As of 2022, the station is undergoing extensive construction and restoration in anticipation of being reopened in the late 2020s as part of the re-building effort of the Eastern Railway.

The line was built as narrow gauge (1050 mm) like the rest of the Ottoman railways in the region, and was situated relatively inland to avoid the reach of naval guns from Royal Navy warships patrolling the Mediterranean coast.

[2] After the British conquered the area, they converted the Eastern Railway to standard gauge and extended it further northwards, connecting Haifa with Lydda for onward journey west to Jaffa, east to Jerusalem, or south via Gaza City to El Kantara, Egypt.

US$ 2.7 billion in 2018 dollars),[7][8] reinstating a service from Haifa via Hadera and Kfar Saba to Lod which would bypass the congested Coastal railway south of Pardes Hanna.

Out of the projected amount, NIS 50 million would fund the creation of a new Hadera East station, which will be situated within the site in a location that allows for the preservation of the historic British buildings.