Ben Gurion Airport to Jerusalem: every way to get there in 2026, compared honestly

The train is cheap, the taxi line can take two hours, the yellow shared vans are gone, and nothing public runs on Shabbat. Here is what actually works, for one traveller or a family of nine with twelve suitcases.

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