Everything you wanted to know about public transport price reform
The Ministries of Transportation and Finance launched the "Equal Way" reform, in which travel prices on urban and intercity travel were reduced and fares for different populations were changed.
From what age of travel is free, how much do children have to pay, where can it be paid on credit - and who will be harmed by it at all?
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Keenan Cohen
03/04/2022
Sunday, 03 April 2022, 13:03 Updated: 15:14
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The Ministries of Transportation and Finance today (Sunday) launched the "Equal Way" reform in public transportation.
As part of this, travel prices on urban and intercity travel were reduced and fares for different populations were changed.
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The reform presents its main points.
How much will a single city trip cost?
A single city / local trip in each locality in Israel now costs NIS 5.5 and will for the first time allow unlimited transitions between lines for 90 minutes at a distance of up to 15 km by air for travel. For those entitled to discounts - children and youth, the elderly, and people with disabilities and those entitled to social security - the price will be NIS 2.75
.
Yes, on all municipal lines, which include buses, light rail, as well as the Carmelit and the cable car in Haifa, you now pay according to the same fare.
There is a separate fare on the Israel Railways, as detailed below.
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Same fare as for buses.
The cable car in Haifa (Photo: official website, ofly- Ofer Ben Oz)
Is it possible to travel with the same ticket between neighboring cities for NIS 5.5?
Definitely, as long as the air distance does not exceed 15 km from the first aliyah station. For example, a single trip from Acre to Nahariya, Ramla to Lod, Yavne to Ashdod - will all be considered as a city trip: 5.5 shekels.
Who is entitled to a discount on a single trip
? Security, National Service, Blind - Free Travel Children and Youth, Senior Citizens Up to 75, People with Disabilities and Social Security Beneficiaries Enjoy a 50% discount on the fare, as long as it is purchased at an accrued value. In addition, students are entitled to a 33% discount Or 50% if they
purchase
student-free.
The discount on the purchase of accumulated value is indeed abolished, and is replaced by a uniform, equal and fair set of discounts, which is granted to everyone who is entitled to the discount, regardless of the means of payment or the method of purchase.
In the effective price per passenger there is almost no change.
The base fare for public transportation was supposed to rise from six shekels in most of the country to 6.5 shekels.
An equal way sets the tariff at NIS 5.5.
"Although the 'accumulated value' discount is eliminated for occasional passengers, but also for them, in practice the single trip will increase by only 30 cents, much less than the increase in the price of a liter of gasoline only this month. It pays more, "the Ministry of Transportation said.
The discount on the acquisition of accumulated value is void.
Bus stop in Jerusalem (Photo: Noam Moskowitz)
How many fares are there now on buses?
All bus lines throughout the country now pay according to five types of fares:
1.
Urban / local
for travel up to 15 km.
2.
Regional
up to 40 km.
Inter
-city
up to 500 km.
4.
Nationwide
with no distance limit (except Eilat lines).
5.
Travel to Eilat
.
And what happens to free-monthly and free-daily?
In addition to a single trip, you can purchase a free-daily subscription for each of the distances For buses / RCL only, or combined with a train as specified in the price table.
"National Free Monthly" replaces all types of municipal and regional subscriptions that were customary until now, and offers in their place one subscription to all bus lines throughout the country, at a price of NIS 225 or NIS 112.5 for youth and senior citizens.
What is a regional free monthly subscription and where can it be used?
A "regional-free monthly" subscription is offered in all localities outside the 3 major metropolitan areas at a price of only NIS 99, or NIS 49.5 for youth and senior citizens.
The subscription allows unlimited travel on all bus lines up to a distance of up to 40 km in the areas defined on the map - depending on the regional usage patterns of transport outside the cities. What happens when a free regional monthly
subscription
has to enter the metropolis?
They are outside the 3 metropolitan areas.The subscription can not be used on a line that leaves a locality in the periphery and ends in the metropolitan area, unless the passenger gets off before entering the metropolitan area.In case of entering the metropolitan area, a ticket must be purchased separately.
All bus lines throughout the country now pay according to 5 types of fares.
Egged line in Jerusalem (Photo: Supplier 500)
Prices for train travel
How many fares are there now on the train?
All train lines throughout the country now pay according to five types of fares:
1.
Urban / local
for travel up to 15 km.
2.
Regional
up to 40 km.
Inter
-regional
up to 75 km.
4.
Inter-urban
up to 120 km.
5.
National
without distance limit.
Also on the train, children, girls and teenagers, senior citizens and those entitled to Social Security will enjoy a 50% discount, as well as students with a free-student subscription.
Students without a subscription will enjoy a 33% discount.
The ticket for a single train journey is not combined with the bus.
Is there a discount on a round-trip train ticket?
For those who plan to travel back and forth on the same day, or plan to travel in addition to the train also by bus or light rail, it is better to purchase a free-daily ticket.
A free-daily ticket on the train costs about as much as a ticket and a half, so in such cases it is better to purchase such a ticket in advance through the multi-line.
The card also allows you to travel by bus at the same travel distance.
For example, if you traveled by Tel Aviv train to Jerusalem, twice by light rail in Jerusalem and back to Tel Aviv, you will be charged an inter-regional daily fee of only NIS 37.
What about a nationwide free monthly combined with the train?
It will be possible to purchase a 'national free monthly' combined with the train, at prices adapted to the train travel range: 255 shekels for travel up to 40 km by train, 410 shekels for travel 40-75 km, and 650 shekels for train travel over 75 Km. These are cheaper prices than existing subscriptions for train travel only.
For return passengers it is better to purchase a free-daily ticket.
Israel Railways (Photo: Flash 90, -)
Discounts for additional populations
Children and teenagers
from today will enjoy a new 50% discount, not only on a single trip as it has been until today, but also on the monthly subscription card, on the bus and train lines.
However, children and youth will not have a discount on a free-daily subscription, as is the case today.
Children up to the age of 5 continue to enjoy free travel, accompanied by an escort.
Senior
citizens The discount for senior citizens (women from the age of 32, men from the age of 67) remains as it was and stands at 50% on all bus and train lines and all types of subscribers.
People aged 75 and over can travel for free on all bus and train lines.
To enjoy free travel, passengers will be issued a special gold-line profile that will allow them to board free public transportation.
The Ministry of Transportation clarified that even those who travel for free will have to attack the ticket, and transfer the multi-line or app on the payment machine.
National Insurance
beneficiaries The discount for National Insurance Institute beneficiaries has been increased from 33% to 50% for a single trip on all bus lines
And the train.
Students
The structure of student discounts has not changed, and is divided into two:
1. Extended student: Students who have purchased an annual or semester free student subscription enjoy a 45-50% discount on the appropriate subscription (national or regional), as well as a 50% discount on each travel ticket or Free-daily by bus or train outside the subscription.
2. Regular student: A student who has not purchased an annual or semester subscription, is entitled to a 33% discount on a single trip.
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Coming soon on buses (Photo: AP)
Payment on the app and pilot payment on credit
As part of the reform, the prices for multi-line payment will be compared with the payment for the various applications.
"The only difference that will remain is that while in the multi-line subscriptions must be purchased and recharged (free-daily, or free-monthly) in advance before use, the apps simply scan and travel - and at the end of the month the most affordable price is calculated," it said.
In addition, payment by credit transfer only or payment applications (Google Pay, Apple Pay, etc.) will be approved for the first time.
In the first phase, starting this summer, a pilot will be conducted with Dan, for individual trips.
Subsequently, the arrangement will be extended to all uses and to the whole country.
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