The new Tel Aviv–Jerusalem railway reaches as far as Jerusalem–Yitzhak Navon station located 80m underground at the northwest entrance to Jerusalem.

[1] Initial plans called for a central Jerusalem station at the intersection of King George and Jaffa streets, under the "Pillars Building" (which from 1932 until the 1960s served as Jerusalem's central bus station) and its parking lot.

[1] In July 2018 a slightly different location was proposed, 130 m to the northwest, at the future "Benin Compound" to be built near the Davidka Square, located approximately 1.4 km southeast of Navon railway station.

Israel Railways submitted a legal objection asking that the compound's plan be modified to allow for an underground train station.

In 2020 the government of Israel approved spending NIS 90 million to purchase rights in the future compound to permit for the construction of the station.