 Hi there, welcome back to my YouTube channel. This is Daniel Rosal and today we're going to be talking about how to guess between Jerusalem and Tel Aviv. But first, a quick disclaimer. Like pretty much anywhere else in the world, public transport options in Israel change from time to time and ideally they get better. That's why I'm putting the month and year in the video title. If you need this information and it's a long time after the upload date like years, then my friendly advice is to either use Google or look for a more recent video. Ok that's the disclaimer done. So the good news is that Jerusalem and Tel Aviv are pretty close. By car it takes a little bit less than an hour to go between the two cities. If you're just visiting however then you'll probably want to use public transport. You can of course use to hire a taxi for the trip and most taxi drivers will take you but you can expect that the 50 minute journey is going to set you back something like 100 dollars which clearly isn't cheap. Traditionally the best public transport link between the two cities was by bus with the caveat that it didn't run on Shabbat and Jewish holidays. However in December of 2019 a new high-speed fast train made its first journey between a newly constructed station in Jerusalem Yitzchach Navon and Tel Aviv. That train service now runs between the two cities throughout the week but there is the same limitation that it doesn't operate during the Jewish Sabbath and Jewish holidays. Just as an FYI the Jewish calendar runs from night to night so Shabbat or the Sabbath begins around sundown on Friday and ends at roughly nightfall on Saturday. I don't have any stats to say whether more people are taking the train between the two cities or more people are taking one of the bus routes. However my opinion is that the train provides a much more pleasant travelling experience. The train journey itself only takes about 30 minutes although you'll need to factor in a bit more time to get between the platform in Jerusalem and the street level. If you choose to take the train then you can check the schedule using a transport app or by looking up the official website of Israel Railways which can be found at rail.co.il. They also have a smartphone application. The Movit app that's M-O-O-V-I-T is enormously popular in Israel but Google Maps also usually has an accurate schedule and journey planner. It's worth noting that the train line between Jerusalem and Tel Aviv stops at the airport, Ben-Gurion Airport. It's therefore a very popular way to get to either a city for travellers arriving at the airport. In Tel Aviv the train line stops at Ha Haganah, Ha Shalom, Savidor Central and Tel Aviv University before continuing to Herzliya which is a different city. You can get on and off at any of these stops. Now let's talk about buses. There are now three different bus lines that run between the two cities. These are routes 405, 480 and 490. 490 is the newest line and provides connectivity between South Jerusalem and Tel Aviv. As before there are two ways to find information about when the lines are running and which station is closest to you, whether you're travelling from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem or going the other way. Firstly you can look up the website of EGIT which is the bus operator running these lines that's E-G-G-E-D or secondly you can use Movit or Google Maps. It's worth noting the public transportation in Israel is government subsidized and it's therefore actually pretty affordable. You can pay for both buses and trains using a national transport travel card called the RAVCAV or by using a smartphone app such as Movit. Finally we get to the Monit Sherut. Monit Sherut in Hebrew means service taxi, however it's more commonly referred to as simply a Sherut. A Sherut is basically a shared taxi. The advantage over the bus or train is twofold. Firstly they run on Shabbat and Jewish holidays. This provides non-Jewish visitors and those who are not religiously observant with the way of travelling between the two cities when the public transport network shuts down. Don't forget that Shabbat occurs every single week of the year and always falls out precisely halfway through the weekend which in Israel is Friday and Saturday. For those who don't own their own core or just prefer not to use it this can therefore be very inconvenient. Secondly unlike the bus and the train they don't run on regular schedules. Typically Sheruts will depart whenever the driver deems that there are enough occupants to make the journey worthwhile. In exchange for sharing the ride with a number of other passengers the fare cost works out to be a lot cheaper than hiring a private taxi. Often Sheruts run throughout the night after public transport has stopped running. Because they don't want to hand out outdated advice I won't say what time the buses and trains stop running because this information changes somewhat frequently. I'd advise checking the schedule using one of the methods I mentioned above and if you have no options for either bus or train considering looking for a Sherute. Sherutes run between lots of cities in Israel and typically they board and let off passengers at the central bus station or other hubs of public transport. Given that they're more informal modes of transport a final advantage is that you can typically ask the driver to let you off at any point along the route although unlike buses rules are flexible and it's really up to the driver to determine how he or she wants to run the show. For tourists and other visitors to Israel looking to get between Tel Aviv and Jerusalem there are now several options to choose from although things are much more restrictive during Shabbat and Jewish holidays. Since the opening of the fast train link many travelers now choose this as their preferred mode of transport although there are now three direct regular bus lines running between the two cities as well as other bus routes that stop in either. Thanks for watching, hope this was useful and enjoy your trip in Israel.