Public Transportation

Tahana Merkazit, or the Tel Aviv Central Bus Station, is located at 108 Levinsky Street. The urban bus lines are run by a company named Dan, which runs about 80 routes, and Egged, which operates about 90 routes in the greater Tel Aviv-Jaffa area. Suburban bus routes generally start at about 05:00 and some lines run until midnight.

Dan’s route 5 connects the central bus station with Rakevet Train Station. Dan also offers a two-hour tourist route in an open bus. Visitors can get on and off at any of 28 stops around Tel Aviv, and can listen to the tour in any of eight languages. If you are staying in Tel Aviv for a while, consider purchasing a monthly pass, ticket booklet, or Rav-Kav Smartcard, a rechargeable ticket card. 

At night when the regular buses stop running, לילה קווי (Night Lines) take over. This bus system serves Israel’s major cities until early in the morning. In Tel Aviv, 13 routes operate from about 00:00 until 03:30. No buses in Israel run on Friday night, the beginning of Shabbat.

The city's Dankal light rail system includes the Red Line, which connects Bat Yam to Petah Tikva, and runs through some of Tel Aviv’s most traffic-congested areas such as Jaffa and Rothschild Boulevard.

The Red Line covers a 34-stop, 24-kilometer (15-mile) route between the southern Tel Aviv suburb of Bat Yam (nine stations) and the northeast Tel Aviv suburb of Petah Tikva (eight stations). In between, there are three stations in Bnei Brak, two stations in Ramat Gan and 12 stations in Tel Aviv-Jaffa. Ten of the stations are underground. Trains arrive every six minutes. Entering and exiting stations is done by using a Rav Kav card or payment app, with ticketing machines at each station.