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HaMifrats Central Railway Station
HaMifratz Central railway station (, ''Taḥanat HaRakevet Merkazit HaMifratz'', lit. ''[Haifa] Bay Central railway station'') is an Israel Railways, Israeli railway passenger station in Haifa, Israel co-located with the Haifa Bay central bus station. It serves Lev HaMifratz Mall (, ''Heart of the Bay Mall''), one of Haifa's largest malls, and the surrounding Haifa Bay industrial zone in the northeast of the city. Location The station is situated on the Coastal railway line, Israel, north–south coastal railway and the Jezreel_Valley_railway#Modern_railway, Jezreel Valley railway and is located in the southern part of the Haifa-Bay industrial zone. The station is one of two railway stations serving this district (the other being Hutzot HaMifratz railway station), although it is much larger in terms of passenger numbers and trains serving it. The station is also one of six railway stations within Haifa's municipal borders. History The station was constructed during the summer of ... [...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] |
Be'er Sheva Central Railway Station
The glossary of Hebrew toponyms gives translations of Hebrew terms commonly found as components in Hebrew toponyms. B E G H I K M N R T See also * List of Hebrew place names *Hebraization of Palestinian place names Further reading *M. E. J. Richardson, "Hebrew Toponyms", ''Tyndale Bulletin'' Vol. 20, Issue 1, 1969, *Joseph JacobsPlace-names ''Jewish Encyclopedia ''The Jewish Encyclopedia: A Descriptive Record of the History, Religion, Literature, and Customs of the Jewish People from the Earliest Times to the Present Day'' is an English-language encyclopedia containing over 15,000 articles on the ...'' *Yoel Elitzur"Toponyms in the Land of Israel" In: ''Encyclopedia of Hebrew Language and Linguistics'', 2013, vol. 3, pp. 779-778 {{Place name etymologies Toponymy Geography-related lists Hebrew toponyms Hebrew toponyms * Hebrew language Wikipedia glossaries using description li ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aerial Tramway
An aerial tramway, aerial tram, sky tram, cable car or aerial cablecar, aerial cableway, ropeway, téléphérique (French), or Seilbahn (German) is a type of aerial lift which uses one or two stationary cables for support, with a third moving cable providing propulsion. With this form of lift, the grip of an aerial tramway cabin is fixed onto the propulsion cable and cannot be decoupled from it during operation. Aerial tramways usually provide lower line capacities and longer wait times than gondola lifts. Terminology ''Cable car'' is the usual term in British English, where ''tramway'' generally refers to a railed Tram system, street tramway. In American English, ''cable car'' may additionally refer to a cable-pulled street tramway with detachable vehicles (e.g., San Francisco cable car system, San Francisco's cable cars). Consequently careful phrasing is necessary to prevent confusion. It is also sometimes called a ''ropeway'' or even incorrectly referred to as a gondo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rakavlit
The Rakavlit or Rachvalit (), a diminutive of , meaning 'cable car', and itself a contraction of , 'train', and , 'cable'), is a gondola lift that is a part of Haifa's expanded public transport system complementing the existing city bus and Metronit BRT lines. The cable car's route runs from the HaMifratz Central Bus Station and public transit hub at the foot of Mount Carmel to the Technion and then onto the University of Haifa, for a total distance of 4.4 kilometres and an elevation gain of 460m. Most of the passengers are expected to be students. Total travel time from the Check Post Junction to the University of Haifa was originally estimated at 17 minutes. More recent estimates, however, indicate that travel time will be 19 minutes. The cable car, which has six stations, was named through a competition open to schools in the Haifa municipality. A similar contest was held in 2010 to choose the name of Haifa's Metronit lines. The Yefeh Nof municipal development company be ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Highway 4 (Israel)
Highway 4 (, ''Kvish Arba' '') is an Israeli highway that runs along Israel's entire Israeli Coastal Plain, coastal plain of the Mediterranean Sea, from the Rosh HaNikra Crossing, Rosh HaNikra border crossing with Lebanon in the Northern District (Israel), North to the Israeli Gaza Strip barrier#Erez Crossing, Erez Border Crossing with the Gaza Strip in the South. The highway follows in part the route of the ancient Via Maris. Until the 1990s and the withdrawal of Israel Defense Forces from most of the Gaza Strip due to the Oslo Accords, Highway 4 extended south all the way to Rafah and the Egypt, Egyptian border. Since the 1990s, the part of the highway in the Gaza Strip has been renamed as Salah al-Din Road. Although the highway is continuous, it is generally considered to be divided into five sections, each with its own nickname and characteristics such as a differing number of lanes and speed limits: *Northern Coastal Highway (Rosh Hanikra–Haifa). This section passes throu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Share Taxi
A share taxi, shared taxi, taxibus, or jitney or dollar van in the US, or marshrutka in former Soviet countries, is a mode of transport which falls between a taxicab and a bus. Share taxis are a form of paratransit. They are vehicles for hire and are typically smaller than buses. Share taxis usually take passengers on a fixed or semi-fixed route without timetables, sometimes only departing when all seats are filled. They may stop anywhere to pick up or drop off their passengers. They are most common in developing countries and inner cities. The vehicles used as share taxis range from four-seat cars to minibuses, midibuses, covered pickup trucks, station wagons, and trucks. Certain vehicle types may be better-suited than others. They are often owner-operated. An increase in bus fares usually leads to a significant rise in usage of share taxis. Liberalization is often encouraged by Libertarianism, libertarian urban economists, such as Richard Allen Epstein of the University of Chic ... [...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] |
Uri Michaeli Haifa International Airport
Haifa Airport (, ''Namal HaTe'ufa Haifa''; ) , also known as Uri Michaeli Airport, is an international airport in Haifa, Israel. It is located to the east of the city, close to Kishon Port and Israel Shipyards and mainly serves civilian flights, with some military usage. The airport is named after Uri Michaeli, one of the pioneers of Jewish aviation and one of the founders of aviation in Israel. The airport has one short runway, in length, and there are plans to extend it by . History Haifa Airport or Haifa Aerodrome was established by the British Mandate in 1934 as its first international airport at the location of RAF Haifa, which originally served the British Army and the Iraqi-British oil company, APS. RAF Haifa already had passenger service by Imperial Airways to Alexandria (since 1931) and Baghdad (since 1932). In 1936 passenger services by Misr Airwork to Beirut and Cyprus were opened. In 1937, these were joined by Palestine Airways services, as well as Ala Littori ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Egged (company)
Egged Transportation Ltd (, ) 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. History Egged 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'') was given to the cooperative by the Israeli poet Hayim ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
HaMifratz Central Bus Station
Haifa Bay central bus station (, ''Merkazit HaMifratz, Arabic: مركزيّة هامفراتس (شاطئ حيفا) , Mirakaziyyat Hamifrats''), known also as HaMifratz central bus station is the main bus station of the Haifa Bay (''Mifratz Haifa'') area. It is co-located with HaMifratz Central railway station and is adjacent to Lev HaMifratz Mall. It opened in and was substantially renovated and expanded in the late 2010s. Overview HaMifratz central bus station serves local Egged Bus Cooperative, Egged bus lines within the city of Haifa, suburban lines, and the Metronit BRT system. Egged, Nateev Express and Superbus (company), Superbus all operate intercity bus routes. All bus routes from the Northern Israel, 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 a ter ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Side Platform
A side platform (also known as a marginal platform or a single-face platform) is a platform positioned to the side of one or more railway tracks or guideways at a railway station, tram stop, or transitway. A station having dual side platforms, one for each direction of travel, is the basic design used for double-track railway lines (as opposed to, for instance, the island platform where a single platform lies between the tracks). Side platforms may result in a wider overall footprint for the station compared with an island platform, where a single width of platform can be shared by riders using either track. In some stations, the two side platforms are connected by a footbridge or tunnel to allow safe access to the alternate platform. While a pair of side platforms is often provided on a dual-track line, a single side platform is usually sufficient (trains are usually only boarded from one side) for a single-track line. Layout Where the station is close to a level crossing (g ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Haifa Center–HaShmona Railway Station
Haifa Center–HaShmona railway station (, ''Taḥanat HaRakevet Ḥeifa Merkaz HaShmona'', ) is an Israel Railways passenger station situated on the Coastal railway line, Israel, coastal railway main line and serves the City of Haifa. Location The station is situated on the north–south coastal line and is located on Herbert Plumer, 1st Viscount Plumer, Plumer Square (, ''Kikar Plumer'') along Independence Road (, ''Derekh HaAtzma'ut'') in Haifa's downtown (or Lower-Town). The station is one of three railway stations serving the city of Haifa directly and also one of six railway stations within Haifa's municipal borders. However, despite ostensibly being the city's central station, it is significantly less busy than Haifa Hof HaCarmel railway station, Hof HaCarmel station on the city's southwestern outskirts. History Haifa Center railway station was built by the United Kingdom, British during their Mandatory Palestine, Mandate for Palestine and was opened in 1937. The station ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
