The incident comes as the airport continues to face flight delays caused by a strike led by Israel Airports Authority (IAA) workers’ union on Thursday.
The Ben-Gurion Airport train station is experiencing significant delays following a “localized fault,” Israel Railways announced on Monday.
The railway added that the delays are further affecting service to and from stations in Jerusalem and Modi’in.
The station’s Platform 2 was temporarily closed after the malfunction, Ynet News reported earlier on Monday, and the railway’s website showed a train from Ben-Gurion Airport to Jerusalem’s Yitzhak Navon Station delayed by more than 20 minutes, with smaller delays continuing down the line.
A senior railway official described the incident to Ynet as an “apparent miracle,” emphasizing that such a malfunction will eventually cause a “disaster” if not addressed.
The report cited a passenger on a train from Jerusalem to Herzliya who claimed the train returned to Jerusalem after the malfunction, while another passenger said he continued his journey by bus after his train was evacuated along with station passengers.
Police officers at Ben-Gurion Airport (credit: REUVEN CASTRO)
Israel Railways denies airport station was evacuated
An additional passenger told Ynet that the station platform was evacuated after “three explosions,” a claim Israel Railways denied.
“The Ben-Gurion Airport train station has not been evacuated and continues to operate as usual,” the railway said.
Ben-Gurion Airport Station, as well as the surrounding area, has experienced multiple recent electrical faults, according to Walla.
The incident comes as the airport continues to face flight delays caused by a strike led by Israel Airports Authority (IAA) workers’ union on Thursday.
According to the IAA website, the airport is facing both arrival and departure delays, some stretching over five hours, with union chairman Pinchas Idan rejecting claims that he was responsible for the strike in an interview with KAN News on Saturday.
Aaron Glick contributed to this report.