Israel Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! ===Transport=== {{Main|Transport in Israel}} [[File:4X-ECC LLBG 09-05-2014b.jpg|thumb|[[Ben Gurion International Airport]]]] Israel has {{convert|19224|km|mi}} of paved [[Roads in Israel|roads]],<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.cbs.gov.il/reader/shnaton/templ_shnaton_e.html?num_tab=st24_10&CYear=2016 |title=Roads, by Length and Area |date=1 September 2016 |publisher=Israel Central Bureau of Statistics |access-date=15 February 2017}}</ref> and 3 million motor vehicles.<ref name="vehicles">{{cite web |url=http://www.cbs.gov.il/reader/newhodaot/hodaa_template.html?hodaa=201627085 |title=3.09 Million Motor Vehicles in Israel in 2015 |date=30 March 2016 |publisher=Israel Central Bureau of Statistics |access-date=15 February 2017}}</ref> The [[List of countries by vehicles per capita|number of motor vehicles per 1,000 persons]] is 365, relatively low among developed countries.<ref name="vehicles"/> Israel has 5,715 buses on scheduled routes,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.cbs.gov.il/shnaton60/st24_04.pdf |title=Bus Services on Scheduled Routes |year=2009 |publisher=Israeli Central Bureau of Statistics |access-date=5 February 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110610053142/http://www.cbs.gov.il/shnaton60/st24_04.pdf |archive-date=10 June 2011 }}</ref> operated by several carriers, the largest and oldest of which is [[Egged (company)|Egged]], serving most of the country.<ref>{{cite news|last=Stub|first=Zev|title=Egged's monopoly ends, Superbus taking over Jerusalem lines in late 2021|url=https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/eggeds-monopoly-ending-superbus-to-take-over-j-m-bus-lines-in-late-2021-657673|access-date=1 December 2021|work=The Jerusalem Post}}</ref> [[Rail transport in Israel|Railways]] stretch across {{convert|1277|km|mi}} and are operated by government-owned [[Israel Railways]].<ref name="cbs_rails">{{cite web |url=http://www.cbs.gov.il/reader/shnaton/templ_shnaton_e.html?num_tab=st24_03&CYear=2016 |title=Railway Services |date=1 September 2016 |publisher=Israel Central Bureau of Statistics |access-date=15 February 2017}}</ref> Following major investments beginning in the early to mid-1990s, the number of train passengers per year has grown from 2.5 million in 1990, to 53 million in 2015; railways transport 7.5 million tons of cargo, per year.<ref name="cbs_rails"/> Israel is served by three international [[List of airports in Israel|airports]]: [[Ben Gurion Airport]], the country's main hub for international air travel; [[Ramon Airport]]; and [[Haifa Airport]]. Ben Gurion, Israel's largest airport, handled over 15 million passengers in 2015.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.iaa.gov.il/en-US/airports/bengurion/Pages/Statistics.aspx |title=Statistics |publisher=Israel Airports Authority |access-date=15 February 2017}}</ref> The country has three main ports: the [[Port of Haifa]], the country's oldest and largest, on the [[Mediterranean]] coast, [[Ashdod Port]]; and the smaller [[Port of Eilat]] on the [[Red Sea]]. Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see Christianpedia:Copyrights for details). Do not submit copyrighted work without permission! Cancel Editing help (opens in new window) Discuss this page