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Illit Transport Ltd. ( he, עילית קווי תחבורה בע"מ) was an Israeli bus company that operated in
Beitar Illit
Beitar Illit ( he, בֵּיתָר עִלִּית; officially Betar Illit; "Illit" is pronounced "ee-leet"; ar, بيتار عيليت) is an Haredi Jewish- Israeli settlement organized as a city council in the Gush Etzion settlement bloc, sou ...
. Illit was merged into
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 nor ...
in 2011, but Illit is still used as a brand for the Beitar Illit routes.
According to its official website, Illit was founded in 2005, winning its first
tender to begin operations in 2006. It replaced 'Betar Tours', which had provided bus service to the city previously.
The company owned 80 buses, running 5 intracity lines including 3 lines for school children, 11 lines to
Jerusalem
Jerusalem (; he, יְרוּשָׁלַיִם ; ar, القُدس ) (combining the Biblical and common usage Arabic names); grc, Ἱερουσαλήμ/Ἰεροσόλυμα, Hierousalḗm/Hierosóluma; hy, Երուսաղեմ, Erusałēm. i ...
, one to
Beit Shemesh and one to
Bnei Brak.
References
External links
Bus lines Information in English
Bus companies of Israel
Transport in Jerusalem
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