 There are plans to continue this branch line further westwards to Rishon LeZion Moshe Dayan railway station on the Ayalon railway, as well as eastwards, in the median of highway 431, towards Modi'in and the high-speed railway to Jerusalem.In 2013, the Coastal railway was connected to the Lod–Ashkelon railway, enabling a direct passenger service from Tel Aviv and the north of Israel to Ashdod and Ashkelon, without going through Lod.From Yad Mordechai, the southern end of the Lod–Ashkelon railway, the line has been extended to Beersheba through the northern Negev.