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Jerusalem–Khan railway station

Wikipedia's first sentence called it “former railway station located in the area between hebron road and bethlehem road”. Today it says “historic railway station in jerusalem”.
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Former railway station in Israel The Jerusalem railway station ( Hebrew : תחנת הרכבת ירושלים , Tahanat HaRakevet Yerushalayim ; Arabic : محطة قدس شريف ) is a historic railway station in Jerusalem , located between Hebron Road and Bethlehem Road, near the German Colony . It is also known as the Jerusalem–Khan railway station ( Hebrew : תחנת הרכבת ירושלים – החאן , Tahanat HaRakevet Yerushalayim–HaKhan ) after the caravanserai building, now the Khan Theater located across the road, to differentiate it from the Jerusalem–Malha and Jerusalem–Yitzhak Navon stations opened after its closure. It was part of the Jaffa–Jerusalem railway until its closure in 1998. The station opened in 1892 during the Ottoman period as a terminus of the Jaffa–Jerusalem line, at the 86.6 kilometer mark and an elevation of 787 metres (2,582 ft). 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. On Chariots with Horses of Fire and Iron .

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Wikipedia's first sentence called it “former railway station located in the area between hebron road and bethlehem road”. Today it says “historic railway station in jerusalem”. Read the current article and compare.
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former railway station located in the area between hebron road and bethlehem road

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historic railway station in jerusalem

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