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Jerusalem District

Beit Shemesh Railway Station

Beit Shemesh railway station is an Israel Railways station in , , on the –– line. The station is located near the northern industrial zone of Beit Shemesh.
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  • Type: Railway station
  • Description: railway station in Israel
  • Also known as: “Beit Shemesh railway station” and “Bet Shemesh”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Biblical Museum of Natural History and Hartuv.

Museum
The , currently located in at the entrance to , , was founded in 2014 by Rabbi Dr. Natan Slifkin, affectionately referred to as the "Zoo Rabbi."… is situated 680 metres southeast of Beit Shemesh Railway Station.

Historic site
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, Arabic: ارتون) or Har-Tuv was an agricultural colony in the Judean Hills established in 1882 on land purchased from the Arab village of Artuf by English missionaries. is situated 1¼ km northeast of Beit Shemesh Railway Station.

Archaeological site
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is a small archaeological tell northeast of the modern city of . It was identified in the late 1830s as Biblical Beth Shemesh – it then was known as Ain Shams – by Edward Robinson. is situated 1½ km southwest of Beit Shemesh Railway Station.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Beit Shemesh and Naham.

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is a city in the Shfela region of , with a population of 119,000. Excluding the , is the closest city to .

Village
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is a moshav in central . Located near , it falls under the jurisdiction of Mateh Yehuda Regional Council. In 2023 it had a population of 597.

Village
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is a moshav in central . Located about two kilometers east of , it falls under the jurisdiction of Mateh Yehuda Regional Council in the . In 2023 it had a population of 500.

Beit Shemesh Railway Station

Latitude
31.75782° or 31° 45′ 28″ north
Longitude
34.98937° or 34° 59′ 22″ east
Elevation
216 metres (709 feet)
Operator
Israel Railways
Open location code
8G3PQX5Q+4P
Open­Street­Map ID
node 3090784765
Open­Street­Map feature
public_transport=­station
Open­Street­Map feature
railway=­station
Geo­Names ID
8183457
Wiki­data ID
Q2915696
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Yiddish—“Beit Shemesh Railway Station” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “محطة سكة حديد بيت شمش”
  • Arabic: “محطة سكة حديد بيت شيمش”
  • Arabic: “محطة قطار بيت شمش”
  • Arabic: “محطة قطار بيت شيمش”
  • Czech: “Železniční stanice Bejt Šemeš”
  • Dutch: “Station Beit Shemesh”
  • Dutch: “Station Bet Shemesh”
  • French: “Beit Shemesh”
  • German: “Bahnhof Bet Schemesch”
  • Hebrew: “Taẖanat Bet Shemesh”
  • Hebrew: “בית שמש”
  • Hebrew: “תחנת בית שמש”
  • Hebrew: “תחנת הרכבת בית שמש”
  • Polish: “Beit Szemesz”
  • Polish: “Bet Szemesz”
  • Yiddish: “בית שמש באן סטאנציע”

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