Transport in Jerusalem

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    Transport in

    line to the airport and Tel Aviv
    is currently under construction, while the segment to Ben Gurion Airport is already in limited operation. Within the city, the roads, rather than the rails, are the primary mode of transportation.

    Jerusalem Central Bus Station

    Roads

    Holocaust memorial. It then merges into additional routes that lead to the southwestern quarters. The Golomb-Herzog-Ben-Zvi
    route also links the southern quarters with the city center.

    Running east through the city center,

    Ma'ale Adummim
    to Begin Highway near Ramot.

    Construction is progressing on parts of a 35-kilometer (22-mi)

    ring road around the city, fostering faster connection between the suburbs and the city center.[1][2] The eastern half of the project was conceptualized decades ago, but reaction to the proposed highway is still mixed.[1]

    Buses

    Route 99 tourist bus

    Egged buses, though as of 2009, a number of other companies are providing an increasing number of bus lines to and from the city also; as of 2009, Dan and Superbus also use the Central Bus Station. City buses in Jerusalem are run by Egged, which runs close to 100 bus lines throughout the city and its suburbs. A map of the various lines may be accessed on MobileMe[3]

    Two joint Egged–

    Modi'in respectively. As of December 2008, Superbus also provides all bus routes in the Jerusalem corridor, between Jerusalem and Beit Shemesh. The Illit company provides bus lines to Beitar Illit
    .

    East Jerusalem Arab-run buses serve the city's Arab neighborhoods in Eastern Jerusalem and also some Palestinian towns in the

    Old City
    .

    The Egged and the East Jerusalem Arab city bus networks are almost completely separated. There are a handful of bus stops served by both companies. Arab residents of East Jerusalem indeed use Egged buses, but Jewish residents rarely use the East Jerusalem Arab buses, in part because while Arabs of East Jerusalem occasionally visit the Jewish parts of Jerusalem, Jews do not frequently visit Jerusalem's Arab neighborhoods.[4]

    Trains

    Jerusalem train

    new high-speed rail link, which opened in 2018, with an expected transit time from Tel Aviv of about 30 minutes. It runs from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem via Ben Gurion Airport and terminates at a new underground station, Jerusalem–Yitzhak Navon railway station, located between the Jerusalem Central Bus Station and the International Convention Center
    .

    The older line goes from Bet Shemesh to Southern Jerusalem with 2 stops:

    Malha Mall and Jerusalem Biblical Zoo. This line was originally part of the Jaffa–Jerusalem railway, which opened in 1892. It was out of use for seven years because of deteriorating conditions and was restored on April 9, 2005. Jerusalem Malha is a new station which replaces the historical Khan Station at Remez Square near the Old City
    .

    Light rail

    Jerusalem Chords Bridge
    Light Rail tram on Jaffa Road

    The first line of the

    French Hill and Jaffa Road to the Central Bus Station and the southwestern neighborhoods.[5]
    The line was fully operational by late 2011, after several delays, with 14 trains and a maximum headway of 12 minutes.

    Airports

    Ben Gurion International Airport, 40 km (24 mi) northwest of the city, serves as the primary international air transport hub for both Jerusalem and Tel Aviv. As the largest of the nation's three international airports (the others are in Haifa and Eilat
    , but Haifa Airport is unable to handle the largest aircraft), Ben Gurion is Israel's busiest airport, serving over 20 million passengers annually.

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    References

    Wikimedia Commons has media related to Transport in Jerusalem.
    1. ^ a b Burstein, Nathan (19 January 2006). "Running Rings Around Us". The Jerusalem Post. Archived from the original on 24 June 2011. Retrieved 17 March 2007.
    2. ^ Gil Zohar (May 31, 2007). "Their way or the highway?". The Jerusalem Post. Archived from the original on 24 June 2011. Retrieved 11 June 2007.
    3. ^ http://web.me.com/jerubus/English_Site/Jerusalem_Bus_Map_files/English_New_2.pdf [bare URL PDF]
    4. ^ "Inside East Jerusalem's Separate Bus System for Palestinians". www.bloomberg.com.
    5. ^ Jerusalem Light Rail — Mass Transit System (PDF)
    6. ^ An Intifada Casualty Named Atarot Larry Derfner, The Jewish Journal, 23 March 2001
    7. ^ Jerusalem's Atarot Airport handed over to the IDF Zohar Blumenkrant, Ha'aretz, 27 July 2001
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