Tel Aviv Savidor Central Railway Station 4.21

Tel Aviv Savidor Central Railway Station is the main central train station of Tel Aviv. It is one of the main railway hubs of Israel, located on the eastern side of Tel Aviv, at the border between Tel Aviv and Ramat Gan. The station was opened to the public in November 1954 under the name Tel Aviv Central.The station serves most rail lines in Israel and has 6 passenger platforms—more than any other station in Israel—and is also the busiest in terms of passenger movements, serving a daily average of 70,073 passengers in December 2014. Despite not being a terminus for most lines, it serves as a terminal for travel to all parts of Israel. The station is located next to the 2000 Terminal in the west and the Diamond Exchange District (of Ramat Gan) in the east. Like all railway stations in Tel Aviv, the tracks lie between the southbound and northbound lanes of Ayalon Highway. The tracks are connected by escalators, stairways and elevators for disabled persons to a bridge which connects them with the terminal building (on the Tel Aviv side) and the Diamond Exchange District (on the Ramat Gan side). An underground station of the future Red Line light rail is being built at the site to be opened by October 2021. Also under construction in 2016 is a northern access pavilion fronting Modaii bridge, adding a third passenger entry and exit point out of the station which will facilitate passengers who need access to the nearby Diamond Exchange Commercial District in neighboring Ramat-Gan.