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Rishon LeZion–Modi'in Railway
The Rishon LeZion–Modi'in railway (also known as 431 railway and Sorek railwayNamed after the Sorek stream, which flows from east to west and empties into the Mediterranean south of the railway. However, the same name is also occasionally applied to the old Jerusalem–Beit Shemesh railway, which runs along the stream in its upriver eastern section.) is a railway project under construction linking the cities of Rishon LeZion and Modi'in in central Israel. The project will form a part of Israel Railways' suburban rail network serving the Tel Aviv metropolitan area, as well as provide an east-west connection between the Tel Aviv–Ashkelon, Tel Aviv–Beersheba and Tel Aviv–Jerusalem rail corridors. The fully electrified line will be long, and involve the construction of two new train stations and Israel's longest railway viaduct. Works on the railway started in November 2019, and the project is scheduled to open in 2026 at an estimated cost of NIS 3.2 billion. Histor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Netzer Sereni
Netzer Sereni ( he, נֵצֶר סֶרֶנִי) is a kibbutz in central Israel. Located in the Shephelah between Be'er Ya'akov and Ness Ziona, it falls under the jurisdiction of Gezer Regional Council. In it had a population of . History Kibbutz Netzer Sereni was founded in 1948 by Holocaust survivors liberated from Buchenwald concentration camp, who had established themselves in 1945 as the "Kibbutz Buchenwald", an agricultural collective designed to prepare Jews for life in Palestine - the first such Hakhshara group established in Germany after the war. The kibbutz was established on the land of the depopulated Palestinian village named Bir Salim. The name was changed later to Netzer by the Buchenwald members. The kibbutz was named ''Netzer Sereni'' after Enzo Sereni, a Jewish Italian intellectual, Zionist leader and Jewish Brigade officer. Sereni was one of the founders of Givat Brenner. He was parachuted into Nazi-occupied Italy in World War II, only to be immediately c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shikun & Binui
, former_name = , type = Public , traded_as = , ISIN = , industry = Building and infrastructure contracting; Real-estate development and facility management (residential, office, commercial and long-term lease); power and renewables; water and environment; concessions , founded = , founder = Histadrut - General Organization of Workers in Israel , hq_location = Airport City , hq_location_city = Lod , hq_location_country = Israel , num_locations = , num_locations_year = , area_served = , key_people = Tamir Cohen, CEO , products = , services = , revenue = ₪ 6.6 billion , revenue_year = 2020 , operating_income = ₪ 499 million , income_year = 2020 , net_income = ₪ 181 million , net_income_year = 2020 , equity = ₪ 3.3 billion , equity_year = Decemb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Solel Boneh
Solel Boneh ( he, סולל בונה, lit. ''Paving and Building'') is the oldest, and one of the largest, construction and civil engineering companies in Israel. History During British rule (1921-1948) Solel Boneh was founded in 1921 in British-ruled Palestine, during the first conference of the Jewish trade union, the General Histadrut, under the name of Batz (), an acronym of ''Binyan veAvodot Tziburiot'' (, lit. ''Construction and Public Works''). Its first project was to pave a road from Tiberias to Samakh, which is now part of Highway 90. The company was founded as a cooperative organisation in the spirit of socialist workers' groups. In 1923 it was declared bankrupt partly due to its supplementing wages to Jewish workers. It was resurrected by the Histadrut and the World Zionist Organization as a company named "Solel Boneh", based on the organisation but managed as a business corporation. Solel Boneh had an integral role in major building activities in Mandate Palestine. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elco Holdings
Elco Ltd. is an international conglomerate holding company headquartered in Tel Aviv, Israel. The company was founded in 1949 by Alexander Salkind, and has been managed since its establishment by three generations of the Salkind family. It is the parent company of Electra, Electra Consumer Products, Electra Real Estate, Supergas and others. By 2021 the company’s subsidiaries were active in 17 countries, with more than 21,000 employees, and a production site in Israel where it manufactures air conditioning units and electromechanical equipment. The company is one of the top traded companies on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange and is included in the TA-90 Index of top shares, trading under the ticker symbol ELCO. History Background In 1933 in Germany, Alexander Salkind left his home along with his family and relocated to what was then Mandatory Palestine. Prior to that he had owned factories in Germany and England producing parts for radios. Alexander's father had been an industrialis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
College Of Management Academic Studies
The College of Management Academic Studies, a college located in the city of Rishon LeZion, Israel, is the largest college in Israel. Founded in 1978, COLMAN is the first non-subsidized, not-for-profit research academic institution in Israel to be recognized and certified by the Council for Higher Education in Israel. It offers bachelor's and master's degrees in business administration, law, media, economics, organizational development and consulting, computer science, behavioral sciences, family studies and interior design. The college places an emphasis on social awareness and responsibility, encouraging both students and faculty to take part in communities and outreach activities. History The College of Management - Academic Studies (COLMAN) gained authorization in 1986 to award a BA degree in business administration and accounting. COLMAN became the first non-subsidized, non-profit academic institution in Israel to be recognized and certified by the country's supreme educati ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Center District (Israel)
The Central District ( he, מְחוֹז הַמֶּרְכָּז, ''Meḥoz haMerkaz''; ar, المنطقة الوسطى) of Israel is one of six administrative districts, including most of the Sharon region. It is further divided into 4 sub-districts: Petah Tikva, Ramla, Sharon, and Rehovot. The district's largest city is Rishon LeZion. The district's population as of 2017 was 2,115,800. According to the Israeli Central Bureau of Statistics, 88% of the population is Jewish, 8.2% is Arab, and 4% are “non-classified”, being mostly former Soviet Union immigrants of partial or nominal Jewish ethnic heritage or household members of Jews. Administrative local authorities Former municipalities Economy El Al Airlines maintains its corporate headquarters on the grounds of Ben Gurion Airport and in the Central District.Orme, William A. Jr. "El Al at a Turning Point; A Mirror of Israel's Divisions Prepares to Go 49% Public", ''The New York Times'' (5 March 1999), p. C1 (New York e ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yavne West Railway Station
Yavne West railway station is a passenger railway station in Yavne, Israel and is one of two railway stations in the city (the other being Yavne East). The station is located between the Rishon LeZion Moshe Dayan railway station to the north and the Ashdod railway station to the south. Yavne West is adjacent to Yavne's central bus station in the western part of the city and is located next to the Yavne Interchange on Highway 4. Design The station hall is located to the east of the tracks. Yavne West currently has two side platforms connected by a pedestrian bridge serving two tracks. The far platform can be converted to an island platform for a total of three tracks at the station. Space exists for an additional side platform to be built in the future, allowing the station to accommodate a total of four tracks. Public transportation connections The railway station is located near the Yavne central bus station from which there are several intercity bus routes to Rehovot, Ash ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Right-of-way (transportation)
A right-of-way (ROW) is a right to make a way over a piece of land, usually to and from another piece of land. A right of way is a type of easement granted or reserved over the land for transportation purposes, such as a highway, public footpath, rail transport, canal, as well as electrical transmission lines, oil and gas pipelines. In the case of an easement, it may revert to its original owners if the facility is abandoned. This American English term is also used to denote the land itself. A right of way is granted or reserved over the land for transportation purposes, usually for private access to private land and, historically for a highway, public footpath, rail transport, canal, as well as electrical transmission lines, oil and gas pipelines.Henry Campbell Black: ''Right-of-way.'' In''A law dictionary containing definitions of the terms and phrases of American and English jurisprudence, ancient and modern: and including the principal terms of international, constitutio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tel Aviv
Tel Aviv-Yafo ( he, תֵּל־אָבִיב-יָפוֹ, translit=Tēl-ʾĀvīv-Yāfō ; ar, تَلّ أَبِيب – يَافَا, translit=Tall ʾAbīb-Yāfā, links=no), often referred to as just Tel Aviv, is the most populous city in the Gush Dan metropolitan area of Israel. Located on the Israeli coastal plain, Israeli Mediterranean coastline and with a population of , it is the Economy of Israel, economic and Technology of Israel, technological center of the country. If East Jerusalem is considered part of Israel, Tel Aviv is the country's second most populous city after Jerusalem; if not, Tel Aviv is the most populous city ahead of West Jerusalem. Tel Aviv is governed by the Tel Aviv-Yafo Municipality, headed by Mayor Ron Huldai, and is home to many List of diplomatic missions in Israel, foreign embassies. It is a Global city, beta+ world city and is ranked 57th in the 2022 Global Financial Centres Index. Tel Aviv has the List of cities by GDP, third- or fourth-largest e ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Route 20 (Israel)
, length_km = 29 , direction_a = South , terminus_a = Rishon LeZion (Holot Interchange) , cities = Holon, Herzliya, Bat Yam, Tel Aviv, Givatayim, Ramat Gan , direction_b = North , terminus_b = Rishpon , junction = *Holon Interchange *Kibbutz Galuyot Interchange * La Guardia Interchange *Glilot Interchange , previous_route = 13 , previous_type = Hwy , next_route = 22 , next_type = Fwy , photo = , photo_notes = Aerial View of Highway 20 at Night Highway 20, more commonly known as the Ayalon Highway, or simply Ayalon ( he, נתיבי איילון, pronounced: ''"Netivei Ayalon"'', lit. "Ayalon lanes"), is a major intracity freeway in Gush Dan, Israel. The road runs along the eastern border of central Tel Aviv from north to south (with a planned east-west branch as well) and connects all of the major highways leading to the city—such as Highway 4 from Ashdod and the Southern regions, Highway 2 from Haifa and the Northern regions, Highway 5 from the East, an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Route 431 (Israel)
Highway 431 ( he, כביש 431), is a suburban freeway in the south of the Gush Dan, Tel Aviv Metropolitan Area in Israel. The freeway connects the Ayalon Highway in the west with highway 1 (Israel), Highway 1 in the east. It then continues east into Modi'in as a local road. The freeway has six lanes (three in each direction) over a total length of 21 km. There is also a short Collector/distributor road, Collector/Distributor system between Rishon Darom and Nes Ziona Interchanges. There are 12 interchanges along its length, 5 of them freeway to freeway interchanges. There are also 54 km of service roads, including exits and entrance ramps. The design of the freeway includes a right of way for a double track railway in its median between Ein HaKore and Modi'in. Railway sections are currently operational between Be'er Yaakov and HaRishonim Interchange, and between Anava Interchange and Modi'in; construction of the Rishon LeZion–Modi'in railway began in 2019. The f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
