Yarkon Railway

The initial section of the Yarkon Railway was built in 1920–21 in response to a request from the Jewish settlers in Petah Tikva, who sought an improved means of transport for passengers and goods, mainly for shipping fruit picked from the citrus orchards around Petah Tikva to the ports of Jaffa (accessible via Lydda) or Haifa (accessible via Hadera) for export abroad.

The original Petah Tikva railway station stood on the short HaAkhim Bakhar st., close to the central bus station; from there, the railway continued along the present Mivtza Yiftah st., then along the north side of Segula Cemetery, then along HaRakevet st. in the Segula Industrial Area.

In 1958, a westbound freight-only spur was built from the Yarkon railway into the Kiryat Arye industrial zone.

After service on the Eastern Railway between Hadera and Kfar Saba was discontinued in 1969, the Yarkon Railway became part of the national main line linking Haifa via Herzliya, Petah Tikva, Rosh HaAyin and Lod to Jerusalem and the south of Israel.

The newest station on the Yarkon Railway, Petah Tikva Kiryat Aryeh, opened on 3 May 2008.