The central bus station in nearly every Israeli town or city is a major landmark. In addition to being the terminal for all intercity routes passing through that location, the central bus station is almost always a major hub for the local buses in that city as well, with many routes stopping or terminating there. The new Tel Aviv Central Bus Station, which opened in August of 1993, has a built area of 2,475,699 square feet (230,000 square meters) and is the largest bus station in the world. Some of the other terminals, such as in Jerusalem or in Haifa, are quite large as well.
The basic layout of most of the bus stations is similar. Generally, there is an area where buses drop off arriving passengers, and a separate area where buses pull into designated platforms and pick up passengers. Some of the stations have large shopping concourses, and even the smaller ones have some food vendors. The larger stations have airport style security, with passengers entering the terminal from the street and also passengers entering from arriving buses being required to pass through metal detectors and having their bags inspected either by hand or on an x-ray machine.
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The current Jerusalem Central Bus Station opened in September 2001 on the site of the old bus station, which was located on the same site and opened in the 1960s. The current station features three levels of shopping and two levels of bus parking. There are 22 platforms on the departures level of the station.  Station exterior facing Jaffa Road and the Binyanei HaUma Convention Center, November 12, 2009 The Haifa HaMifratz CBS opened in 2002, as a partial replacement to the old Bat Galim CBS. It serves intercity routes from the North and Galilee regions, and is next to the Haifa-Lev HaMifratz Railway Station.  Departure platforms, October 5, 2009  Departure platforms, October 5, 2009  Main entrance, October 5, 2009  Departure platforms, October 5, 2009  Departure platforms, November 11, 2009  Departure platforms, November 11, 2009 | ||||||||||||||||||