Getting to and Around Herzliya: Train, Bus, Car and the Coming Light Rail
Herzliya is close enough to Tel Aviv that plenty of people commute between them every day, and the transport links reflect that. A train station with direct services to Tel Aviv, Jerusalem and Ben Gurion Airport, a coastal highway running through the middle of town, and a light rail branch under construction.
The catch is the layout. The station sits on the eastern side of the city, while the beaches, hotels and most of the office towers are in Herzliya Pituach to the west, across Highway 2. Plan the last mile before you plan the train.
The railway station
Herzliya station is on Ben Zion Michaeli Street, next to the Shiv'at HaKochavim mall, with its platforms in the median of the Ayalon highway. It has six tracks on three island platforms, step-free access and a park-and-ride car park. Since 2024 it has been the busiest station in Israel outside Tel Aviv and Jerusalem.
Three kinds of service stop here, all run by Israel Railways:
- Coastal suburban trains heading south through the Tel Aviv stations and on towards Rehovot and Ashkelon, and north towards Netanya and Binyamina.
- The Sharon loop, opened in 2020, which runs inland to Ra'anana, Kfar Saba, Hod HaSharon, Petah Tikva and Rosh HaAyin.
- The fast line to Jerusalem, which starts at Herzliya and runs through Tel Aviv and Ben Gurion Airport to Yitzhak Navon station in central Jerusalem.
That last one makes Herzliya one of the easier places in the country to reach from the airport without a taxi. Check times on the Israel Railways website, rail.co.il, or in Moovit.
Like almost all public transport in Israel, trains stop on Friday afternoon and restart on Saturday evening.
Buses, share taxis and taxis
Local and intercity buses are run mainly by Metropoline. You pay with a Rav-Kav card, which also works on trains. Visitors usually get the anonymous version, sold for 5 shekels on the bus, and top it up through the HopOn or Rav-Kav Online apps. Google Maps and Moovit both carry the timetables.
Share taxis, the yellow minibuses Israelis call sherut, follow bus routes and stop wherever you wave them down. Many run seven days a week, which makes them the fallback on Shabbat.
Ordinary taxis are easy to find. Most people book through the Gett app.
Driving and parking
Highway 2, the coastal road, cuts the city in two. For Herzliya Pituach, the beaches and the marina, use the Kfar Shmaryahu interchange to the south or the Sira interchange further north. The Ayalon highway, Route 20, ends at Herzliya and feeds straight into Tel Aviv.
Weekday rush hour southbound into Tel Aviv is slow, and Abba Eban Boulevard in the business district backs up at the start and end of the working day. Residents park on street permits. Visitors should look for paid car parks, especially at the beaches, where the municipal lots near Accadia and the separate beach charge a fee.
Walking and cycling
The centre is compact and walkable, and the municipality has built bike paths across much of the city. The best stretch for anyone on foot is the seafront promenade in Pituach, which runs past the hotels towards the marina.
The light rail is coming, slowly
The Tel Aviv Light Rail's Green Line has a branch running north to Herzliya, with a planned interchange at the railway station. It's under construction. The line's current timetable points to around 2030 for full opening, and the southern section is due first, so don't plan around it yet. Two lines of the planned Tel Aviv metro are also drawn through Herzliya station, with dates around 2040.
For now, the train plus a short bus or taxi ride gets you almost anywhere in the city in under half an hour from Tel Aviv.