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Tel Aviv Central Bus Station
Tel Aviv central bus station, also known as the new central bus station (התחנה המרכזית החדשה, HaTahana HaMerkazit HaHadasha), is the main bus station of Tel Aviv, Israel. Located in the south of the city, it was opened on August 17, 1993. It is the second largest bus station in the world. The station in Tel Aviv covers 230,000 m2 and a total area of 44,000 m2. On 24 October 2021, the Tel Aviv Court for Local Affairs has issued a closure order for the Tel Aviv New Central Bus Station from December 2021. History Construction began on December 14, 1967, but work was prematurely halted due to financial difficulties. The building was finally inaugurated on August 18, 1993. The inauguration ceremony was attended by Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin and the mayor of Tel Aviv Shlomo Lahat. The station's prolonged construction period gave it the title of white elephant among the public, and in light of this, the inauguration ceremony included releasing a white elephant ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
New Centaral Station Tel Aviv2
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Israel Fire And Rescue Services
The Israel Fire and Rescue Services (Hebrew: כבאות והצלה לישראל, ''Kaba'ut VeHatzala Le'Israel''; also שירותי כבאות להצלה, ''Sherutei Kaba'ut VeHatzala'') is the national Israeli fire and rescue organization. The organisation also provides rescue services from terror attacks, car accident and dangerous substance spillages, along with Magen David Adom, the National EMS. They are also involved in public education and awareness campaigns. The service is accessed by calling ''102'' from any phone. As of 2022, the director of the services is Eyal Casspi. Organization There are 24 metro regions that have central major fire stations with supplemental smaller stations in neighboring villages and cities. After the 2010 Mount Carmel forest fire where many prison guards, civilians, police officer and two firefighters were killed, the government decided to create the Israel's Fire and Rescue Authority and organized the fire service on a national level lik ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kavim
Kavim () is an Israeli bus company based in Holon. It was founded in 2000 and provided lines in the eastern Gush Dan region - the towns/cities Kiryat Ono, Petah Tikva, Or Yehuda, Givatayim and others. In February 2005, Kavim expanded to the north, where it started providing bus lines in Afula, Bet She'an and the Nazareth area. In 2006, more routes are planned in Petah Tikva and Rosh HaAyin. Many of Kavim's current routes were transferred from the Dan Bus Company. In 2011, the bus company Illit was merged with Kavim. In 2012, Kavim won the tender for the Heshmonaim cluster which includes the cities Ramla, Lod and Modi'in, and the tender for cluster of regional bus routes in the Netanya Hadera area. Kavim started the operate the routes in both clusters in 2013. In 2015, Kavim's bus routes in Afula were transferred to Superbus bus company. In 2017 Kavim won the tender of the Valley of Elah and Beitar Illit cluster that contains routes that Kavim currently operates and few routes of Sup ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dan Bus Company
Dan Bus Company ( he, דן חברה לתחבורה ציבורית) is an Israeli bus company based in Tel Aviv. It operates local bus service in the Tel Aviv Metropolitan Area (Gush Dan) as well as some intercity bus services between the Gush Dan area and nearby regions. History Dan was founded as a cooperative on 1 December 1945, from the merger of 2 companies, ''Galei HaMaavir'' and ''Ihud Regev''. It demutualised, becoming a limited company in May 2002. Dan operates 1,200 buses and has 2,400 employees. It transports over 600,000 passengers daily. In 2009, 23.5% of all Israeli bus travelers used Dan's lines. Dan provides bus service six days a week. From Friday afternoon until after Sunset Saturday night, service is suspended in observance of the Jewish Sabbath. Dan buses run until approximately 23:30 p.m. and resume service in the early morning hours. In September 2009, Dan and Veolia reached an agreement on the purchase of Veolia's share in the Jerusalem Light Rail for $15 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nateev Express
Nateev Express ( he, נתיב אקספרס, Arabic: نتيف أكسبريس ''Nativ Express'') is an Israeli bus company. History Nateev Express was founded in 2001. Shortly afterwards, it won the franchises for these two regions, previously served by Egged, as part of a national policy led by the ministry of transportation to spread the public transportation among multiple companies. Nateev Express started operating the bus lines in the northern Sharon area on December 31, 2001, and in the upper Galilee on January 28, 2002. In July 2018 the Netanya Tel Aviv bus routes were transferred to Metropoline as Metropoline won the Sharon Holon tender that contains these routes. In October 2020 Nateev Express won the tender for the beit sheesh corridor. The lines will be transferred from Superbus to Nateev Express on June 14, 2021. Nateev Express is fully owned by Nazareth Transportation and Tours, a bus company based in Nazareth. It serves regional routes in a single region of the count ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Afikim (company)
Afikim () is an Israel bus company that operates on routes connecting the Gush Dan and Sharon plain regions with the western Samaria region of the West Bank, as well as lines in Ashdod, Yavne, Rosh HaAyin and other locations. History The company was founded in 2008 and is part of Sela Holdings. It began operating on September 1, 2009. In March 2013, the company began operating ' Palestinian only' buses and bus lines for Palestinian workers commuting from the West Bank to jobs in Israel, following complaints from Jewish settlers. Afikim also purchased Connex's activity in Israel in 2013, significantly expanding its operations, and as of November 2014, operated about 145 routes and a fleet of 350 buses, with plans to purchase a further 200 for the Ashdod–Yavne–Tel Aviv sector. In 2015, Afikim won the tender for cluster of Petah Tikva and Rosh HaAyin which includes all intracity service in Petah Tikva and Rosh HaAyin. On May 6 2016, Afikim started to operate the intracity and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Metropoline
Metropoline ( he, מטרופולין) is an Israeli bus company, which provides bus routes from Beersheba to Tel Aviv and other destinations in the Southern District, Intracity and intercity routes in Ramat HaSharon, Herzliya, Hod HaSharon, Ra'anana, Kfar Saba and other destinations in southern HaSharon. It was founded in 2000 by Tour Bus and two other transportation companies. In 2002 Metropoline started to operate the intercity routes from BeerSheva to Tel Aviv and other destinations in the Southern District and the intracity service in Arad. In 2010, Metropoline won the tender of Southern HaSharon which contained most intracity and regional service in Ramat HaSharon, Herzliya, Hod HaSharon, Ra'anana and Kfar Saba. In the same year Metropoline started to operate 7 routes that were transferred from Dan, and In early January 2011 Metropoline started to operate the routes that were transferred from Egged that were included in the tender. In 2012, Metropoline won again the ten ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Superbus (company)
Superbus ( he, סופרבוס) is an Israeli bus company, which provides intercity and urban service in Afula, Tiberias, Yokneam and Jerusalem. About The company is equally owned by companies like the Limited and Auto Iris Travelers Yeruham Limited. Bus Fleet The company owns 2000 buses and employs about 2500 employees in three branches – Afula, Yokneam Jerusalem. The company owns three parking garages – two garages and service offices in the Tel Aviv Central Bus Station in Tel Aviv, one in Afula and one at the Jerusalem Central Bus Station. The company also operates special trips to Jerusalem employing about 20 drivers who operate 16 minibuses and 4 full-size buses. In addition, the company also operates specialty lines to transport students. Superbus Formation Superbus was formed in 2000, to participate in auctions for the privatization of public transportation in Israel's whose goal was to lower prices and break the monopolies of the Egged Bus Cooperative, and the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Veolia Transport
Veolia Transport (formerly Connex and CGEA Transport) was the international transport services division of the French-based multinational company Veolia until the 2011 merger that gave rise to Veolia Transdev. Veolia Transport traded under the brand names of Veolia Transportation in North America and Israel, Veolia Transport, Veolia Verkehr in Germany and with the former name Connex preserved in Lebanon, Melbourne (until it ceased operations in 2009) and Jersey (until it ceased operations on 31 December 2012) . Until 2011, Veolia had diverse road and rail operations across the globe, employing 72,000 workers worldwide and serving completely or partly about 40 metropolitan areas with more than 1,000,000 inhabitants. History CGEA Transport The company was established on 1 January 1997 as ''CGEA Transport'', created from the public transport business of Compagnie Générale d'Entreprises Automobiles (CGEA), which was a subsidiary of Compagnie Générale des Eaux (CGE). CGEA was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Egged Bus Cooperative
, logo = Egged logo.svg , logo_size = 150px , image = Egged bug in Afula 01.jpg , image_size = , image_caption = , company_slogan = , parent = Self-owned 1,500 members 6,500 employees , founded = 1933 , defunct = , headquarters = Amot ParkTechBeit DaganIsrael , locale = , service_area = Israel (nationwide)Golan HeightsWest BankPolandNetherlands , service_type = , alliance = , routes = , destinations = , stops = , hubs = , stations = , lounge = , fleet = 2,950 , ridership = 900,000 (Israel) , annual ridership = 264,200,000 (Israel) , fuel_type = , operator = , ceo = , leader_type = , leader = , website Egged (English) Egged Transportation Ltd ( he, אֶגֶד ) is the largest transit bus company in Israel. Egged's intercity bus routes reach most ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Galilee
Galilee (; he, הַגָּלִיל, hagGālīl; ar, الجليل, al-jalīl) is a region located in northern Israel and southern Lebanon. Galilee traditionally refers to the mountainous part, divided into Upper Galilee (, ; , ) and Lower Galilee (, ; , ). ''Galilee'' refers to all of the area that is north of the Mount Carmel-Mount Gilboa ridge and south of the east–west section of the Litani River. It extends from the Israeli coastal plain and the shores of the Mediterranean Sea with Acre in the west, to the Jordan Rift Valley to the east; and from the Litani in the north plus a piece bordering on the Golan Heights all the way to Dan at the base of Mount Hermon in the northeast, to Mount Carmel and Mount Gilboa in the south. This definition includes the plains of the Jezreel Valley north of Jenin and the Beth Shean Valley, the valley containing the Sea of Galilee, and the Hula Valley, although it usually does not include Haifa's immediate northern suburbs. By this definiti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gush Dan
Gush Dan ( he, גּוּשׁ דָּן, ''lit.'' "Dan bloc") or Tel Aviv metropolitan area ( he, מֶטְרוֹפּוֹלִין תֵּל אָבִיב) is a conurbation in Israel, located along the country's Mediterranean coastline. There is no single formal definition of Gush Dan, though the term is in frequent use by both governmental bodies and the general public. It ranges from combining Tel Aviv with cities that form urban continuum with it, to the entire areas from both the Tel Aviv and the Central District, or sometimes the whole Metropolitan Area of Tel Aviv. which includes a small part of the Southern District as well. Gush Dan is the largest conurbation and metropolitan area in Israel, with the metropolitan area having an estimated population of 4,054,570 residents, 95% of whom are Israeli Jews. Cities in Gush Dan Population in cities as of the end of 2018: ;Over 400,000 * Tel Aviv-Yafo ;Over 200,000 *Rishon LeZion *Petah Tikva *Ashdod *Netanya *Bnei Brak ;Over ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
