Local Services in Israel

Israel’s transportation is constantly being improved to meet the demands of the increasing population, the Israel Defense Forces and tourism in the country. Common public transportations in Israel are the following:

• Bus - the most ordinary type of public transportation in the country. It is the cheapest and most dependable. The largest central bus terminal in Israel and in the world is the Tel Aviv Central Bus Station. The largest bus company in Israel is the Egged Bus Cooperative. It is also the second-largest bus association in the world.
• Train - one of the finest transport systems in the country. It runs alongside the Mediterranean coast and link to Tel Aviv, Haifa, Beer-Sheva and Ben-Gurion Airport and Jerusalem. The train ticket or fares are usually high-priced compared to the buses.
• Taxi - another ordinary public transport system in Israel. The drivers make use of meter to pass through inside and outside the metropolis.
• Subway - Carmelit is a subway that operates in Haifa and one of the shortest subway cables in the world.

There were 53 airports in the country; the largest and famous is Ben Gurion International Airport (TLV) situated near Tel Aviv. El Al Israel Airlines is the largest airline in Israel which was formerly owned by the government but lately it was privatized. Domestic flights are very common in Israel, particularly connecting Tel Aviv and Haifa, and the southern city of Eilat.

Israel has high quality cables systems which consist of Optical fibers, Coaxial cables and Microwave radio relay. The different kinds of communication field in Israel are radio, landline telephony (local & international calls), press, mail, cellular communication, multi-channel and commercial television, and internet. Some communication companies in the country are Bezeq (gives terrestrial telephone service); Cellcom (wireless operator); Hot (supplier of sole cable television); Israel Postal service (owned by government and offer mail and banking services) and NetVision 013 Barak (source of international calls, voice over IP and high-speed internet provider).