Migdal HaEmek–Kfar Baruch railway station

Migdal HaEmek–Kfar Baruch

מגדל העמק – כפר ברוך
Entrance to station
General information
LocationIsrael
Owned byIsrael Railways
Platforms1
Tracks2
Construction
Parking469 free spaces[1]
History
OpenedAugust 29, 2016
Passengers
2019259,977[2]
Rank63 out of 68
Location

Migdal HaEmek–Kfar Baruch railway station (Hebrew: תחנת הרכבת מגדל העמק – כפר ברוך) is an Israel Railways passenger station situated on the Jezreel Valley railway. It is served by one to two trains per hour in each direction.

With 259,977 passengers recorded in 2019, it was the least-used station in the North District.

There was a historic train station built in 1926 for the residents of the moshav Kfar Baruch, to the north of the village. It was a simple shack for awaiting passengers and had neither a ticket booth, nor tickets printed for the station. Therefore, the residents had to haggle with the train conductor on the train in hopes of being let in. Today, there are no remnants left of the station. It was approximately 1 km north-east of the new station location.

Public transport connections

There are 8 bus routes that terminate at the station, all of which are operated by Superbus except route 111.

  • Route 5: From Migdal HaEmek CBS to the station.
  • Route 6: From Migdal HaEmek CBS to the station via neighbourhoods.
  • Route 9: From Migdal HaEmek Industrial Area to the station via neighbourhoods.
  • Route 19: From Migdal HaEmek Industrial Area to the station via neighbourhoods and Kfar Baruch.
  • Route 25: Kfar HaHoresh to the station via Migdal HaEmek.
  • Route 105: From Ramat David direct to the station
  • Route 111: From Nazareth and Yafia to the station.
  • Route 305: From Ramat David to the station via Gvat, Yifat and Sarid.

References

  1. ^ Israel Railways - Migdal HaEmek/Kfar Baruch (English)
  2. ^ "2019 Freedom of Information Law Annual Report" (PDF). Israel Railways.
Preceding station Israel Railways Following station
Afula
towards Beit She'an
Beit She'an–Atlit Yokneam–Kfar Yehoshua
towards Atlit

32°38′51″N 35°12′35″E / 32.6475°N 35.2096°E / 32.6475; 35.2096