Egged Ta'avura

Egged Ta'avura (Hebrew: אֶגֶד תַּעֲבוּרָה‎) is an Israeli bus company. It is 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 chairman is Gideon Mizrahi,[1] and the CEO is the retired Israel Police Major General Mickey Levi.[2]

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.[3][4]

Fleet and operations

Egged Ta'avura operates routes in the areas of Netanya, Mevaseret Zion, 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 Israeli settlement and city.[5] It has a fleet of about 650 buses, of which about 220 are used for public transport.[6] 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 Jerusalem. On February 12, 2016, All routes in northern Negev were transferred to Dan BaDarom. The intracity service in Ashkelon will be 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 Ashkelon were transferred to Dan BaDarom.

The bus routes operated by Egged Ta'avura are:[7]

Buses and equipment

In May 2008, Egged Ta'avura signed a NIS 5 million deal with the Ra'anana-based transSpot company to supply its buses with screens that will allow travellers to receive real-time information on stations and their ETAs.[9][10][11]

References
  1. "Egged Ta'avura - Positions" (in Hebrew). Archived from the original on September 17, 2008. Retrieved 2008-11-23.
  2. ניצב בדימוס מיקי לוי מונה ליו"ר אגד תעבורה [Retired Police Major General Mickey Levy Appointed Egged Ta'avura CEO] (in Hebrew). Ynet. 18 February 2008. Retrieved 2008-11-23.
  3. Zinger-Heruti, Ronnie (9 March 2007). הנהג עבר באדום - אחיו ו-5 נהגי "אגד" נהרגו [The Driver Passed Despite a Red Light—His Brother and 5 Egged Drivers were Killed]. Haaretz (in Hebrew). Retrieved 26 August 2014.
  4. Kariv, Yoni (20 November 2008). "After the Catastrophe, Egged Ta'avura's "Family" Lacks Happiness" (in Hebrew). Archived from the original on July 21, 2011. Retrieved 2008-11-23.
  5. ""Illit" is the Company that will Lead Beitar Illit" (in Hebrew). Beitar Illit Municipality. October 2008. Archived from the original on October 22, 2007. Retrieved 2008-11-23.
  6. פרופיל [Profile] (in Hebrew). Egged Ta'avura. Archived from the original on 2008-08-21. Retrieved 2008-11-23.
  7. All routes can be found in the Egged information system at (in Hebrew)
  8. Lotan, Shay (January 25, 2009). מסוף השבוע - חברת אוטובוסים חדשה [Starting This Weekend: New Bus Company] (in Hebrew). Mynet. Retrieved 2009-01-25.
  9. Ya'akov, Or (30 May 2008). "Soon: Egged Bus Passengers Will Receive Real-Time Information Using a Computer System Developed in Israel". DailyMaily System (in Hebrew). ThePeople. Archived from the original on 26 August 2014. Retrieved 2008-11-23.
  10. טרנספוט תספק מערכת מידע לנוסעים ל – 220 האוטובוסים של אגד תעבורה [TransSpot Will Provide Information System for Passenger of Egged Ta'avura's 220 Buses] (in Hebrew). Economist.co.il. 29 May 2008. Retrieved 2008-11-23.
  11. "transSpot's Passenger Information System to be integrated on Egged Taavura's 220 bus fleet". transSpot. Retrieved 2008-11-23.
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