Dear Ray,
Am 23.07.2011 11:41, schrieb Ray Saintonge:
My flight with British Airways is scheduled to arrive at TLV at 5:20 a.m. on Tuesday.
- Is the senior citizen discount on the trains available for visitors?
well, the regular fare is 38,50 NIS. That's about 8 EUR / 10 CAD.
http://rail.co.il/EN/Tickets/Pages/Calculator.aspx
The senior discount is only available to Israeli citizens holding a Senior Citizen's Card or Israeli ID Card according to what I can find on the government websites, the tourist office doesn't adress that topic at all.
There is only one train line at the airport, take the one in direction of Nahariyya (נהרייה).
The train runs every 30 minutes at minutes 20 and 59, between 10pm and 5 am only hourly but the whole night through. The journey takes 80 - 91 minutes.
http://rail.co.il/EN/DrivePlan/Pages/DrivePlan.aspx?DrivePlanPage=true&O...
If you are looking at the timetables be aware that you can't find the airport under Tel Aviv (תל אביב) there - they call it just "Ben Gurion Airport" and abbreviate the name Ben Gurion into B"G: נתב״ג The Tel Aviv stations are also abbreviated (T"A): ת״א
Regards,
Manuel