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Public transport in Jerusalem

On a weekday 21,002 bus trips, 119 trains and 652 light rail trips stop in Jerusalem, on 450 lines. There is service on Shabbat too: 803 trips in Jerusalem between 9:00 and 16:00 on Saturday.

20.3 trips a day per 1,000 residents, fewer than most towns of a similar size (median 25.5). Ranked #72 of 101.

  • Weekday21,773trips · a Tuesday
  • Friday11,133trips · until Shabbat
  • Saturday7,391trips · mostly after Shabbat

When do the buses and trains run?

Weekday trips by hour

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04:0008:0012:0016:0020:0000:0003:00

In purple: night trips, after midnight. Each bar is the number of trips passing through Jerusalem in that hour.

Train stations in Jerusalem

Weekday trains, both directions

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Where you can get from Jerusalem without changing

320 towns by direct ride · weekday trips

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Who runs the lines

Weekday trips by operator

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28%
19%
17%
Egged 5,374Superbus 3,725Extra Jerusalem 3,389Electra Afikim 1,754Derech Egged 1,505Kavim 1,417Tnufa 1,381ירושלים-רמאללה איחוד 844

Lines: Egged 122 · Extra Jerusalem 80 · Electra Afikim 60 · Superbus 53 · Kavim 30 · Tnufa 27 · Derech Egged 26 · ירושלים-רמאללה איחוד 12 · ירושלים-אלווסט איחוד 6 · Galim 5 · ירושלים-אבו-תור-ענאתא איחוד 5 · Dan BaDarom 4 · Metropoline 4 · ירושלים-דרום איחוד 4 · ירושלים-צור באהר איחוד 4 · Nateev Express 3 · ירושלים - עיסאוויה מחנה שעפאט איחוד 2 · Kfir 2 · Israel Railways 1

The busiest stops

Weekday stops

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  1. שדרות שז''ר/בנייני האומה3,539Directions ↗
  2. צומת רמות/גולדה3,392Directions ↗
  3. גשר המיתרים/שד' הרצל3,130Directions ↗
  4. אצטדיון טדי/א''ס ביתר2,722Directions ↗
  5. ת. מרכזית ירושלים/יפו2,714Directions ↗
  6. מסוף הר נוף/כנפי נשרים2,525Directions ↗
  7. ירמיהו/הצבי2,423Directions ↗
  8. ירמיהו/שמגר1,898Directions ↗

Names are shown in Hebrew, as the official source lists them.

Questions about public transport in Jerusalem

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Is there public transport on Shabbat in Jerusalem?

There is service on Shabbat too: 803 trips in Jerusalem between 9:00 and 16:00 on Saturday.

Is there a train station in Jerusalem?

Yes. Jerusalem has 1 Israel Railways station: ירושלים/יצחק נבון. 119 trains stop there on a weekday. There are also 47 light rail stops.

How many bus lines are there in Jerusalem?

450 lines run by 19 operators stop in Jerusalem, mainly Egged, Extra Jerusalem and Electra Afikim. Together they make 21,773 trips on a weekday.

Where can you go from Jerusalem without changing?

At least 320 towns are connected to Jerusalem by a direct ride. The most weekday trips go to Beit Nekofa (1,061), Givat Ze'ev (668) and Beit Horon (457).

When does public transport start and end in Jerusalem?

On weekdays the first trips leave around 04:00 and the last around 01:00, and there are night lines too. The busiest hour is 07:00.

Public transport in towns near Jerusalem

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Calculated from the Ministry of Transport's official timetables (GTFS) for the week of 03.11.2026. A trip counts once even if it stops several times in town. Temporary changes, strikes and delays are not reflected. The Haifa cable car is not included.

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