Biblical Zoo railway station

Railway station in Jerusalem, Israel

31°44′41″N 35°10′37″E / 31.74472°N 35.17694°E / 31.74472; 35.17694Platforms1Tracks1ConstructionAccessibleYesHistoryOpened1996ClosedMarch 2020Passengers201926,445^[1]Rank67 out of 68

Jerusalem Biblical Zoo railway station is a defunct Israel Railways station on the Jaffa-Jerusalem railway, located in the southwestern part of the city next to the Jerusalem Biblical Zoo. The station saw limited service; with only 26,445 passengers recorded in 2019, it was the country's second least-used station, ahead of only Dimona railway station.

Service to the station has been suspended entirely since March 2020 due to poor usage combined with the economic impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic.^[2] Since 2021, the whole rail section between Beit Shemesh railway station and Jerusalem is inoperative until either a replacement is found for the decommissioned IC3 trains, or the line undergoes a massive renovation.

References

^ "2019 Freedom of Information Law Annual Report" (PDF). Israel Railways.
^ Keinan, Lior (27 June 2020). "רגב נגד האוצר: מסרבת לבטל את הקו לדימונה - חרף מיעוט נוסעים". Channel 13 News. Retrieved 19 March 2021.

Israel Railways

Main line

Coastal railway	Nahariya Acre Kiryat Motzkin Kiryat Haim Hutzot HaMifratz HaMifratz Central Haifa Center HaShmona Haifa Bat Galim Haifa Hof HaCarmel Atlit Binyamina Caesarea-Pardes Hanna Hadera West Netanya Netanya Sapir Beit Yehoshua Herzliya
Ayalon railway	Tel Aviv University Tel Aviv Savidor Central Tel Aviv HaShalom Tel Aviv HaHagana
Old Tel Aviv–Jerusalem railway	Kfar Chabad Lod Ganei Aviv Lod Ramla
South railway	Mazkeret Batya Kiryat Mal'akhi – Yoav Kiryat Gat Lehavim–Rahat Be'er Sheva North Dimona Har Tzin freight terminal

Branch lines

Acre–Karmiel railway	Ahihud Karmiel
Jezreel Valley railway	Yokneam–Kfar Yehoshua Migdal HaEmek–Kfar Baruch Afula Beit She'an
Sharon railway	Ra'anana West Ra'anana South Hod Hasharon Sokolov Kfar Saba–Nordau
Eastern railway	Rosh HaAyin North
Yarkon railway	Bnei Brak–Ramat HaHayal Petah Tikva-Kiryat Aryeh Petah Tikva Segula
Tel Aviv–Bnei Darom railway	Holon Junction Holon–Wolfson Bat Yam–Yoseftal Bat Yam–Komemiyut Rishon LeZion Moshe Dayan Yavne West
New Tel Aviv–Jerusalem railway	Ben Gurion Airport Jerusalem–Yitzhak Navon
Anava–Modi'in railway	Paatei Modi'in Modi'in Central
Lod–Ashkelon railway	Be'er Ya'akov Rehovot Yavne East Ashdod Ad Halom Ashkelon
Rishon LeZion–Modi'in railway	Rishon LeZion HaRishonim
Ashkelon–Beersheba railway	Sderot Netivot Ofakim
Old Tel Aviv–Jerusalem railway	Beit Shemesh ~~Biblical Zoo~~ ~~Jerusalem–Malha~~
South railway	Be'er Sheva Center

Future lines

Eastern railway (under construction)	~~Hadera East~~ ~~Ahituv–Emeq Hefer~~ Tayibe–Qalansuwa Tira–Kochav Ya'ir Kfar Saba North Rosh HaAyin North ~~Rosh HaAyin South~~ El'ad Airport City Lod
Rishon LeZion–Modi'in railway (under construction)	Rishon LeZion Moshe Dayan Rishon LeZion Me'uyan Soreq Rishon LeZion HaRishonim Ramla South Paatei Modi'in
Planned	Karmiel-Kiryat Shmona railway
Proposed	Beersheba–Eilat high-speed railway