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Dan BaDarom
Dan Bus Company () is an Israeli bus company based in Tel Aviv. It operates local bus service in the Tel Aviv Metropolitan Area (Gush Dan). Dan operates 1,200 buses and has 2,400 employees. It transports approximately over 600,000 passengers daily. Combined with its southern subsidiaries, its fleet numbers 2,500. History Dan was founded as a cooperative on 1 December 1945, from the merger of two companies, ''Galei HaMaavir'' and ''Ihud Regev''. It demutualised, becoming a limited company in May 2002. 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 $15–20 million. In October 2010, Veolia reneged and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mandatory Palestine
Mandatory Palestine was a British Empire, British geopolitical entity that existed between 1920 and 1948 in the Palestine (region), region of Palestine, and after 1922, under the terms of the League of Nations's Mandate for Palestine. After an Arab Revolt, Arab uprising against the Ottoman Empire during the First World War in 1916, British Empire, British Egyptian Expeditionary Force, forces drove Ottoman Empire, Ottoman forces out of the Levant. The United Kingdom had agreed in the McMahon–Hussein Correspondence that it would honour Arab independence in case of a revolt but, in the end, the United Kingdom and French Third Republic, France divided what had been Ottoman Syria under the Sykes–Picot Agreement—an act of betrayal in the eyes of the Arabs. Another issue was the Balfour Declaration of 1917, in which Britain promised its support for the establishment of a Homeland for the Jewish people, Jewish "national home" in Palestine. Mandatory Palestine was then establishe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kiryat Malakhi
Kiryat Malakhi () also spelled Kiryat Malahi, Kiryat Malachi, or Qiryat Mal'akhi, is a city in the Southern District of Israel, northeast of Ashkelon. In it had a population of . Its jurisdiction is 4,632 dunams (~4.6 km2). History Qastina Before the establishment of Kiryat Malakhi, the Palestinian village of Qastina stood two kilometers to the west. Qastina's population in 1945 was 890, and its economy was largely agricultural, with its people growing citrus groves and cereals. Furthermore, an elementary school for boys was established in Qastina in 1936, and by 1945 had an enrollment of 145 students. Students from the nearby Palestinian village of Tall al-Turmus also used to attend this school. Qastina also had one mosque. During the 1948 Arab-Israeli War, on July 9th, 1948, Qastina was assaulted by the Giv'ati Brigade. Today, only debris remains where the village once stood. Establishment of Kiryat Malakhi Kiryat Malakhi was established in 1951 as a ma'abara ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Superbus (company)
Superbus () 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 has three parking garages – two in the Tel Aviv Central Bus Station in Tel Aviv, and 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. 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 Dan Bus Company. In 2001 the company was awarded a tend ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Krayot
The Krayot or Qerayot (, "townships") (plural of ''Kirya'') are a cluster of four small cities and two neighbourhoods of Haifa founded in the 1930s on the outskirts of the city of Haifa, Israel, in the Haifa Bay area. The Krayot include Kiryat Yam (pop. 42,284), Kiryat Motzkin (pop. 48,748), Kiryat Bialik (pop. 36,200), Kiryat Ata (pop. 61,709), Kiryat Haim (pop. 29,000), and Kiryat Shmuel (pop. 7,740, as of 2023). A plan was formulated in 2003, and again in 2016 by Interior Minister Aryeh Deri, to merge the Krayot into one municipality. A proposed name for this city is Zvulun (after the biblical Zebulun Zebulun (; also ''Zebulon'', ''Zabulon'', or ''Zaboules'' in ''Antiquities of the Jews'' by Josephus) was, according to the Books of Genesis and Numbers,Genesis 46:14 the last of the six sons of Jacob and Leah (Jacob's tenth son), and the foun ..., and the Zvulun Valley). The Krayot Cities Neighborhoods See also * Carmel Tunnels References {{coord, 32.841 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Haifa
Haifa ( ; , ; ) is the List of cities in Israel, 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 metropolitan area in Israel. It is home to the Baháʼí Faith's Baháʼí World Centre, and is a UNESCO World Heritage Site and a destination for Baháʼí pilgrimage. Built on the slopes of Mount Carmel, the settlement has a history spanning more than 3,000 years. The earliest known settlement in the vicinity was Tell Abu Hawam, a small port city established in the Late Bronze Age (14th century BCE).Encyclopaedia Judaica, Encyclopedia Judaica, ''Haifa'', Keter Publishing, Jerusalem, 1972, vol. 7, pp. 1134–1139 In the 3rd century CE, Haifa was known as a Tool and die maker, dye-making center. Over the millennia, the Haifa area has changed hands: being conquered and ruled by the Canaanites, History of ancient Israel and Judah, Israelites, Phoenicians, Assy ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Metronit
The Metronit (, ), also spelled Matronit, is a bus rapid transit (BRT) system in Haifa, Israel. Two Metronit lines, line 1 and 5א, operate during the weekend, or Sabbath, i.e. on Friday and Saturday, which is almost unique in Israel – as of 2022, only in a handful of cities in Israel, Haifa among them, do public buses also offer service on Sabbath. Overview Name The name, ''Metronit'', was among some 500 suggestions submitted by the public in a prize-winning competition. ''Metronit'' was chosen for several reasons. The name itself was deemed to be easily expressed, catchy and unique. The Hebrew word, "Matronit" - meaning "respectable woman" or "lady" in Hebrew - was felt to convey a feeling of elegance and respectability. The prefix "Metro-" implies an efficient Metropolis, metropolitan rapid transportation system; the trailing "-it" is in line with Haifa's existing Carmelit funicular Subway (rail), subway, the Rakavlit, Rakvalit cable cars, and the ''Shkhunatit'' interna ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Metronit
''The'' is a grammatical article in English, denoting nouns that are already or about to be mentioned, under discussion, implied or otherwise presumed familiar to listeners, readers, or speakers. It is the definite article in English. ''The'' is the most frequently used word in the English language; studies and analyses of texts have found it to account for seven percent of all printed English-language words. It is derived from gendered articles in Old English which combined in Middle English and now has a single form used with nouns of any gender. The word can be used with both singular and plural nouns, and with a noun that starts with any letter. This is different from many other languages, which have different forms of the definite article for different genders or numbers. Pronunciation In most dialects, "the" is pronounced as (with the voiced dental fricative followed by a schwa) when followed by a consonant sound, and as (homophone of the archaic pronoun ''thee'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Beersheba
Beersheba ( / ; ), officially Be'er-Sheva, is the largest city in the Negev desert of southern Israel. Often referred to as the "Capital of the Negev", it is the centre of the fourth-most populous metropolitan area in Israel, the eighth-most populous Israeli city with a population of , and the second-largest city in area (after Jerusalem), with a total area of 117,500 dunams (45 mi2 / 117.5 km2). Human habitation near present-day Beersheba dates back to the fourth millennium BC. In the Bible, Beersheba marks the southern boundary of ancient Israel, as mentioned in the phrase " From Dan to Beersheba." Initially assigned to the Tribe of Judah, Beersheba was later reassigned to Simeon. During the monarchic era, it functioned as a royal city but eventually faced destruction at the hands of the Assyrians. The Biblical site of Beersheba is Tel Be'er Sheva, lying some 2.5 miles (4km) distant from the modern city, which was established at the start of the 20th century by ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Higer C12 Le
Higer Bus Company Limited, also known as Higer Bus, is a Chinese bus manufacturer based in Suzhou, Jiangsu province. It was established at the end of 1998. HIGER is China's leading exporter of buses and coaches, whose units are available in more than 100 countries and territories in South Asia, Middle East, Africa, Russia, East Europe and the Americas. In 2015, HIGER reached again a new breakthrough with more than RMB 11.7 billion sales revenue. Awarded with "China Top Brand", "National Inspection-free Product" and other honors, HIGER has made its way to China's Top 500 Most Valued Brands with a brand value of RMB14.492 billion, becoming the fastest growing company in China's bus industry, a base for exporting national finished automobiles and one of the Top 100 enterprises in informationalization in China. On September 8, 2016, the Ministry of Finance named five typical problematic enterprises in a notice on the special inspection of subsidies for the promotion and applicatio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Metrodan Beersheba
Metrodan Beersheba Ltd. ({{langx, he, מטרודן באר שבע בע"מ) was an Israeli bus company. It is owned, among others, by Tour Bus. Metrodan operated the urban bus lines within Beersheba from 2003 to 2016. Metrodan was founded in 2003 in a joint venture by Metropoline and a company called Nahor Transportation (a subsidy of the Dan Bus Company). In November 2016, All lines of Metrodan Beersheba were transferred to Dan Beersheva as Dan BaDarom Dan Bus Company () is an Israeli bus company based in Tel Aviv. It operates local bus service in the Tel Aviv Metropolitan Area (Gush Dan). Dan operates 1,200 buses and has 2,400 employees. It transports approximately over 600,000 passengers dai ... which is the parent company won the tender of the Urban lines in Beersheva ten months earlier. Bus companies of Israel Transport in Beersheba ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ofakim
Ofakim () is a city in the Southern District (Israel), Southern District of Israel, 20 kilometers (12.4 mi) west of Beersheba. It achieved municipal status in 1955. It has an area of 10,000 dunams (~3.9 sq mi; 10 km2). In , it had a population of . Ofakim was established as a development town in 1955. For many years it was a major textile manufacturing center until outsourcing led to the closure of factories. As a result, Ofakim suffered from poverty and unemployment. Since the 2000s, new businesses have opened, improving the economic outlook. In 2023, Ofakim was attacked by Hamas militants who infiltrated the city and killed 47 residents. History Prior to 1948, the area was known as Khirbat Futais (), a Bedouin hamlet populated by members of Tiyaha#The_Qadirat, Al-Qadirat clan of Tiyaha, Al-Tiyaha tribe, located along "Wadi Futeis", a seasonal river that drains into Wadi Gaza. The hamlet consisted of several mud houses. The Bedouins grew wheat, barley, and melon, and tend ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
