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Public transport in Eilat

On a weekday 689 bus trips stop in Eilat, on 33 lines. There is service on Shabbat too: 45 trips in Eilat between 9:00 and 16:00 on Saturday.

12 trips a day per 1,000 residents, fewer than most towns of a similar size (median 25.5). Ranked #96 of 101.

  • Weekday689trips · a Tuesday
  • Friday383trips · until Shabbat
  • Saturday186trips · mostly after Shabbat

When do the buses and trains run?

Weekday trips by hour

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04:0008:0012:0016:0020:0000:0003:00

In purple: night trips, after midnight. Each bar is the number of trips passing through Eilat in that hour.

Where you can get from Eilat without changing

49 towns by direct ride · weekday trips

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Who runs the lines

Weekday trips by operator

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95%
Egged 655Eilot Regional Council 34

Lines: Egged 31 · Eilot Regional Council 2

The busiest stops

Weekday stops

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  1. עירייה/שדרות התמרים403Directions ↗
  2. איצטדיון רבין/ששת הימים395Directions ↗
  3. ת. מרכזית אילת323Directions ↗
  4. מרכז ביג/הסתת320Directions ↗
  5. מרכז רזין/מרכז הוכמן304Directions ↗
  6. עין נטפים/ששת הימים298Directions ↗
  7. עין נטפים/בני ישראל294Directions ↗
  8. ששת הימים/דרך יותם293Directions ↗

Names are shown in Hebrew, as the official source lists them.

Questions about public transport in Eilat

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Is there public transport on Shabbat in Eilat?

There is service on Shabbat too: 45 trips in Eilat between 9:00 and 16:00 on Saturday.

Is there a train station in Eilat?

Eilat has no train station. Public transport is by bus only.

How many bus lines are there in Eilat?

33 lines run by 2 operators stop in Eilat, mainly Egged and Eilot Regional Council. Together they make 689 trips on a weekday.

Where can you go from Eilat without changing?

At least 49 towns are connected to Eilat by a direct ride. The most weekday trips go to Elot (235), Samar (44) and Yotvata (44).

When does public transport start and end in Eilat?

On weekdays the first trips leave around 05:00 and the last around 03:00. The busiest hour is 13:00.

Calculated from the Ministry of Transport's official timetables (GTFS) for the week of 03.11.2026. A trip counts once even if it stops several times in town. Temporary changes, strikes and delays are not reflected. The Haifa cable car is not included.

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