added to the waiting room.

Access

Bus routes that stop outside the station are:Kavimlines 11, 150, 152, 239 and 461, andEggedline 249.

External links

• Israel Railways official website

Preceding station	Israel Railways			Following station
Tel Aviv HaHagana towardsNahariya		Nahariya–Beersheba		Ramla towardsBe'er Sheva Center
Tel Aviv HaHagana towardsKarmiel		Karmiel–Beersheba		Kiryat Gat towardsBe'er Sheva Center
Lod Ganei Aviv towardsBinyamina		Binyamina–Beersheba		Be'er Ya'akov towardsBe'er Sheva Center
Kfar Chabad towardsNetanya		Netanya–Rehovot		Be'er Ya'akov towardsRehovot
Lod Ganei Aviv towardsNetanya		Netanya–Beit Shemesh		Ramla towardsBeit Shemesh