Yavne–East railway station

Yavne–East

יבנה – מזרח
Yavne–East; יבנה – מזרח
General information
Location	HaMeisav St., Yavne
Coordinates	31°51′39.44″N 34°44′36.06″E / 31.8609556°N 34.7433500°E
Line(s)	Lod–Ashkelon railway
Platforms	1
Tracks	1
Construction
Parking	300 spaces
Bicycle facilities	8 spaces
History
Opened	1992
Rebuilt	2009
Electrified	28 January 2023; 22 months ago
Previous names	1918–1948: Yibna; 1948–1973: Yavne
Passengers
2019	470,468
Rank	52 out of 68

Yavne–East railway station is one of two railway stations in Yavne, Israel. It is on the suburban line Binyamina/Netanya–Tel Aviv–Rehovot/Ashkelon. Yavne East was opened in 1992 and was fully rebuilt in 2009.

Despite the name, the station is located south of the city of Yavne, near the entrance via Highway 42, and adjacent to an industrial area. Five local and intercity bus lines serve the station and the parking lot has 300 spaces.

Yavne East station is located about 3 km south-west of the former Yibna railway station, which opened in 1920 as part of the Lod–Ashkelon railway, operated by Palestine Railways. The former station was located near the village of Al-Qubayba, presently within the moshav Ge'alya east of Yavne.

The other railway station in Yavne, Yavne West, is located in the western part of the city and is situated on the new rail line from Tel Aviv to Ashdod via Rishon LeZion, adjacent to the Yavne Central Bus Station and was opened in 2012.

Yavne East is one of only two train stations in Israel with only a single passenger platform (the other being the little-used Dimona railway station). As part of the double-tracking, upgrade and electrification works of the Rehovot–Pleshet section of the Lod–Ashkelon railway and a large housing and commercial development plan for the area, Yavne East station will be rebuilt in a different location on the railway sometime by the mid-2020s decade. The new station will have four passenger platforms located below ground level with the station building situated at ground level.^[2]