Haifa Bay central bus station ( he, מרכזית המפרץ, ''Merkazit HaMifratz,

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: مركزيّة هامفراتس (شاطئ حيفا) , Mirakaziyyat Hamifrats''), known also as HaMifratz central bus station is the main

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station of the

Haifa Bay The Bay of Haifa or Haifa Bay ( he, מפרץ חיפה, ''Mifratz Heifa''), formerly Bay of Acre, is a bay along the Mediterranean coast of Northern Israel. Haifa Bay is Israel's only natural harbor on the Mediterranean. ''Haifa Bay'' also ref ...

(''Mifratz Haifa'') area. It is co-located with

HaMifratz Central railway station HaMifratz Central railway station ( he, תחנת הרכבת מרכזית המפרץ, ''Taḥanat HaRakevet Merkazit HaMifratz'') is an Israeli railway passenger station in Haifa, Israel co-located with the Haifa Bay central bus station. It serves ...

and is adjacent to

Lev HaMifratz Mall Lev HaMifratz Mall ( he, קניון לב המפרץ, ''Kanyon Lev HaMifratz'', lit. ''Heart of the Bay Mall''), officially branded ''Cinemall'', is a shopping mall located in Haifa, Israel. Lev HaMifratz has three floors of stores, a food court, ...

. It opened in 2002 and was substantially renovated and expanded in the late 2010s.

Overview

HaMifratz central bus station serves local Egged bus lines within the city of

Haifa Haifa ( he, חֵיפָה ' ; ar, حَيْفَا ') is the third-largest city in Israel—after Jerusalem and Tel Aviv—with a population of in . The city of Haifa forms part of the Haifa metropolitan area, the third-most populous metropol ...

, suburban lines, and the

Metronit The Metronit ( he, מטרונית Arabic: مترونيت), also spelled Matronit, is a bus rapid transit (BRT) system in Haifa, Israel. One Metronit line, the Red Line, operates during the weekend, or Sabbath, i.e. on Friday and Saturday, which i ...

BRT system. Egged,

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 serv ...

and

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all operate intercity bus routes. All bus routes from the

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and the

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which formerly terminated at the old Bat Galim central bus station now terminate at HaMifratz station. The station is part of a large public transport complex at Lev Hamifratz which serves bus and rail passengers. The station also serves as a terminal for the Rakavlit, a 4.5 km-long

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connecting the station with the Technion University and other destinations located on

Mount Carmel Mount Carmel ( he, הַר הַכַּרְמֶל, Har haKarmel; ar, جبل الكرمل, Jabal al-Karmil), also known in Arabic as Mount Mar Elias ( ar, link=no, جبل مار إلياس, Jabal Mār Ilyās, lit=Mount Saint Elias/Elijah), is a c ...

which opened in 2022. The complex will also serve as a terminal for the future Haifa–Nazareth tram-train line which is under construction as of 2022. Rebuilding of the station began in mid 2015 and was finished in October 2019.

Bus routes

The bus routes originating or passing at HaMifratz bus station as of January 2022 are listed below.

Metronit BRT

Local routes

Intercity routes

References

External links

Haifa Metropolitan Transport

Superbus

Egged

Nativ Express (Hebrew only)
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