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18 places
Buses & getting around
Intercity taxis and vans (4, 6, 10 and 19 seats) with pick-up from RBS A to D and old Beit Shemesh. Covers Ben Gurion Airport, Jerusalem and the Tel Aviv area. Drivers keep Shabbat.
Serves all of Ramat Beit Shemesh
Buses & getting around
Runs the city bus lines inside Beit Shemesh and RBS, plus intercity lines to Bnei Brak, Petah Tikva and Tel Aviv. Part of the Nateev Express group. Call *3343 for customer service.
Serves all of Ramat Beit Shemesh
Buses & getting around
Israel Railways station in the northern industrial area, by the BIG Center. Trains run to Tel Aviv via Ramla, about once an hour Sunday to Thursday. There are currently no trains from here to Jerusalem.
Buses & getting around · RBS Gimmel (C)
Tnufa line from Zechariah HaNavi / Neriah HaNavi in Beit Shemesh to Mamilla / Karib in central Jerusalem. Pick-up only at the Beit Shemesh stops.
Serves all of Ramat Beit Shemesh
Buses & getting around · RBS A (Aleph)
Tnufa line between the Eliyahu HaNavi terminal and Wolfson/Kaplan in Jerusalem (government quarter). It serves Nahal Yarkon, Kishon, Shorek and Dolev and has few trips a day.
Serves all of Ramat Beit Shemesh
Buses & getting around · Old Beit Shemesh (city centre)
Tnufa line from the Derech Haim terminal through old Beit Shemesh (Rambam, Ben Zvi) to the Court House / Abba Eban in Jerusalem. Runs about 06:00 to midnight.
Serves all of Ramat Beit Shemesh
Buses & getting around · RBS A (Aleph)
Tnufa intercity line (the old 417) from the Eliyahu HaNavi terminal in RBS to Hartom / Golda Meir Blvd in Jerusalem. It does not go to the Jerusalem Central Bus Station. Runs from about 06:00 to after midnight.
Serves all of Ramat Beit Shemesh
Buses & getting around · RBS A (Aleph)
Tnufa express (the old 418) from the Eliyahu HaNavi terminal via Nahar HaYarkon, Nahal HaKishon and Nahar HaYarden to Hartom / Golda Meir Blvd in Jerusalem. Not via the Central Bus Station. Runs from about 06:15 to 00:30.
Serves all of Ramat Beit Shemesh
Buses & getting around · RBS A (Aleph)
Beit Shemesh Express intercity line from Eliyahu HaNavi / Rav Shlomo Zalman Auerbach to the Ayalon Mall in Bnei Brak. About 267 trips a week.
Serves all of Ramat Beit Shemesh
Buses & getting around · RBS Daled (D)
Beit Shemesh Express fast line from Sderot HaAmoraim / Rabina (RBS Daled area) via Nahar HaDan to the Ayalon Mall in Bnei Brak. About 293 trips a week.
Serves all of Ramat Beit Shemesh
Buses & getting around · Old Beit Shemesh (city centre)
Long-standing local taxi station on Sderot Yehuda Ben Ze'ev in old Beit Shemesh, taking phone bookings for rides in and around the city.
Sderot Yehuda Ben Ze'ev 1, Beit Shemesh
Buses & getting around
Local taxi company in Beit Shemesh that takes phone bookings.
Serves all of Ramat Beit Shemesh
Buses & getting around · RBS A (Aleph)
Beit Shemesh Express desk where you can get a personal Rav-Kav card, load fares and sort out profiles such as discounts.
Kishon corner Nahal Tzeelim 2
Buses & getting around · RBS B (Bet)
Beit Shemesh Express desk where you can get a personal Rav-Kav card, load fares and sort out profiles such as discounts.
Nahar HaYarden 1, Lev HaRama Mall, entrance floor
Buses & getting around · RBS Gimmel (C)
Beit Shemesh Express desk where you can get a personal Rav-Kav card, load fares and sort out profiles such as discounts.
Devorah HaNeviah 1, Rimonim Commercial Center, Ramat Beit Shemesh Gimmel
Buses & getting around · Old Beit Shemesh (city centre)
Beit Shemesh Express desk where you can get a personal Rav-Kav card, load fares and sort out profiles such as discounts.
Yitzhak Rabin 17, Beit Shemesh
Buses & getting around
Runs the intercity buses between Beit Shemesh/RBS and Jerusalem (Jerusalem Corridor cluster). Took over from Egged in 2022, when lines 41x became 61x.
Serves all of Ramat Beit Shemesh
Buses & getting around
Taxis, vans and buses from Beit Shemesh to anywhere in Israel, including VIP service. Has been running more than 20 years.
Serves all of Ramat Beit Shemesh
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