Kfar Chabad railway station explained

Kfar Chabad
Coordinates:31.9931°N 34.8531°W
Parking:40 spaces
Bicycle:5 spaces
Passengers:416,411[1]
Pass Year:2019
Pass Rank:55 out of 68
Opened: (halt)
1952 (station)
Closed:1948 (halt)
Rebuilt:1999

The Kfar Chabad railway station is a railway station in the central Israeli village of Kfar Chabad. The station lies between Lod and Tel Aviv HaHagana. It is served by trains on the line between Binyamina and Ashkelon. The town of Kfar Chabad is a Chasidic town affiliated with the Chabad movement. The station was constructed in 1952 in place of the old Palestine Railways halt which used to serve the village of Al-Safiriyya. In 1999, as part of double-tracking the Tel-Aviv—Lod railway, Kfar Habad station had been rebuilt. The station is operated by the country's national rail operator, Israel Railways.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 2019 Freedom of Information Law Annual Report . Israel Railways.