Egged Ta'avura () is an Israeli bus company. It was a subsidiary of the Egged Bus Cooperative and Ta'avura Holdings, and was founded by a merger of two smaller Egged subsidiaries, following privatization and public transportation reform in Israel in the 2000s. Its

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is Gideon Mizrahi, and the

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is the retired

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Major General Mickey Levi. Egged Ta'avura is the subsidiary of Afikim after

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has bought it. In March 2007, five Egged Ta'avura drivers were killed in a traffic accident in the Ginaton Junction (Highways 40 and 443). A monument was erected for them on the grounds of the Ashkelon Central Bus Station.

Fleet and operations

Egged Ta'avura operates routes in the areas of Ma'ale Adumim, and the West Bank. The company was also slated to operate routes in Beitar Illit, but failed talks with the Illit bus company resulted Illit taking over the transportation in the

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and city. It has a fleet of about 650 buses, of which about 220 are used for public transport. Originally, its fleet was entirely rented from Egged on a one-year contract, until it was able to buy new European buses. The rented fleet was mostly transferred to Egged's service in

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. On February 12, 2016, All routes in northern Negev were transferred to Dan BaDarom. The intracity service in Ashkelon has transferred to Dan BaDarom in May 2016. On May 31, 2016, All bus routes that Egged Ta'avura operated in El'ad were transferred in May 2016 to Kavim that won the Ono El'ad tender nine months earlier. In July 2016, The intracity bus routes in

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were transferred to Dan BaDarom. In January 2022, The intracity bus routes in Netanya were transferred to Extra Public Transport. The bus routes operated by Egged Ta'avura are: * All intracity service in Mevaseret Zion and Ma'ale Adumim. * Intercity service in the west bank.

Buses and equipment

In May 2008, Egged Ta'avura signed a NIS 5 million deal with the

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-based transSpot company to supply its buses with screens that will allow travellers to receive real-time information on stations and their ETAs.

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* {{Transportation in Israel Bus companies of Israel