Fastest€21.79
- רכבת ישראל S-194914:1953m15:12Kfar Habad Railway StationHaifa University station
Door to door 1h 37mCO2 3.6 kgChanges 0Refundable
Rishon LeZiyyon to Haifa train
Trains from Rishon LeZiyyon to Haifa start at €15.19 and take 1h 37m at their fastest.
The Trains from Rishon LeZiyyon to Haifa starts at €15.19 and takes 1h 37m door to door, run by 1 operator over 110 km, with around 6 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 90 days before departure.
- 1h 37mDoor to door
- 53mMoving
- €15.19From
- 3.6 kgCO2
The cheapest and the fastest on September 20, 2026
Two journeys we can sell today, with the service number each operator files them under.
Rail operators
Speed, flexibility and what is on board. Nothing here is a rating, because we have not earned one.
| Operator | From | Fastest | Typical speed | Flexibility | On board |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| רכבת ישראל | €15.19 | 1h 34m | 140 km/h | Refundable | Power outlets, Wi-Fi |
That is the traveling done. What happens after you walk out into Haifa is not something we sell.
Where to stay in Haifa
Hotels and apartments near downtown, most of them with free cancellation, on a map that shows what is walkable.
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When to book Rishon LeZiyyon to Haifa
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €10.0790 days
- €10.0760 days
- €10.0745 days
- €10.0730 days
- €10.0721 days
- €10.0714 days
- €10.637 days
- €14.483 days
- €16.681 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 90 days ahead, at €10.07.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 66 percent. The most expensive point is €16.68, 1 days out.
- What that means
- Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 90 days before departure. Waiting from here has usually cost money on this corridor rather than saved it.
Which departure day costs least
Median cheapest fare for each weekday, taken across the next three weeks of real prices.
- €10.07Sun
- €10.07Mon
- €10.07Tue
- €10.07Wed
- €11.18Thu
- €10.08Fri
- €10.63Sat
Where you leave from and where you arrive
The stations, airports and ports each mode on this corridor actually uses.
Rishon LeTsiyyon
Rail
- Kfar Habad Railway Station
- Be'er Ya'akov Railway Station
- Ben Gurion Airport railway station
Haifa
Rail
- Haifa University station
- Haifa East railway station
- Haifa Bat Galim Railway Station
What the journey actually looks like
Direct or connecting, how far the route really runs, and what happens when a connection is missed.
- Direct or connecting
- 67% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 33% involve one connection.
- How far it really runs
- The route covers 110 km against 96 km in a straight line, a detour of 15 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
- Where the change is
- Connections are made at Netanya, West Jerusalem, Jerusalem, Hadera. The gap between arriving and leaving is 49 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
- If the connection is missed
- The tightest connection we sell here has a 19 percent chance of not being made on the timetable alone. Part of this journey is a self transfer between separate tickets, so leave more time than the minimum and expect to check in again.
- First and last departure
- The first service of the day leaves Rishon LeZiyyon at 06:06 and the last at 14:19, across 6 departures. The return direction keeps its own timetable, so the times back are not these times reversed.
Trains against the other ways to make this journey
The same corridor, door to door, with every mode that runs it.
| Mode | Door to door | Moving | At the ends | From | CO2 | Per day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Train | 1h 37m | 53m | 44m | €15.19 | 3.6 kg | 6 |
| Coach | 2h 15m | 1h 31m | 44m | €10.07 | 3.0 kg | 6 |
Questions about Rishon LeZiyyon to Haifa
The questions people actually ask about this trip, answered from the same prices and times the page above is built on rather than written once and left to go stale.
How long does the Train from Rishon LeZiyyon to Haifa take?
The Train from Rishon LeZiyyon to Haifa takes 1h 37m door to door, of which 53m is spent moving. The route runs 110 km. The difference between the two times is reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end, which every time on this page includes.
How much does the Train from Rishon LeZiyyon to Haifa cost?
The Train from Rishon LeZiyyon to Haifa starts at €15.19 for one passenger, checked on September 20, 2026. A typical fare is €21.79. Both are the total including taxes, supplier fees and our service fee, so the price here is the price at checkout.
Who runs the Train from Rishon LeZiyyon to Haifa?
1 operators run the Train from Rishon LeZiyyon to Haifa: רכבת ישראל. Between them they file around 6 departures a day. The operator table on this page compares them on fare, journey time, cruising speed, fare conditions and what is provided on board.
Which terminal does the Train from Rishon LeZiyyon to Haifa use?
The Train from Rishon LeZiyyon to Haifa leaves from Kfar Habad Railway Station and arrives at Haifa University station. Allow about 44m for reaching the departure terminal and leaving the arrival one. That time is already inside every door to door figure quoted on this page.
Is the Train the best way from Rishon LeZiyyon to Haifa?
Traveling from Rishon LeZiyyon to Haifa by Coach costs €10.07 and takes 2h 15m door to door, against 1h 37m by Train. Which is better depends on whether the money or the hours matter more on this trip. The comparison table on this page shows every mode side by side.
When should I book the Train from Rishon LeZiyyon to Haifa?
Fares for the Train from Rishon LeZiyyon to Haifa bottom out around 90 days ahead, at €10.07. The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time across the window is 66 percent, measured on September 20, 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.
How much CO2 does the Train from Rishon LeZiyyon to Haifa produce?
The Train from Rishon LeZiyyon to Haifa produces about 3.6 kg of CO2 per passenger over 110 km, which works out at roughly 33 grams per passenger kilometer. That figure is for the whole journey and for one traveler, not for the vehicle.
What is provided on board the Train from Rishon LeZiyyon to Haifa?
Operators on the Train from Rishon LeZiyyon to Haifa publish Power outlets, Wi-Fi. That is what 1 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 1h 37m door to door. Where a carrier publishes nothing, this page lists nothing for it.
Where these numbers come from
Derived from service area No carrier record names this exact pair. The operators listed publish a service area covering both places at a distance their mode plausibly carries people, which is evidence that the corridor is served and not evidence of a specific service. Pages state which, because presenting the two as the same thing would be dishonest.
Schedules, seat counts and fares are generated by our own model until the supplier contracts are signed. Places, coordinates, operators, which operator serves which pair, and every distance are real. We would rather say that on every page than let a modeled number pass for a filed one.
Defined in full at Door to door, Fares, The booking window, Carbon
- On this page
- Every figure above was computed for Rishon LeZiyyon to Haifa on September 9, 2026: 110 km of route against 96 km in a straight line, 6 services a day, 1 operators, a cheapest fare of €15.19, and 1h 37m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
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