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How you can access free public transportation to get to polling booths on Election Day - explainer

Free public transportation will be available to all passengers, not just eligible voters, on approximately 660 intercity bus routes and all Israel Railways lines.

Passengers at Yitzhak Navon train station in Jerusalem on January 21, 2026.
MDA at the scene of a minibus accident, October 22, 2026.

Nine injured, including one seriously, in minibus accident near Beit Shemesh

Emergency personnel respond to bus crash on Highway 91 in which one person was killed and and dozens more were injured on October 14, 2026.

One killed, 19 injured in bus-truck collision on Route 91 in northern Israel

 Illustrative image of an Electra-Afikim bus.

WATCH: Highway 60 reopens to traffic after bus catches fire, no injuries reported


Intercity buses, Israel Railways to be free on election day, Central Elections Committee decides

The free bus service will start at 8:00 p.m. on the Monday before the election and last until the end of public transportation services on election day.

Traffic at the entrance to Jerusalem. August 09, 2026.

Several people killed in bus crash near Alpine village in Switzerland, medical teams responding

Pictures from the scene published by Swiss newspaper Blick showed a bus on its side surrounded by helicopters and emergency response vehicles.

A Swiss flag is pictured in front of the Swiss city of Lausanne ahead of a June 14 vote on a proposal from the right-wing Swiss People's Party to cap the population at 10 million inhabitants by 2050, in Evian-les-Bains, France, June 12, 2026.

Bus crash kills 25, mostly students in Cape Verde

The trip was not organized by the schools, according to Education Ministry delegate in São Filipe José Pedro Gonçalves, but was one that the driver regularly organized every year.

Bus crash in Cape Verde, September 5, 2026.

Grapevine: Kafka in Jerusalem

Movers and shakers in Israeli society.

Reuven Rivlin

Bus accident killed 21, left several wounded in Egypt's South Sinai, health ministry says

According to the Egyptian Health Ministry, the accident happened on Egypt's Dahab-Nuweibaa road in South Sinai.

A general view shows a main road in the heart of the Red Sea resort of Sharm el-Sheikh on the southern tip of Egypt's Sinai Peninsula on October 9, 2025. Ilustrative.

'Ben-Gvir's soldiers': Teenager arrested on suspicion of assaulting Arab bus driver in Beit Shemesh

"I turned to get the phone to call the police," the driver recalled. "But suddenly, punches to the head, blows to the right and left until I lost consciousness. I only woke up in the ambulance."

Khaled Awaishat, bus driver who was attacked by a minor in Beit Shemesh, August 31, 2026.

At least 23 dead after bus-truck head-on collision in Brazil's Parana

The bus involved in the accident belonged to the Imbituva municipal health department and was heading to hospitals in the region of Parana's capital Curitiba.

This aerial view shows the 25 de Marco popular shopping street in downtown Sao Paulo, Brazil on July 16, 2025

Firefighters extinguish bus fire on Highway 1 between Jerusalem, Ma’aleh Adumim

In a separate incident, six people were injured in a car accident between three vehicles on Highway 92 near the Sea of Galilee.

Screenshot from video of bus fire on Highway 1 between Jerusalem and Ma’aleh Adumim, August 17, 2026.

At least 10 injured, 12 killed after Polish bus overturned into ditch in Hungary

"My sincere condolences to the families of the victims. I am grateful to everyone who took part in the rescue efforts," Hungarian Prime Minister Péter Magyar wrote. 

Cars are driving on the M3 motorway on March 6, 2025, close to Budapest.

Haredi protesters attempt to block bus near Meron over Shabbat operations

The protest follows an overnight incident in which a woman glued the entrance to Jerusalem's Basimta cafe shut, delaying its opening by 40 minutes.

Ultra-Orthodox Jews protest against the drafting of ultra-Orthodox Jews in Jerusalem, January 11, 2026; illustrative.