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:''For other stations in Jerusalem, see Jerusalem Malha Railway Station and Jerusalem Binyanei HaUma Railway Station.'' The Jerusalem Railway Station ((ヘブライ語:תחנת הרכבת ירושלים), ''Tahanat HaRakevet Yerushalayim'') is a historic railway station in Jerusalem, Israel, located between Hebron Road and Bethlehem Road, near the German Colony. It was part of the Jaffa–Jerusalem railway until its closure in 1998. When it was in operation it was also known as the Khan station for the old caravanserai building, now the Khan Theater, located across the road. The station opened in 1892 as a terminus of the Jaffa–Jerusalem line, at the 86.6 kilometer mark, at an elevation of 747 meters. In 1998 this railway along with the station were closed and the station was not included in the restoration of the Tel Aviv – Jerusalem line, completed in 2005. The station lay neglected for many years, although the railway yard was used for annual events such as Hebrew Book Week. After undergoing an extensive restoration, it reopened as a culture and entertainment center in May 2013.〔 (subscription)〕 ==History== The idea to build a railway linking the coast with the Jerusalem was first raised in the middle of the 19th century by Dr. Conrad Schick, Moses Montefiore and others. The franchise for laying the railway was obtained from the Ottoman government by Joseph Navon, but due to financial difficulties, he had to sell the franchise to a French company which was set up to build the line – ''Société du Chemin de Fer Ottoman de Jaffa à Jérusalem et Prolongements''. In 1892, construction of the line from Jaffa to Jerusalem was finally completed: "paved route of the trail donkeys", an ancient way of rising to Jerusalem passes through Nahal Sorek and Ghost Valley. The station was inaugurated on 26 September 1892 in the presence of the city's dignitaries, Jews and Arabs. Among those present at the ceremony was Eliezer Ben Yehuda, the reviver of the Hebrew language, which gave the train the literal name of – ''horse of the steel'' in Hebrew as the word ''Rakevet'' had not yet been created. The station operated almost continuously until 1948, when traffic stopped on the Jaffa–Jerusalem line due to the 1948 Arab–Israeli War. At the end of the war a section of the track near Beit Safafa, an Arab neighborhood in southeastern Jerusalem, remained under the control of the Jordanian Arab Legion. Following the 1949 Armistice Agreements, it was agreed that Jordan would hand the control of this section of the track to Israel, in order to enable Israel Railways to restart the service to Jerusalem.〔 As a result, between 1948 to 1967 the Beit Safafa neighborhood was divided; the area south of the railway line was part of the Jordanian controlled West Bank and the railway line itself and small area to the North part of the Israeli controlled section of Jerusalem. The service on the line resumed on August 7, 1949.〔 In 1959 the railway tracks to Jerusalem underwent extensive renovations, but over time, the number of passengers using the line decreased. For the majority of the years until the line was finally closed, there was only once or twice daily service to Tel Aviv South Railway Station (now also closed) and / or Haifa Central Railway Station. During the 1990s, due to the poor level of railway tracks maintenance, there were many minor derailments; therefore it was decided to close the section of the Jaffa–Jerusalem railway line from Beit Shemesh Railway Station along Nahal Sorek to Jerusalem. On 14 August 1998 the last train service left the station, and on 15 August 1998 the station was officially closed. The Beit Shemesh–Jerusalem section was later renovated and reopened in 2005, but only reached the Malha neighborhood, with the railway between Malha and the original Jerusalem station having been abandoned. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Jerusalem Railway Station」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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