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Ashdod is a spread-out planned city: quarters are separated by wide boulevards, so most residents combine buses with walking or cycling. Stop-by-stop details and intercity lines are on the transit section of this site; this guide covers the basics.
Train
Ashdod has one railway station, Ashdod Ad Halom (Metropol), near the south-eastern entrance to the city (Wikipedia (נפתח בכרטיסייה חדשה)). Trains on the coastal suburban lines reach Tel Aviv in about 35 minutes. The station is far from most homes, so plan a bus to it: the BIG bus terminal next to it has frequent buses to the central bus station (Hebrew Wikipedia (נפתח בכרטיסייה חדשה)). The city's 2026 'Aliyah to Ashdod' flyer mentions two stations; we found only one in operation. Timetables: Israel Railways (נפתח בכרטיסייה חדשה).
Buses
- The central bus station is in City Mall in the City quarter. Secondary terminals are BIG (by the train station), North (Bnei Brit Blvd) and Riviera (Rova Tet-Vav).
- City lines and most intercity lines are run by Electra Afikim; Dan BaDarom runs the Jerusalem lines (448, 450, 451) and Metropoline the Be'er Sheva lines (348, 368) (Open Bus GTFS query (נפתח בכרטיסייה חדשה)).
- Key city lines (Electra Afikim, Ministry of Transport GTFS for Wednesday 7 October 2026 via Open Bus (נפתח בכרטיסייה חדשה)): line 10 runs along Herzl Blvd between the Riviera terminal and HaBosem/HaUman (193 trips that day); line 1 links the Ad Halom train station with the central bus station via Moshe Sne, HaMishna, Altalena, HaPrachim, Bnei Brit and HaAtzmaut/HaTziyonut, returning to the train station/BIG terminal (57 trips that day).
Paying and planning
- Pay with a Rav-Kav card or app. The service point at the central bus station is open Sun-Thu 07:00-21:00 and Fri until 13:00 (gov.il (נפתח בכרטיסייה חדשה)); you can also load the card online at ravkavonline.co.il (נפתח בכרטיסייה חדשה).
- Plan trips with Moovit (נפתח בכרטיסייה חדשה) or the national journey planner at bus.gov.il (נפתח בכרטיסייה חדשה).
Shabbat and holidays
There is officially no public transport on Shabbat in Ashdod; private initiatives have operated at times (Hebrew Wikipedia (נפתח בכרטיסייה חדשה)). Intercity buses and trains also stop from Friday afternoon to Saturday night.
Driving and parking
Highway 4 links Ashdod with Gush Dan and Ashkelon. Paid parking in zone 1 (centre and industrial zones) runs Sun-Thu 08:00-20:00 and Fri 08:00-16:00; zone 2 (beaches) every day 08:00-22:00, with free beach parking for registered Ashdod residents (parking department (נפתח בכרטיסייה חדשה)).
Cycling
The Reway plan included a network of bike lanes along the main boulevards, but the planned bike-rental stations were not built, and we found no bike- or scooter-share scheme operating in the city.
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