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22-619: HaMifratz central bus station serves local Egged bus lines within the city of Haifa , suburban lines, and the Metronit BRT system. Egged, Nateev Express and Superbus all operate intercity bus routes. All bus routes from the north and the Galilee 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 buses and rail passengers. The station also serves as

44-514: A company. Egged buses and their passengers have been victims of acts of terrorism quite a few times, including: Egged's bus fleet includes a wide variety of bus models of Mercedes-Benz , VDL , Volvo , DAF and MAN , including bulletproof versions used mostly for travel in the West Bank. Historically, the company also extensively used buses by Leyland , Neoplan , Jonckheere , International , Fiat and more. Egged has purchased 51% of

66-628: A male passenger and move to the back of the bus. In January 2011, the Israeli High Court of Justice ruled that forced separation of men and women on buses was illegal but allowed voluntary separation for a one-year experimental period. The court, accepting the recommendations of an investigation committee, ordered the removal of signs designating buses as segregated and the installation of new signs informing passengers of their right to sit wherever they wanted. The Haredi public has requested to operate private bus lines but they were blocked by

88-515: A member of the city council, proposed to create a committee which would inspect Kavim's operations within the city. Kavim responded that Blustein was 'hurting its good reputation out of political considerations'. In 2008, a Kavim driver was arrested for dealing drugs on his bus routes. Kavim said in response that this did not reflect the company or its drivers. On October 6, 2010, 30 buses belonging to Kavim in Afula were taken out of service following

110-914: A terminal for the Rakavlit , a 4.5 km-long aerial tramway connecting the station with the Technion University and other destinations located on Mount Carmel 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. The bus routes originating or passing at HaMifratz bus station as of January 2022 are listed below. 32°47′32″N 35°2′2″E  /  32.79222°N 35.03389°E  / 32.79222; 35.03389 Egged Bus Cooperative Egged Transportation Ltd ( Hebrew : אֶגֶד , pronounced [ˈe.ged] )

132-538: Is subject to approval by the Israel Antitrust Authority. From the late 1990s until January 2011, Egged operated gender-segregated lines, commonly called Mehadrin bus lines mainly running in and/or between major Haredi population centers. In these buses, men sat at the front and women were expected to wear "modest dress." The "mehadrin" lines were criticized after a woman, Miriam Shear, was allegedly assaulted for refusing to give up her seat to

154-546: Is subsidized by the government, and still controls most of the inter-city bus lines in Israel. Netanyahu's attempts were cut short by a bus strike that brought the country to a halt, and Egged's workers and directors declared that any further attempts to undermine the company's monopoly will be met with similar measures. However, in recent years, many bus lines have begun to be operated by smaller bus companies such as Dan , Kavim , Superbus , Connex and others. In 2005, Egged and

176-634: Is the largest transit bus company in Israel . Egged's intercity bus routes reach most Israeli cities, towns, kibbutzim and moshavim , and the company operates urban city buses throughout the country. It also operates in Poland and the Netherlands through a subsidiary. Egged provides about 35% of Israel's public transport services, employs about 6,500 workers and operates a fleet of 2,950 buses. Egged buses transport about 900,000 passengers per day. Egged

198-612: 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

220-654: The Second Intifada , claiming that the attacks had deterred passengers from taking buses. On February 3, 2003, the Tel Aviv District Court ruled that Arafat had to pay Egged NIS 52 million in damages for the loss of one year's income and NIS 100,000 in court expenses. Despite deregulation attempts by the Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu , Egged is still Israel's largest bus company,

242-757: The United Nations published a database of companies doing business related in the West Bank , including East Jerusalem , as well as in the Golan Heights . Egged was listed on the database on account of its activities in Israeli settlements in these occupied territories, which the UN considers to be illegal. Kavim Kavim ( Hebrew : קווים , "lines") is an Israeli bus company based in Holon . It

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264-530: The West Bank , and consider the company's winning the tender as indirect Dutch support for Israel's settlements policy, according to reports by Radio Netherlands Worldwide . Egged's Dutch subsidiary denies being involved in politics. In October 2010, Egged bought Veolia Transport 's share in the Jerusalem Light Rail after a deal with the Dan Bus Company fell through. However, in March 2018 it

286-609: The Bulgarian Trans-Triumph bus company, which runs service to cities such as Varna and Sofia , as well as airport and tour buses for approximately €4 million. Egged, through its affiliated company, is responsible for the operation of half the public transportation in the city of Varna, the second-largest city in Bulgaria with about half a million residents. Egged also formed a joint venture company with Rousse municipality called Egged Rousse JSC which operates

308-660: The Israeli Government reached an agreement under which by the year 2015 subsidization will be reduced to specific sectors, the disabled, soldiers and students, and for certain equipment. In 2019, members voted overwhelmingly to convert Egged into a company from a worker cooperative . Had its members voted to not convert its ownership structure, the government could have cancelled an operating agreement it signed with Egged in November 2018, tender out its routes, and imposed various sanctions until it decided to convert into

330-459: The football team Legia Warszawa and some other buses for special transport and tourism. Egged Bus Services (EBS) also holds an eight-year contract (with an option for an additional two years) worth about €500 million, for public transport in the region Waterland  [ nl ] in the Netherlands, starting December 2011. The contract drew opposition from local activist groups who accuse Egged of supporting Israel's settlements policy in

352-586: The public transport in the city of Rousse . Egged operates some 1,500 buses in Poland, where it owns the Polish bus company Mobilis it acquired for €4 million in 2006. The company operates some metropolitan bus routes, including exclusive franchises in Warsaw , Kraków and Bartoszyce . Mobilis in Warsaw operate 215 buses for public transportation and serves around 40 routes daily. Also, it uses Scania coach for

374-616: The tender of the Valley of Elah and Beitar Illit cluster that contains routes that Kavim currently operates and few routes of Superbus in the Beit Shemesh area. Kavim has a fleet of 300 vehicles and a workforce of 450. Kavim's current chief executive officer is Zion Pat. In 2017, each sector had the following annual ridership: Kavim's service has often been criticized, especially in Petah Tikva . In April 2008, Avi Blustein,

396-502: The transportation ministry. In later years Egged Bus Cooperative has expanded its services, through its subsidiary company Egged Tours, by offering organized trips abroad for Israelis as well as daily tours in Israel for tourists. Egged Tours is an IATA licensed company which operates as a wholesale company for organized tours all over the world and Israel for groups and individuals. Its services include flights, organized tours, accommodation and trips all year round. On 12 February 2020,

418-622: Was created in 1933 through a merger of four smaller intercity bus cooperatives in and around Tel Aviv . In 1942, it was joined with the bus company United Sharon . In 1951, Egged merged with the Northern Shahar bus company and the Southern Drom Yehuda bus company, creating a national public transportation network. In 1961, Egged merged with the Hamekasher bus company of Jerusalem . The name Egged (lit. Union )

440-576: 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

462-668: Was given to the cooperative by the Israeli poet Hayim Nahman Bialik . During the wars of 1956 , 1967 and 1973 , Egged buses and drivers helped to reinforce the logistics system of the IDF and drove soldiers and food to the battlefields. Some buses also served as ambulances to transport injured soldiers and civilians. In late 2002, Egged sued the Palestinian National Authority and its chairman Yasser Arafat for compensation of damages and loss of income due to terrorist attacks and suicide bombings on buses during

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484-651: Was revealed that Egged will be prohibited from tendering to operate the light rail over competition concerns. Egged has been awarded the tender to operate and maintain the Tel Aviv Red Line from October 2021 by the NTA Metropolitan Mass Transit System Ltd. tenders committee. The winning bid was from the Tevel consortium controlled by Egged (51%) with Chinese companies Shenzhen Metro (30%) and CCECC (19%). The tender win

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