Tel Aviv University railway station

Tel Aviv University railway station is an Israel Railways station in northern Tel Aviv, Israel. It is officially named Tel Aviv Universita – Merkaz HaYeridim in Hebrew (English: Tel Aviv University – Exhibition Center), due to its proximity to Tel Aviv University and Expo Tel Aviv (the Tel Aviv fairgrounds and convention center, commonly known as Ganei HaTaarucha).

Tel Aviv University station תחנת תל אביב האוניברסיטה
Israel Railways
General information
Location	95 Rokah Blvd., Tel Aviv, Israel
Coordinates	32°06′13″N 34°48′16.5″E / 32.10361°N 34.804583°E / 32.10361; 34.804583Coordinates: 32°06′13″N 34°48′16.5″E / 32.10361°N 34.804583°E / 32.10361; 34.804583
Platforms	2
Tracks	4
Construction
Parking	170 spaces
History
Opened	October 2000
Electrified	6 September 2020
Passengers
2019	6,499,857^[1]
Rank	4 out of 68

v t e Railways in the Tel Aviv area
Legend
Inter-city lines to Nahariya and Karmiel via Haifa 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 to Jerusalem Pa'atei Modi'in Modi'in Center Lod Bat Yam-Komemiyut Be'er Ya'akov Rishon LeZion Moshe Dayan Ramla Rehovot Inter-city line to Beit Shemesh Yavne West Yavne East Mazkeret Batya Ashdod Ad Halom Kiryat Malakhi-Yoav Ashkelon Kiryat Gat Inter-city and suburban lines to Beersheba

The station has four platforms connected by pedestrian tunnels. It is the northernmost passenger rail station in Tel Aviv; non-stop trains from the station can reach southern Haifa's Hof HaCarmel railway station in about 40 minutes. Outside the station, there is a bus terminal serving the areas adjacent to the university.

In 2019, over six million passengers used the station, making it the fourth-busiest in the country.

Access

The station is located between the lanes of the Ayalon Highway at the Rokah Boulevard interchange. The western entrance is connected to Tel Aviv University by a long stairway, while the eastern entrance allows foot access to the Israel Trade Fairs & Convention Center and to the Yarkon Park. There is a parking facility located near the eastern entrance, between the station and the Trade Fairs Center. The parking facility can be accessed by private transport from Rokah Boulevard or by taking the Exhibition Center exit from the northbound lane of the Ayalon Highway.

A Dan Bus Company terminal is adjacent to the western entrance of the station. It is the terminus of routes 7, 13, 40, 45, 49, 113 and 289, that connect the station to Tel Aviv University and continue further to different parts of Tel Aviv and Gush Dan. On the eastern entrance of the station there is a small bus terminal that contains only the terminus of Dan bus line 8 that operated on rush hours only.
On Rokah Boulevard, outside the eastern entrance, are stops of Dan routes 8, 22, 40, 89, 122, 189 and 266 as well as routes from Tel Aviv to Herzliya, Ra'anana and Kfar Saba: 47, 48, 247 of Metropoline Bus Company and 521 of the Egged Bus Cooperative.

Train service

Preceding station	Israel Railways			Following station
Binyamina towards Nahariya		Nahariya–Modi'in		Tel Aviv Savidor Central towards Modi'in Central
Herzliya towards Nahariya		Nahariya–Beersheba		Tel Aviv Savidor Central towards Be'er Sheva Center
Herzliya towards Karmiel		Karmiel–Beersheba
Herzliya towards Binyamina		Binyamina–Beersheba
Herzliya towards Netanya		Netanya–Beit Shemesh		Tel Aviv Savidor Central towards Beit Shemesh
Bnei Brak–Ramat HaHayal towards Herzliya		Herzliya–Ashkelon		Tel Aviv Savidor Central towards Ashkelon
Herzliya Terminus		Herzliya–Jerusalem		Tel Aviv Savidor Central towards Jerusalem–Yitzhak Navon

Station layout

Platform numbers increase in a West-to-East direction

Platform 1	→      Nahariya–Modi'in Returning toward Nahariya (Binyamina) → →      Nahariya–Beersheba Returning toward Nahariya (Herzliya during peak hours; Haifa Hof HaCarmel during off-peak hours) → →      Karmiel–Beersheba Returning toward Karmiel (Herzliya) → →      Binyamina–Beersheba Returning toward Binyamina (Herzliya) → →      Netanya–Beit Shemesh Returning toward Netanya (Herzliya) during peak hours only → →      Herzliya–Jerusalem Returning toward Herzliya (Terminus) →
Island platform
Platform 2	←      Nahariya–Modi'in Advancing toward Modi'in Central (Tel Aviv Savidor Central) ←                Nahariya–Beersheba, Karmiel–Beersheba and Binyamina–Beersheba Advancing toward Be'er Sheva Central (Tel Aviv Savidor Central) ←      Netanya–Beit Shemesh Advancing toward Beit Shemesh (Tel Aviv Savidor Central) during peak hours only ←      Herzliya–Jerusalem Advancing toward Jerusalem–Yitzhak Navon (Tel Aviv Savidor Central)
Platform 3	→      Herzliya–Ashkelon Returning toward Herzliya (Bnei Brak–Ramat HaHayal) →
Island platform
Platform 4	←      Herzliya–Ashkelon Advancing toward Ashkelon (Tel Aviv Savidor Central)

Ridership

Passengers boarding and disembarking by year

Year	Passengers	Rank	Source
2021	3,132,561 (  1,248,751)	5 of 66 (  1)	2021 Freedom of Information Law Annual Report
2020	1,883,810 (  4,616,047)	4 of 68 ( )	2020 Freedom of Information Law Annual Report
2019	6,499,857	4 of 68	2019 Freedom of Information Law Annual Report

References

1. "2019 Freedom of Information Law Annual Report" (PDF). Israel Railways.