Tel Aviv–South railway station
former railway station in Tel Aviv, Israel
Tel Aviv–South railway station was the name of two former railway stations in Tel Aviv, Israel, which were situated in two different locations. The original station opened in 1920, then in 1970 it was relocated 2.5 km south-east, and it finally closed to passengers in 1993.
Located east of the historical 1970 station location is the active Tel Aviv South rail yard and stabling point which is situated in the central reservation within the two carriageways of Highway 1, south of Tel Aviv HaHagana Station and the Kibbutz Galuyot Interchange where Highway 1 merges into the Ayalon Highway.
History
Original location
The station, originally named Tel Aviv Custom House Station, was built in 1920 by the British Mandate Authorities. Its first location (32.0636°N 34.7770°E / 32.0636; 34.7770 (Tel Aviv South railway station (original location))), at a distance of approximately 2.5 km from the Jaffa railway station, was facing the short Mikveh Israel Street, where the railway had followed a narrow curve between Yehuda Halevi Street and Railway (HaRakevet) Street.
The construction of the station and its adjacent custom house was part of rebuilding the whole Jaffa–Jerusalem railway, which had been damaged during World War I, in standard gauge, rather than the original 1.05 metre gauge. This was one of the first civil engineering works the British carried out, once their governing mandate was established by the League of Nations. The new station and customs house were built to replace the existing Jaffa Customs House, which was old, congested and could not cope with the growing level of cargo traffic at that time.
In 1935, an office building named Beit Hadar (in Hebrew, the "Citrus House"), the first steel frame structure in Tel Aviv, was built next to the station by architect Carl Rubin. From that point on the station was also known as Beit Hadar Station.
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