| Bet Yehoshua railway station תחנת הרכבת בית יהושע | |
| Type: | Israel Railways |
| Platform: | 2 |
| Tracks: | 3 |
| Passengers: | 2,056,937[1] |
| Pass Year: | 2019 |
| Pass Rank: | 24 out of 68 |
| Opened: | May 1953 |
| Electrified: | September 2022 |
| Accessible: | yes |
Bet Yehoshua railway station (Hebrew: תחנת הרכבת בית יהושע, Taḥanat HaRakevet Beit Yehoshua) is an Israel Railways passenger station located in Beit Yehoshua and serves the village and the southern part of the city of Netanya, with its large industrial zones, as well as other small communities in the area.
The station mostly serves suburban trains on the Binyamina–Tel Aviv–Beersheba, Netanya–Tel Aviv–Rehovot and Netanya–Tel Aviv–Beit Shemesh suburban lines with a total of four stops at the station in each direction per hour at peak times and two stops at off-peak times.
Platform 1 is used for southbound suburban or intercity trains, while platform 2 is used for northbound suburban or intercity trains. The station is situated between Netanya Sapir railway station to the north and Herzliya railway station to the south.
A small spur rail exists north of platform 2, housing a rail maintenance vehicle.
Platform numbers increase in an East-to-West direction
| Side platform | ||
| Platform 1 | Advancing< | ---Southbound trains are called רכבת פורשת in Israel Railways Terminology---> trains toward Modi'in Central do not stop here → Nahariya–Beersheba and Karmiel–Beersheba Advancing trains toward Be'er Sheva Central do not stop here → Advancing toward Be'er Sheva Central → Advancing toward Rehovot during peak hours only → Advancing toward Beit Shemesh during peak hours only → Advancing trains toward Jerusalem–Yitzhak Navon during night hours only, except on Wed.-Thu. nights do not stop here → Advancing trains toward Ben Gurion Airport during night hours on Wed.-Thu. nights only do not stop here → |
|---|---|---|
| Platform 2 | ← Nahariya–Modi'in and Nahariya–Beersheba Returning< | ---Northbound trains are called רכבת חוזרת in Israel Railways Terminology---> trains toward Nahariya do not stop here ← Returning trains toward Karmiel do not stop here ← Returning toward Binyamina ← Netanya–Rehovot and Netanya–Beit Shemesh Returning toward Netanya during peak hours only ← Returning trains toward Binyamina during night hours only do not stop here |
| Side platform |
| Year | Passengers | Rank | Source | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 1,052,922 | 2021 Freedom of Information Law Annual Report | ||
| 2020 | 675,390 | 2020 Freedom of Information Law Annual Report | ||
| 2019 | 2,056,937 | 2019 Freedom of Information Law Annual Report |