 It is located on HaMesila street (, "The Track street"), besides the Zikhron Ya'akov – Pardes Hanna-Karkur road (Route 652).The station was opened on July 11, 1921 as a halt on the Coastal railway line, constructed by the British during their Mandate of Palestine.After the establishment of the State of Israel it became one of the combined passenger-freight stations on the Tel Aviv – Haifa railway line.