Train Service Changes 🚆 and Emek Hefer Lines 🚍

Dear passengers,

We have collected main transportation updates you should know: 

🚆 Train Service Changes due to Ashkelon station closure

Due to electrification work, starting tonight (Thursday), until Monday (16.3.2020) at 05:00  there will be train service changes as follows:

March 13-14 (Friday – Saturday)

• Ashkelon, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv HaShalom, Tel Aviv Savidor Central, Kfar Habad and Lod Ganei Aviv stations will be closed
• Raanana – Beer Sheva Line will operate as follows:

1. Between Raanana West and Bnei Brak
2. Between Tel Aviv Hagana and Ashdod Ad Halom
3. Between Sderot and Beer Sheva Central

• Northbound train service will terminate at Herzliya station
• Southbound trains from Beer Sheva via Kiryat Gat will operate between Beer Sheva and Tel Aviv Hagana
• Train service between Binyamina-Ashkelon will operate between Lod and Ashdod Ad Halom
• Southbound trains between Netanya-Beit Shemesh will operate from Lod 

March 15-16 (Sunday – Monday)

• Ashkelon train station will be closed
• Beer Sheva – Raanana Line will operate as follows:

1. Southbound trains will operate between Beer Sheva and Sderot
2. Northbound trains will operate  between Raanana and Ashdod Ad Halom

• Biinyamina – Ashkelon trains service will depart and terminate at Ashdod Ad Halom

March 15-18 (Sunday – Wednesday between 21:30 – 04:30)

• Northbound trains will operate to and from Herzliya station
• Raanana – Beer Sheva Line will operate as follows:

1. Between Raanana West and Bnei Brak
2. Between Tel Aviv Hagana and Ashdod Ad Halom
3. Between Sderot and Beer Sheva Central

• Train service between Binyamina-Ashkelon will operate between Lod and Ashdod Ad Halom
• Southbound trains between Netanya-Beit Shemesh will operate from Lod 
• Train service from Beer Sheva will operate between Beer Sheva Central and Tel Aviv Hagana (via Ben Gurion Airport)
• Night train service between Beer Sheva and Tel Aviv Hagana will operate between Ashdod Ad Halom and Tel Aviv Hagana
• Ashkelon, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv HaShalom, Tel Aviv Savidor Central, Modi’in, Kfar Habad, and Lod Ganei Aviv will be closed 

For your convenience, during the closures, there will be free shuttles operating between the closed stations. Schedules and routes can be found in Moovit. In addition, the following bus lines will have additional service: 300 and 304 (Egged), 364 and 464 (Dan South) 

🚌 New Public Transportation in Emek Hefer!

Last week, the Hefer Lines project was initiated by the Emek Hefer Regional Council, the Ministry of Transport and the Netivi Ayalon Company. The project aims to make accessibility to public transit easier, more efficient, and faster for the residents of Hefer.

5 unique lines will operate during the day as follows:

Line 101 Yikon <-> Hadera

Lina 102 Michmoret <-> Netanya Train Station (Western Entrance)

Line 103 Bat Hefer <-> Netanya Train Station (Western Entrance)

Line 105 Alon Commercial Center <-> Netanya Train Station

Line 106 Alon Commercial Center <-> Savidor Central Tel Aviv Station 

📱 Schedules and routes can be found in Moovit

We wish you a pleasant and safe ride 🙂

The Moovit Team