Kfar Saba–Nordau railway station

Railway station in Israel

32°10′03″N 34°54′59″E / 32.167566°N 34.916525°E / 32.167566; 34.916525Line(s)Sharon RailwayPlatforms2Tracks2ConstructionAccessibleYesHistoryOpened13 April 2003; 21 years ago (2003-04-13)Electrified25 December 2021; 2 years ago (2021-12-25)Previous names2003–2006: Hod haSharon–Kfar SabaPassengers20191,373,963[1]Rank32 out of 68
A train parking at the railway station in 2009

Kfar Saba–Nordau railway station (also known as Kostyuk) is a passenger railway station located at the city boundary of Hod HaSharon, Israel and Kfar Saba, Israel. The station was opened on 13 April 2003 as the beginning of the new Sharon Railway. Eleven days later, on 24 April 2003, a suicide bomber approached the new train station and activated the bomb he was carrying, murdering Alexander Kostyuk, the security guard who had prompted him for identification, and wounding 13 others. The station was later named after Kostyuk who prevented the bomber from entering the station.[2]

The station platforms are located in the median of Route 531 which separates Kfar Saba from Hod HaSharon; the only access to the platforms is via the station building on HaTsabarim St at Kfar Saba's side of the highway. Accordingly, the station is named "Kfar Saba", even though HaTsabarim St, including the station itself, is within the municipal boundaries of Hod HaSharon. Between September 2006 and March 2010, the station was named Hod Hasharon station.

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Hod Hasharon Sokolov
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Ridership

Passengers boarding and disembarking by year
Year Passengers Rank Source
2021 398,644 (Increase 112,539) 42 of 66 (Increase 1) 2021 Freedom of Information Law Annual Report
2020 286,105 (Decrease -1,087,858) 43 of 68 (Decrease 11) 2020 Freedom of Information Law Annual Report
2019 1,373,963 32 of 68 2019 Freedom of Information Law Annual Report

References

  1. ^ "2019 Freedom of Information Law Annual Report" (PDF). Israel Railways.
  2. ^ "Alexander Kostyuk". Israel Ministry of Foreign Affairs. 24 April 2003. Retrieved 4 August 2009.

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