The Harish Municipality has given final approval to a large-scale public-transport upgrade that will roll out across the city over the coming months as the last implementation stages wrap up. The plan more than doubles the volume of internal bus service, adds a brand-new city line, shortens several regional routes, extends operating hours, and brings stops to streets that have had little or no service until now.
City officials say the approved package is roughly five times bigger than what was first proposed: the Ministry of Transport's original plan added only about 2,000 km of service, but after roughly six months of work by the city's transport planners — led by acting mayor Yohai Farji and deputy mayor David Finkel, who holds the transport portfolio — the final plan adds approximately 10,000 km.
A doubled internal network
- Frequency improving to a bus every 15 minutes per line during most of the day (down from 20–30 minutes today).
- A new city line — Line 21 — added to the map.
- At least two lines through every neighborhood, and three through the Horesh neighborhood.
- Service extended to streets that previously lacked it — Te'ena, Tza'alon, Yakinton, Re'ut and the end of Yachad — with better links to the Derech Eretz center, the transport terminal and schools.
Separating city lines from regional lines (60, 71, 160)
To stop regional buses from "looping" through neighborhoods for 30–40 minutes:
- Lines 60 and 71: routes inside Harish shortened to run only along the main boulevards (Derech Eretz and HaHagshama), cutting travel time toward Hadera and Binyamina.
- Line 70: 12 extra daily trips, with service extended until 1:00 AM.
- Line 60: four extra daily trips, plus a reworked Hadera route — via Ahad Ha'am Street, north on Route 4, serving the southern industrial zone, then Derech HaShalom and Hillel Yaffe Hospital, on to Yitzhak Shamir Road with a stop near the Village, ending at Hadera West train station.
- Line 160: extended within Harish to HaHagshama Boulevard; in Pardes Hana rerouted via Derech LaMerhav (instead of Derech HaYam) to serve the town center; and extended from Caesarea train station into Or Akiva via HaNasi/Weizmann boulevards and Jerusalem Street.
More stops, and what's next
New stops are also planned along Derech Eretz Boulevard (notably near Gamla and HaArava streets) and on other internal streets to improve walking access. The city says it has already begun planning the next, intercity phase — direct lines to the center of the country via Route 6, and to Netanya.
Sources: "פעימת תחבורה חדשה בחריש" — Rina Petilon, harish.co.il, 1 June 2026; and the Harish Municipality's official English announcement, shared via the Harish News WhatsApp channel.
