New Bus Route Jerusalem-Ben Gurion
Feb 9, 2017, 12:44 pm
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Interesting list of stops. They are NOT near hotels where you will find tourists. By the time a tourist takes time to figure out a way to the bus stop--it is almost the same cost to just take Nesher.
BTW I rode the 480 from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem last week. Instead of just pulling to the side of the road for the Mevesseret stop it actually got off the highway and then back on. No one got off OR got on. This takes longer than it used to.
BTW I rode the 480 from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem last week. Instead of just pulling to the side of the road for the Mevesseret stop it actually got off the highway and then back on. No one got off OR got on. This takes longer than it used to.
Feb 10, 2017, 12:16 am
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Feb 16, 2017, 12:11 am
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I'm kind of surprised that nobody has invented private airport buses like they have in a lot of other countries. An "easy bus" from the airport to the main tourist hotels in Jerusalem plus a few residential area stops would have to be a no-brainer.
Feb 16, 2017, 2:24 am
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Unlikely they would have been allowed. Nesher have a monopoly.
Feb 16, 2017, 2:24 am
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Feb 20, 2017, 3:50 pm
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Mar 17, 2017, 6:12 am
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Used the bus today. Departs from and arrives at level 2, (the level under the check-in level), which is also where other public transport goes from, and all non airport-licensed taxis pick there pax up from.
At entry to airport, passengers must alight and identify their pieces of luggage.
10 people on journey to airport at 9am, 15 on return at 11am.
At entry to airport, passengers must alight and identify their pieces of luggage.
10 people on journey to airport at 9am, 15 on return at 11am.
Mar 17, 2017, 10:45 am
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Used the bus today. Departs from and arrives at level 2, (the level under the check-in level), which is also where other public transport goes from, and all non airport-licensed taxis pick there pax up from.
At entry to airport, passengers must alight and identify their pieces of luggage.
10 people on journey to airport at 9am, 15 on return at 11am.
At entry to airport, passengers must alight and identify their pieces of luggage.
10 people on journey to airport at 9am, 15 on return at 11am.
Was their wifi?
And to answer your own question- Is there a limit of pieces per passenger? Can I bring 2 cases and a hand luggage?
Mar 18, 2017, 11:18 am
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On outbound, ride was around 45 mins from outside tachana merkazit to T3, including a stop at T1 (where no-one got off). And the same, returning from T3 to Binyanei Hauma via T1.
Wifi - didn't use it.
I didn't ask about luggage policy, but there didn't seem to be any-one checking how much each passenger brings. If the route would become very popular, and problems of too much luggage would arise, I would expect maybe then for limits to come into effect, but so far, the route doesnt look busy at all.
Jul 2, 2017, 12:36 pm
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After some reading, is it quite assured that there will be no operation of the route 485 during Sabbath? I am arriving in TLV by CX675 which arrival at 7:40 am on Saturday, does that mean literally I have only gotten sherut (shared taxi) left to choose for Jerusalem?
Cheers!
Cheers!
Jul 2, 2017, 1:36 pm
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After some reading, is it quite assured that there will be no operation of the route 485 during Sabbath? I am arriving in TLV by CX675 which arrival at 7:40 am on Saturday, does that mean literally I have only gotten sherut (shared taxi) left to choose for Jerusalem?
Cheers!
Cheers!
Jul 3, 2017, 12:05 am
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After some reading, is it quite assured that there will be no operation of the route 485 during Sabbath? I am arriving in TLV by CX675 which arrival at 7:40 am on Saturday, does that mean literally I have only gotten sherut (shared taxi) left to choose for Jerusalem?
Cheers!
Cheers!
Nov 23, 2017, 2:16 pm
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Used the bus today. Departs from and arrives at level 2, (the level under the check-in level), which is also where other public transport goes from, and all non airport-licensed taxis pick there pax up from.
At entry to airport, passengers must alight and identify their pieces of luggage.
10 people on journey to airport at 9am, 15 on return at 11am.
At entry to airport, passengers must alight and identify their pieces of luggage.
10 people on journey to airport at 9am, 15 on return at 11am.
