Tel Aviv Central Bus Station
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Tel Aviv Central Bus Station, known as the New Central Bus Station (HaTachana HaMerkazit HaChadasha), is the main bus
station of Tel Aviv
, Israel
. It is the second largest central bus station in the world, covering 230,000 m² and a total area of 44 dunam
s (44,000 m²) Located in the south of the city, it opened on August 18, 1993.
serviced by 29 escalators and 13 elevators with over 1,000 shops and restaurants. Only three of the seven floors are used as a bus terminal. The main entrances are on the north and east sides of 4th floor. Most intercity buses leave from a departure hall on the north (main) wing on 6th floor. On the 7th floor, which was an addition to the original building, there is a departure hall for local buses (to destinations within Gush Dan
) on the north wing, and another departure hall for intercity buses (to destination in the Galilee
) on the south wing. The wings of this level are completely separated.
The station serves Egged
, Veolia
(formerly Connex), Superbus, Metropoline
, Afikim
and Nateev Express intercity bus routes as well as local Dan
, Egged and Kavim
city and suburban buses.
Tel Aviv Central Bus Station is located near Tel Aviv HaHagana Railway Station
, but there is no direct link between them.
Dan
Egged
Metropoline
Egged Ta'avura
Veolia
Afikim
Kavim
Bus
A bus is a road vehicle designed to carry passengers. Buses can have a capacity as high as 300 passengers. The most common type of bus is the single-decker bus, with larger loads carried by double-decker buses and articulated buses, and smaller loads carried by midibuses and minibuses; coaches are...
station of Tel Aviv
Tel Aviv
Tel Aviv , officially Tel Aviv-Yafo , is the second most populous city in Israel, with a population of 404,400 on a land area of . The city is located on the Israeli Mediterranean coastline in west-central Israel. It is the largest and most populous city in the metropolitan area of Gush Dan, with...
, Israel
Israel
The State of Israel is a parliamentary republic located in the Middle East, along the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea...
. It is the second largest central bus station in the world, covering 230,000 m² and a total area of 44 dunam
Dunam
A dunam or dönüm, dunum, donum, dynym, dulum was a non-SI unit of land area used in the Ottoman Empire and representing the amount of land that can be plowed in a day; its value varied from 900–2500 m²...
s (44,000 m²) Located in the south of the city, it opened on August 18, 1993.
History
Construction began on December 14, 1967, but work was prematurely halted due to financial difficulties. The building was finally completed in August 1993. The complex includes a shopping mallShopping mall
A shopping mall, shopping centre, shopping arcade, shopping precinct or simply mall is one or more buildings forming a complex of shops representing merchandisers, with interconnecting walkways enabling visitors to easily walk from unit to unit, along with a parking area — a modern, indoor version...
serviced by 29 escalators and 13 elevators with over 1,000 shops and restaurants. Only three of the seven floors are used as a bus terminal. The main entrances are on the north and east sides of 4th floor. Most intercity buses leave from a departure hall on the north (main) wing on 6th floor. On the 7th floor, which was an addition to the original building, there is a departure hall for local buses (to destinations within Gush Dan
Gush Dan
The Tel Aviv Metropolitan Area , or Gush Dan , is a metropolitan area including areas from both the Tel Aviv and the Central Districts of Israel. The area is closely linked to the city of Tel Aviv through social, economic, and cultural ties. It is located along the Israeli Mediterranean coastline...
) on the north wing, and another departure hall for intercity buses (to destination in the Galilee
Galilee
Galilee , is a large region in northern Israel which overlaps with much of the administrative North District of the country. Traditionally divided into Upper Galilee , Lower Galilee , and Western Galilee , extending from Dan to the north, at the base of Mount Hermon, along Mount Lebanon to the...
) on the south wing. The wings of this level are completely separated.
The station serves Egged
Egged Bus Cooperative
Egged Israel Transport Cooperative Society Ltd , a cooperative owned by its members is the largest transit bus company in Israel. It provides about 55 % of public transport services throughout the country, employs 6,227 workers and has 2,861 buses for more than 928 service routes and 3,103...
, Veolia
Veolia Transport
Veolia Transport is the international transport services division of the French-based multinational company Veolia Environnement...
(formerly Connex), Superbus, Metropoline
Metropoline
Metropoline is an Israeli bus company, which provides bus routes from Beersheba to Tel Aviv and other destinations, mainly in the Southern District...
, Afikim
Afikim (company)
Afikim is an Israeli bus company that operates on routes connecting the Gush Dan and Sharon plain regions with the western Samaria region of the West Bank. The company was founded in 2008 and is co-owned by three other transportation companies. It began operating on 1 September 2009 and now...
and Nateev Express intercity bus routes as well as local Dan
Dan Bus Company
Dan Bus Company is an Israeli bus company based in Tel Aviv. It operates local bus service in the Tel Aviv Metropolitan Area as well as some intercity bus services between the Gush Dan area and nearby regions such as Samaria, and a connection between Bne Brak and Jerusalem. Dan operates 1,200...
, Egged and Kavim
Kavim
Kavim is an Israeli bus company. It was founded in 2000 and provided lines in the eastern Gush Dan region - the towns/cities Kiryat Ono, Petah Tikva, Or Yehuda, Giv'atayim and others. In February 2005, Kavim expanded to the north, where it started providing bus lines in Afula, Bet She'an and the...
city and suburban buses.
Tel Aviv Central Bus Station is located near Tel Aviv HaHagana Railway Station
Tel Aviv HaHagana Railway Station
Tel Aviv HaHagana Railway Station is an Israel Railways station in Tel Aviv. It is Tel Aviv's southernmost railway station, located some 400 meters to the east of Tel Aviv Central Bus Station. It is located between the lanes of the Ayalon Highway, just north of where Highway 1 splits from it...
, but there is no direct link between them.
DanDan Bus CompanyDan Bus Company is an Israeli bus company based in Tel Aviv. It operates local bus service in the Tel Aviv Metropolitan Area as well as some intercity bus services between the Gush Dan area and nearby regions such as Samaria, and a connection between Bne Brak and Jerusalem. Dan operates 1,200...
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4 | Reding Terminal | 417 |
5 | Tel Aviv Center Railway Station | 418 |
34 | Bnei Brak via Ramat Chen | 6 (7th Floor) |
50 | Petah Tikva Petah Tikva Petah Tikva known as Em HaMoshavot , is a city in the Center District of Israel, east of Tel Aviv.According to the Central Bureau of Statistics, at the end of 2009, the city's population stood at 209,600. The population density is approximately... CBS |
15 (7th Floor) |
51 | Petah Tikva CBS via Ramat Gan & Bnei Brak | 14 (7th Floor) |
52 | Ayalon Mall via Giv'atayim Giv'atayim Giv'atayim is a city in Israel east of Tel Aviv. It is part of the metropolitan area known as Gush Dan. Givatayim was established in 1922 by pioneers of the Second Aliyah. It has a population of 53,000.... |
2 (7th Floor) |
60 | Ramat Gan Amidar Terminal via the Kirya, Community ransom Community ransom The Community ransom , or "Yishuv ransom" was a tax imposed by the Jewish National Council in Mandate Palestine to finance central security operations and increase the size of the self-defence force known as the Haganah... |
5 (7th Floor) |
70 | Tel HaShomer Hospital Sheba Medical Center The Chaim Sheba Medical Center at Tel Hashomer , also Tel HaShomer Hospital, is the largest hospital in Israel.-Overview:The hospital was named after Chaim Sheba, the founding director. It was established in 1948 as the country's first military hospital to treat casualties of Israel's War of... via Courthouse & Tel Aviv Center Railway Station |
1 (7th Floor) |
127 | Yarkon Cemetery via Center Railway Station, Kiryat Shaul | 8 (7th Floor) |
EggedEgged Bus CooperativeEgged Israel Transport Cooperative Society Ltd , a cooperative owned by its members is the largest transit bus company in Israel. It provides about 55 % of public transport services throughout the country, employs 6,227 workers and has 2,861 buses for more than 928 service routes and 3,103...
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84 | Rishon LeZion CBS via Holon & Bat Yam | 634 |
90, 91, 97 | Rishon LeZion CBS | 633 |
96 | Azor Azor Azor is a small town in the Tel Aviv District of Israel, on the old Jaffa-Jerusalem road southeast of Tel Aviv. Established in 1948, Azor was granted local council status in 1951. It was named for the ancient city of Azur , preserved in the name of the Arab village of Yazur... via Holon |
637 |
112 | Palmachim Palmachim Palmachim is a kibbutz in central Israel. Located about ten kilometers south of the Tel Aviv area along the coast of the Mediterranean Sea, among the sand dunes, it falls under the jurisdiction of Gan Raveh Regional Council... |
635 |
163 | Rishon LeZion CBS | 637 |
201 | Rehovot Rehovot Rehovot is a city in the Center District of Israel, about south of Tel Aviv. According to the Israel Central Bureau of Statistics , at the end of 2009 the city had a total population of 112,700. Rehovot's official website estimates the population at 114,000.Rehovot was built on the site of Doron,... CBS |
636 |
226 | Tel Nof Airbase Tel Nof Airbase Tel Nof Israeli Air Force , also known as Air Force Base 8, is one of three principal airbases of the Israeli Air Force. Tel Nof is located near Rehovot, Israel.-History:... |
635 |
300, 301, 310 | Ashkelon Ashkelon Ashkelon is a coastal city in the South District of Israel on the Mediterranean coast, south of Tel Aviv, and north of the border with the Gaza Strip. The ancient seaport of Ashkelon dates back to the Neolithic Age... CBS |
614 (300), 635 (301, 310) |
303 | Gedera Gedera -External links:** *... |
635 |
389 | Arad CBS | 614 |
390, 394 | Eilat CBS | 601 |
395 | Sayarim Base | 601 |
405 | Jerusalem CBS Jerusalem Central Bus Station The Jerusalem Central Bus Station is the main bus depot in Jerusalem, Israel and one of the busiest bus stations in the country. Located on Jaffa Road near the entrance to the city, it serves Egged, Superbus and Dan intercity bus routes... |
607 |
468 | Ateret Ateret Ateret is a village and Israeli settlement in the Samarian hills of the West Bank located in the municipal jurisdiction of the Mateh Binyamin Regional Council 40 km north-west of Jerusalem on a hilltop at an elevation of 760 metres. To the west, the view is not obstructed from Hadera in the... |
623 |
501, 502 | Ra'anana Ra'anana Ra'anana is a city in the heart of the southern Sharon Plain of the Central District of Israel with a population of 68,300, . Ra'anana is bordered by Kfar Sava on the east and Herzliya on the southwest... Bus Terminal |
609 |
504 | Ramat HaSharon Ramat Hasharon Ramat HaSharon is a city located on Israel's central coastal strip in the south of the Sharon region, bordering Tel Aviv to the south and Herzliya and Kibbutz Glil Yam to the north. It is part of the Tel Aviv District, within Gush Dan metropolitan area... |
609 |
521, 524, 525, 531 | Herzeliya CBS | 608 |
561, 567, 571 | Kfar Saba Kfar Saba Kfar Saba , officially Kfar Sava, is a city in the Sharon region, of the Center District of Israel. At the end of 2009, Kfar Saba had a total population of 83,600.-History:... CBS |
610 |
565, 570 | Hod HaSharon Hod HaSharon Hod HaSharon is a city in the Center District of Israel.Officially declared a city in 1990, Hod HaSharon was created from the union in 1964 of four neighboring villages: Magdiel, Ramatayim, Hadar, and Ramat Hadar... |
611 |
641, 642 | Netanya Netanya Netanya is a city in the Northern Centre District of Israel, and is the capital of the surrounding Sharon plain. It is located north of Tel Aviv, and south of Haifa between the 'Poleg' stream and Wingate Institute in the south and the 'Avichail' stream in the north.Its of beaches have made the... CBS |
611 |
784 | Jerusalem | 618 |
808 | Ein Iron Ein Iron Ein Iron is a moshav in northern Israel. Located in the eastern Sharon plain to the north-east of Hadera, it falls under the jurisdiction of Menashe Regional Council. In 2006 it had a population of 452.... |
612 |
819 | Hadera Hadera Hadera is a city located in the Haifa District of Israel approximately from the major cities of Tel Aviv and Haifa. The city is located along of the Israeli Mediterranean Coastal Plain... CBS |
611 |
821 | Afula Afula Afula is a city in the North District of Israel, often known as the "Capital of the Valley", referring to the Jezreel Valley. The city had a population of 40,500 at the end of 2009.-History:... CBS |
702 |
823 | Nazareth Illit Nazareth Illit Nazareth Illit is a city in the North District of Israel. At the end of 2007 it had a population of 40,800.Nazareth Illit was founded in the 1950s. Foundations were laid in 1954 and first residents moved in two years later... Industrial C via Petah Tikva, Hadera, & Afula |
702 |
826 | Nazareth Illit Industrial C (Express) | 701 |
830, 835 | Tiberias CBS | 703 |
841 | Kiryat Shmona Kiryat Shmona Kiryat Shmona is a city located in the North District of Israel on the western slopes of the Hula Valley on the Lebanese border. The city was named for the eight people, including Joseph Trumpeldor, who died in 1920 defending Tel Hai.... CBS |
702 |
842, 845 | Kiryat Shmona CBS | 704 |
843 | Katzrin | 705 |
844, 849 | Mahanaim Mahanaim Mahanaim is a place near Jabbok, beyond the Jordan River, mentioned a number of times by the Bible. The precise location of Mahanaim is very uncertain, the Biblical data being inconclusive. Although two possible sites have been identified, the one most widely accepted lies about ten miles east of... |
704 |
846 | Safed Safed Safed , is a city in the Northern District of Israel. Located at an elevation of , Safed is the highest city in the Galilee and of Israel. Due to its high elevation, Safed experiences warm summers and cold, often snowy, winters... CBS |
705 |
848 (Only on Weekends) | Karmiel Karmiel Karmiel is a city in northern Israel. Established in 1964 as a development town, Karmiel is located in the Beit HaKerem Valley which divides upper and lower Galilee. The city is located south of the Acre-Safed road, from Safed and from Acre... CBS |
705 |
852 | Pardes Hanna-Karkur Pardes Hanna-Karkur Pardes Hanna-Karkur is a town in the Haifa District of Israel. In 2009, it had a population of 31,800.-History:In 1913, 15 square kilometers of land was purchased by the Hachsharat Hayishuv society from Arabs in Jenin and Haifa for 400,000 francs... |
612 |
872 | Zikhron Ya'akov | 612 |
910 | Haifa Carmel Beach CBS Haifa Hof HaCarmel Central Bus Station Carmel Beach Central Bus Station is the main bus station in Haifa, Israel, replacing the Haifa Bat Galim Central Bus Station. The former station is now only used to store Egged buses and for Egged office space and innercity buses now only stop there on the road rather than inside on the route... |
618 |
921 | Even Yehuda | 611 |
MetropolineMetropolineMetropoline is an Israeli bus company, which provides bus routes from Beersheba to Tel Aviv and other destinations, mainly in the Southern District...
Route | Destination | Platform |
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351, 353, 371 | Be'er Sheva Beersheba Beersheba is the largest city in the Negev desert of southern Israel. Often referred to as the "Capital of the Negev", it is the seventh-largest city in Israel with a population of 194,300.... CBS |
628 |
369 | Be'er Sheva CBS via Kiryat Gat, Qastina Junc. | 627 |
370 (Also operated by Egged Ta'avura Egged Ta'avura Egged Ta'avura is an Israeli bus company. It is a subsidiary of the Egged Bus Cooperative and the Ta'avura Group, and was founded by the two in 2006 from 2 other subsidiaries of Egged, following the public transportation reform and privatization in Israel in the 2000s... from platform 625) |
Be'er Sheva CBS (Direct) | 626 |
Egged Ta'avuraEgged Ta'avuraEgged Ta'avura is an Israeli bus company. It is a subsidiary of the Egged Bus Cooperative and the Ta'avura Group, and was founded by the two in 2006 from 2 other subsidiaries of Egged, following the public transportation reform and privatization in Israel in the 2000s...
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278 | El'ad El'ad El'ad, also spelled Elad , is a city in the Center District of Israel. Located about east of Tel Aviv on Route 444 between Rosh HaAyin and Shoham.In 2007 the town had a total population of 31,300. Its current population is estimated at over 32,000... |
624 |
370 (Also operated by Metropoline Metropoline Metropoline is an Israeli bus company, which provides bus routes from Beersheba to Tel Aviv and other destinations, mainly in the Southern District... from platform 626) |
Be'er Sheva Beersheba Beersheba is the largest city in the Negev desert of southern Israel. Often referred to as the "Capital of the Negev", it is the seventh-largest city in Israel with a population of 194,300.... CBS (Direct) |
625 |
372 (Only on Weekends) | Ofakim | 624 |
376 | Tze'elim Tze'elim Tze'elim is a kibbutz in the Negev desert in southern Israel. It falls under the jurisdiction of Eshkol Regional Council and has a population of 418 in 2006.... via Kiryat Gat & Ofakim |
624 |
379 | Eshkol Regional Council Eshkol Regional Council The Eshcol Regional Council is a regional council in the north-western Negev, in Israel's Southern District. The regional council's territory lies midway between Ashkelon and Beersheba, bounded on the west by the Gaza Strip while the eastern border abuts the territory of the Bnei Shimon Regional... |
624 |
Nateev Express
Route (* Night Route) | Destination | Platform |
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600, 605 | Netanya Netanya Netanya is a city in the Northern Centre District of Israel, and is the capital of the surrounding Sharon plain. It is located north of Tel Aviv, and south of Haifa between the 'Poleg' stream and Wingate Institute in the south and the 'Avichail' stream in the north.Its of beaches have made the... CBS |
616 |
601 | Netanya Netanya Netanya is a city in the Northern Centre District of Israel, and is the capital of the surrounding Sharon plain. It is located north of Tel Aviv, and south of Haifa between the 'Poleg' stream and Wingate Institute in the south and the 'Avichail' stream in the north.Its of beaches have made the... CBS - via Hutzot Shfayim, Ikea IKEA IKEA is a privately held, international home products company that designs and sells ready-to-assemble furniture such as beds and desks, appliances and home accessories. The company is the world's largest furniture retailer... |
615 |
606, 610* | Kiryat HaSharon, Netanya | ? |
Superbus
Route | Destination | Platform |
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153 | Beit Rivka Missionary School | 619 |
156 | Tzrifin Tzrifin Tzrifin is an area in Gush Dan in central Israel, located on the eastern side of Rishon LeZion and including parts of Be'er Ya'akov. The area proper is defined as an 'area without jurisdiction' between the two cities.... Military base |
619 |
157 | Be'er Ya'akov | 620 |
245, 451 | Ramla Ramla Ramla , is a city in central Israel. The city is predominantly Jewish with a significant Arab minority. Ramla was founded circa 705–715 AD by the Umayyad Caliph Suleiman ibn Abed al-Malik after the Arab conquest of the region... CBS |
621 (245), 620 (451) |
410, 411 | Beit Shemesh | 618 |
450 | Ramla CBS via Heil HaShiryon str. | 621 |
452 | Lod Lod Lod is a city located on the Sharon Plain southeast of Tel Aviv in the Center District of Israel. At the end of 2010, it had a population of 70,000, roughly 75 percent Jewish and 25 percent Arab.The name is derived from the Biblical city of Lod... , Ramla High School |
620 |
455 | Ramla CBS via Beit Dagan Junc. | 621 |
457 | Ramla Kiryat Menahem Neighborhood | 620 |
461 | Lod CBS via Holon Junc. | 619 |
VeoliaVeolia TransportVeolia Transport is the international transport services division of the French-based multinational company Veolia Environnement...
(formerly Connex)
Route (*Night route) | Destination | Platform |
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460, 464 | Lod Lod Lod is a city located on the Sharon Plain southeast of Tel Aviv in the Center District of Israel. At the end of 2010, it had a population of 70,000, roughly 75 percent Jewish and 25 percent Arab.The name is derived from the Biblical city of Lod... Railway Station Lod Railway Station Lod Railway Station is an Israel Railways station in Lod, Israel, served by most railway lines of Israel Railways. The station is located in the HaRakevet district of south Lod. In December 2006, Lod Station served a daily average of 7,786 passengers.... |
622 |
462 | Lod Lod Lod is a city located on the Sharon Plain southeast of Tel Aviv in the Center District of Israel. At the end of 2010, it had a population of 70,000, roughly 75 percent Jewish and 25 percent Arab.The name is derived from the Biblical city of Lod... Arba Onot/Nirim |
622 |
475, 476* | Lod Lod Lod is a city located on the Sharon Plain southeast of Tel Aviv in the Center District of Israel. At the end of 2010, it had a population of 70,000, roughly 75 percent Jewish and 25 percent Arab.The name is derived from the Biblical city of Lod... CBS via Ben Gurion Intl. Ben Gurion International Airport Ben Gurion International Airport , also referred to by its Hebrew acronym Natbag , is the largest and busiest international airport in Israel, handling 12,160,339 passengers in 2010... |
623 |
AfikimAfikim (company)Afikim is an Israeli bus company that operates on routes connecting the Gush Dan and Sharon plain regions with the western Samaria region of the West Bank. The company was founded in 2008 and is co-owned by three other transportation companies. It began operating on 1 September 2009 and now...
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186 | Ariel Ariel Ariel may refer to:-Film:*Ariel Award, a Mexican Academy of Film award*Ariel , a 1988 Finnish film by Aki Kaurismäki-People:*Ariel , any of several real or fictional people of that name... via Petah Tikva Petah Tikva Petah Tikva known as Em HaMoshavot , is a city in the Center District of Israel, east of Tel Aviv.According to the Central Bureau of Statistics, at the end of 2009, the city's population stood at 209,600. The population density is approximately... CBS |
285 | Etz Efraim Etz Efraim Etz Efraim is an Israeli settlement in the West Bank. Located between Ariel and Rosh HaAyin, it falls under the jurisdiction of Shomron Regional Council. In 2006 it had a population of 679.... |
286 | Ariel |
386 | Ariel University Center of Samaria Samaria Samaria, or the Shomron is a term used for a mountainous region roughly corresponding to the northern part of the West Bank.- Etymology :... via Petah Tikva CBS |
KavimKavimKavim is an Israeli bus company. It was founded in 2000 and provided lines in the eastern Gush Dan region - the towns/cities Kiryat Ono, Petah Tikva, Or Yehuda, Giv'atayim and others. In February 2005, Kavim expanded to the north, where it started providing bus lines in Afula, Bet She'an and the...
Route | Destination |
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36 | Or Yehuda Or Yehuda Or Yehuda is a city in the Tel Aviv District in Israel. According to the Israel Central Bureau of Statistics , the city had a population of 32,200 at the end of 2007.-History:Or Yehuda is located where the biblical city of Kefar Ono used to stand.... |
37, 71 | Yehud Yehud Yehud is a city in the Center District in Israel that is part of the joint municipality of Yehud-Monosson. In 2007, Yehud's population was approximately 25,600 .- History :... |
68 | Kiryat Ono Rimon Terminal |
See also
- List of shopping malls in Israel
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