Public Transportation Updates for Purim 🎭🎉✨

On the occasion of Purim, train traffic will be increased on Friday, 14.3.25 on the Nahariya – Tel Aviv line, and train traffic to Jerusalem will also be increased on Sunday, 16.3.25 (Shushan Purim)

• Train No. 9032 from Lehavim-Rahat station to Nahariya will depart at 11:06 and stop at the following stations: Kiryat Gat, Kiryat Malachi, Mazkeret Batya, Ramla, Lod, Tel Aviv HaHagana, Tel Aviv HaShalom, Tel Aviv Savidor Center, Tel Aviv University, Herzliya, Binyamina, Atlit, Haifa Hof HaKarmel, Haifa Bat Galim, Haifa Center HaShmona, HaMifrats Central Station, Hutsot HaMifrats, Kiryat Haim, Kiryat Motzkin, Akko, and Nahariya (terminal stop).
• Train No. 9037 from Nahariya station to Tel Aviv HaHagana will depart at 12:16 and stop at the following stations: Akko, Kiryat Motzkin, Kiryat Haim, Hutsot HaMifrats, HaMifrats Central Station, Haifa Center HaShmona, Haifa Bat Galim, Haifa Hof HaKarmel, Atlit, Binyamina, Herzliya, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv Savidor Center, Tel Aviv HaShalom, and Tel Aviv HaHagana (terminal stop).

• Trains on the Modi’in – Jerusalem Yitzhak Navon line will operate in a format of two trains per hour, and the hours of operation on the line will be extended until 00:30 (approximately).
• Train activity on the Herzliya – Tel Aviv – Jerusalem Yitzhak Navon line will be extended and will operate in a format of two trains per hour until 2:00 AM.

🎊 Shushan Purim in Jerusalem and Bnei Brak

During Purim in Bnei Brak, special departure points will be operated, similar to last year. In Jerusalem, the following lines will depart from the Arzim Terminal: Line 577 to Elad, Lines 457 and 458 to Dimona and Yeruham (with the last line also stopping at the Meshach Bridge), Lines 407, 424, 426, and 546 to Petah Tikva, Rehovot, Netanya, and Komemiyut, Lines 952, 956, 972, 996, 997, and 999 to the North, and Lines 992, 993, and 982. Additionally, Lines 492, 494, 496, 498, and 499 will head South.

Lines 310, 320, 330, and 340 to Modiin Illit will depart from the Shfa Chaim/Golda terminal from the beginning of service until 2:30 PM. After that, they will depart from the Givat HaTahmoshet terminal near the light rail station, starting at 2:30 PM until the end of service. Lines 226 and 246 to Beitar Illit will depart from the Givat HaTahmoshet terminal. Lines 451 and 459 to Ashdod will depart from the Har Hotzvim terminal. Line 289 to Kiryat Ye’arim will depart from the Hartom/Golda Meir terminal. Line 616 to Beit Shemesh will depart from the Hartom/Serat D’vorah terminal. Lines 636, 637, 638, and 639 to Beit Shemesh will depart from the Kiryat HaMada/HaRefuah Street. Line 556 to Kiryat Gat will depart from the Yermiyahu/Menahat Yitzhak terminal, and Line 555 to Arad will depart from the Gur Yeshiva/Yermiyahu terminal.

Due to these special departure points, starting from 4:00 PM, the following streets will be restricted to public transportation only: Shfa Chaim, Yermiyahu (from the Shamgar intersection to Tzafanya), and the entrances to Har Hotzvim – from Kiryat HaMada Street (from the Ramat junction) and from Har Tom in all directions. The private car parking at Givat HaTahmoshet will be closed to private vehicles and will serve only as a departure point.

Further changes to traffic arrangements will occur according to police instructions. Private car drivers are advised to avoid the area. The light rail in Jerusalem will not operate between Givat HaTahmoshet and the Central Bus Station from 9:00 AM to 3:00 PM.