Editing Beit Shemesh (section)

==Transportation==
[[File:Staz Bet shenes1.jpg|thumb|right|Beit Shemesh Railway Station]]
Bus transportation within Beit Shemesh and most inter-city routes is operated by [https://www.tnufa-t.com/ Tnufah] and [https://www.https://afifi-group.com/category/50/Beit-Shemesh-Express Beit Shemesh Express] as of 2021, [https://www.shemesh.co.il/en/highlights/goodbye-egged-after-pesach-tnufa-will-take-over-all-the-routes-to-jerusalem/about replacing] the former [[Superbus (company)|Superbus]], which began service on 5 January 2009.<ref name="superbus"/> The [[Egged Bus Cooperative]], which previously operated all bus service in and to Beit Shemesh, still operates to some distant cities but no longer operates from Beit Shemesh to [[Jerusalem]]. Nateev express operates busses to Tsfat and Netivot.

[https://www.tnufa-t.com/ Tnufa] operates the inter-city bus routes as of 2021 The travel time between Beit Shemesh and Jerusalem by bus is between 40 min and 1 hour.  Transportation to Tel aviv is between an hour and an hour and fifteen minutes.

The new express lines to Jerusalem are direct with new addition such as bus line 600 and the night lines.

Beit Shemesh Express operates over 40 bus routes with over 200 eco friendly electric busses [https://www.shemesh.co.il/en/highlights/netiv-express-begins-to-operate-in-beit-shemesh-on-friday/about serving] all areas of the city as of 2021.

[[Beit Shemesh Railway Station]] provides hourly service on the [[Israel Railways]] [[Herzliya]]–[[Lod]]–[[Jerusalem]] line. The station is located in the north industrial zone of Beit Shemesh at the Big Fashion Mall and shopping center across from Shaarei Hair Mall. It was renovated in 2003 after being in operation for close to 100 years.

It was renovated and reopened on 13 September 2003, having existed for over a century at the same location. The station has three platforms.