At Ashkelon train station, 87.7% of the trains counted in the last 12 months were on time.
Ashkelon is a station on the Israel Railways network, in the Ashkelon area.
- Name in Hebrew
- אשקלון
- Area
- Ashkelon
- Station number
- 5900
- Location
- 31.68° N, 34.60° E
- Trains counted
- 16,728
- Newest figures
- October 2026
Ashkelon train station. File photo, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
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The share on time at Ashkelon was 4.9 points below the 92.6% across all stations.
16,728 trains were counted from November 2025 to October 2026: 14,668 on time and 2,060 late. Trains are counted station by station.
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The share on time at Ashkelon was 97.0% in 2015 and 87.7% in the 12 months to October 2026.
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2026 covers 10 months. From 2015 to 2019 the Ministry's table also counted trains that left early, and they do not count as on time here. From 2023 it has two statuses, on time and late, and it has no rows for 2020 to 2022.
The plan had 8,317 trains starting their journey at Ashkelon in the last 12 months, and 97.2% of them ran.
8,083 of 8,317 planned trains ran, and the dark mark is the 96.5% across all stations.
The nearest station to Ashkelon is Ashdod Ad Halom Metropol, 12.3 km away.
- Ashdod Ad Halom Metropol12.3 km · 89.4% on time
- Sderot18 km · 90.7% on time
- Kiryat Gat18.3 km · 93.9% on time
- Kiryat Malakhi Yoav22.1 km · 96.5% on time
- Yavne East24.4 km · 96.0% on time
- Yavne West26.7 km · 88.6% on time
Distances are the straight line between the stations' points, not the way by rail.
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These are the questions people ask about Ashkelon train station.
How many trains were on time at Ashkelon train station?
In the 12 months to October 2026, 87.7% of the 16,728 trains counted at Ashkelon were on time. Across all stations the share was 92.6%.
Where is Ashkelon train station?
Ashkelon is in the Ashkelon area. Its point on the map is 31.68° N, 34.60° E, and the nearest station is Ashdod Ad Halom Metropol, 12.3 km away.
Which stations are near Ashkelon train station?
The six nearest are Ashdod Ad Halom Metropol (12.3 km), Sderot (18 km), Kiryat Gat (18.3 km), Kiryat Malakhi Yoav (22.1 km), Yavne East (24.4 km) and Yavne West (26.7 km), by the straight line between the stations.
How many of the planned trains from Ashkelon ran?
The plan had 8,317 trains starting their journey at Ashkelon in the last 12 months, and 8,083 of them ran, which is 97.2%. Across all stations 96.5% of the planned trains ran.
The list of stations, the table of trains on time at each station and the table of planned and run trains are the Ministry of Transport and Road Safety's, read on 2 November 2026. A station's point is its stop in the Ministry's timetable, and photographs are from Wikimedia Commons with their credit on each picture.