Egged A bendy city bus in Israel. These buses are most often seen in Jerusalem.

Egged intercity buses during a break at a gas station near Afula.

Egged Bus Cooperative is the largest bus company in Israel, and the second largest in the world (after London Buses) [1] . A cooperative owned by its members, Egged employs 6,117 workers and has 3,303 buses for more than 1,038 service routes and 3,984 alternative routes all over Israel. Egged makes 44,957 trips every day, transporting about a million passengers over 810, 519 km of roads. Egged's bus routes reach most settlements, kibbutzim, moshavim and cities in Israel. Egged also runs local bus networks in most Israeli cities and towns. Image File history File links Download high resolution version (2488x1812, 740 KB)Articulated buses (known as Double bus or Long bus) in Israel Taken from the Hebrew Wikipedia. ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (2488x1812, 740 KB)Articulated buses (known as Double bus or Long bus) in Israel Taken from the Hebrew Wikipedia. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (1280x960, 154 KB) Made by me (Daniel575). ... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (1280x960, 154 KB) Made by me (Daniel575). ... Afula (עפולה; Hebrew: ; ; Arabic: ‎ ) is a city in the North District of Israel, often known as the Capital of the Valley, Jezreel Valley. ... An articulated bus operated by the CTA in Chicago, Illinois, USA. A Go North East Bus parked in a lay-by in Tyne and Wear, England A bus is a large road vehicle intended to carry numerous persons in addition to the driver and sometimes a conductor. ... An Enviro 400 bus, a modern interpretation of the famous London red double-decker. ... Co-op redirects here. ... Kibbutz Dan, near Qiryat Shemona, in the Upper Galilee, 1990s A kibbutz (Hebrew: קיבוץ; plural: kibbutzim: קיבוצים, gathering or together) is an Israeli collective intentional community. ...

History

Egged was created in 1933 through a merger of four smaller bus cooperatives. In 1951, Egged merged with the northern Shahar bus company and the southern Drom Yehuda bus company, creating a cross-country public transportation network. After the Six Day War, Egged merged with the Hamekasher bus company of Jerusalem. The name Egged (lit. Union) was given to the cooperative by the Israeli poet Chaim Nachman Bialik, in reference to the original merger. The 1967 Arab-Israeli War, also known as the Six-Day War or June War, was fought between Israel and its Arab neighbors Egypt, Jordan, and Syria. ... Hebrew יְרוּשָׁלַיִם (Yerushalayim) (Standard) Yerushalayim or Yerushalaim Arabic commonly القـُدْس (Al-Quds); officially in Israel أورشليم القدس (Urshalim-Al-Quds) Name Meaning Hebrew: (see below), Arabic: The Holiness Government City District Jerusalem Population 724,000 (2006) Jurisdiction 123,000 dunams (123 km²) Mayor Uri Lupolianski Web Address www. ... The poor poet A poet is a person who writes poetry. ... Hayyim Nahman Bialik (January 9, 1873–July 4, 1934), also commonly written as Chaim or Haim Nachman Bialik and in the Hebrew language as חיים נחמן ביאליק, was a Jewish poet who wrote in Hebrew. ...

Despite some privatization attempts made by Benjamin Netanyahu, Egged is still a monopoly, subsided by the state and controlling most of the inter-city bus lines in Israel. High costs and low quality service are the alleged result. Netanyahu's attempts at privatization were cut short by a bus strike that brought the country to a halt, and Egged's workers and directors don't hesitate to declare that any further attempts to undermine the company's monopoly will be met with similar measures.   (Hebrew: בִּנְיָמִין נְתַנְיָהוּ (without niqqud: בנימין נתניהו), Hebrew transliteration written in English: Binyamin Netanyahu, nicknamed Bibi) (born October 21, 1949, Tel Aviv) was the 9th Prime Minister of Israel and is a leading figure in the Likud party. ...

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. Combatants Israel United Kingdom France Egypt Commanders Moshe Dayan Charles Keightley Pierre Barjot Gamal Abdel Nasser Strength 175,000 Israeli 45,000 British 34,000 French 70,000 Casualties 197 Israeli KIA 56 British KIA 91 British WIA 10 French KIA 43 French WIA 650 KIA 2,900 WIA 2... Combatants Israel Egypt Syria Jordan Iraq Commanders Yitzhak Rabin, Moshe Dayan, Uzi Narkiss, Israel Tal, Mordechai Hod, Ariel Sharon Abdel Hakim Amer, Abdul Munim Riad, Zaid ibn Shaker, Hafez al-Assad Strength 264,000 (incl. ... Combatants Israel Egypt, Syria, Jordan, Iraq Commanders Moshe Dayan, David Elazar, Ariel Sharon, Shmuel Gonen, Benjamin Peled, Israel Tal, Rehavam Zeevi, Aharon Yariv, Yitzhak Hofi, Rafael Eitan, Abraham Adan, Yanush Ben Gal Saad El Shazly, Ahmad Ismail Ali, Hosni Mubarak, Mohammed Aly Fahmy, Anwar Sadat, Abdel Ghani el-Gammasy, Abdul... The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) (Hebrew: ‎  , [Army] Force for the Defense of Israel), often abbreviated with the Hebrew acronym צהל Tsahal, alternative English spelling Tzahal, is the name of Israels military forces, comprising the Israeli Army, the Israeli Air Force and the Israeli Sea Corps. ...

Egged's bus fleet include a wide variety of bus models of Mercedes-Benz, Volvo and MAN, including bulletproof versions used mostly for travel in the West Bank/Judea and Samaria. This page is about the Mercedes-Benz brand of automobiles and trucks from the DaimlerChrysler automobile manufacturer. ... Volvo Cars is the car maker using the brand Volvo. ... MAN AG (formerly called Maschinenfabrik Augsburg-Nürnberg AG, ISIN: DE0005937007) is a German transportation company. ... It has been suggested that bulletproof (reliability) be merged into this article or section. ... This map shows the Judea and Samaria District. ...

Other notable Israeli bus companies include Dan Bus Company. Photograph of a Dan bus in Tel Aviv. ...

Gender-segregated routes

Some lines, mainly running in and/or between major Haredi Jewish population centers, are classified as 'Mehadrin' buses. These buses, while identical to others, can be used by anyone whether Haredi or not, but travelers should note that they are segregated by sex (with the exception of husband and wife, or parents with children), and women may be expected to sit in the back of the bus, while men sit in front; couples usually sit in the middle section. For women, a modest style of dress is recommended (meaning, no miniskirts or bare shoulders). Mehadrin routes were implemented by popular demand at the behest of Haredi Jewish residents. Haredi or Charedi Judaism (alternatively Hareidi or Chareidi - this spelling being usually preferred by Haredim themselves) is the most theologically conservative form of Orthodox Judaism. ... This article needs to be cleaned up to conform to a higher standard of quality. ... Haredi or Charedi Judaism (alternatively Hareidi or Chareidi - this spelling being usually preferred by Haredim themselves) is the most theologically conservative form of Orthodox Judaism. ... For other uses, see Jew (disambiguation). ...

Drivers are required by Egged guidelines to enforce Mehadrin guidelines. However, the Mehadrin bus guidelines are not law, and Haredi passengers might request from other passengers to observe these guidelines. Mehadrin routes were heavily criticized after Israeli-American woman Miriam Shear was assaulted by a group of Haredi men while riding an Egged line for refusing to give up her seat to a male passenger and move to the back of the bus. Secular Israeli and Jewish critics have likened the Mehadrin lines to former racial segregation in the United States, with Shear being compared to African American icon Rosa Parks^[1]. Miriam Shear (c. ... Racial segregation in the United States is the history of racial segregation, of facilities, services, and opportunities such as housing, education, employment, and transportation—along racial lines. ... An African American (also Afro-American, Black American, or simply black) is a member of an ethnic group in the United States whose ancestors, usually in predominant part, were indigenous to Africa. ... Rosa Louise McCauley Parks (February 4, 1913 – October 24, 2005) was an African American seamstress and civil rights activist whom the U.S. Congress dubbed the Mother of the Modern-Day Civil Rights Movement. Parks is famous for her refusal on December 1, 1955 to obey bus driver James Blake...

See also

• List of Egged bus lines

The Egged Bus Cooperative is the largest bus company in Israel, and the second largest in the world. ...

External links

• Egged Official website
• About Us - Official Egged Website
• Picture of Egged buses

References

Transportation in Israel
Roads	Highway 1 | Highway 2 | Highway 4 | Highway 5 | Highway 6 | Highway 60 | Highway 90 | Route 443 | Ayalon Highway | Begin Expressway | Carmel Tunnels
Bus	Egged | Dan | Kavim | Metrodan Beersheba | Metropoline | Nativ Express | Superbus | Connex
Railways	Israel Railways
Light Rails and Rapid Transits	Tel Aviv Subway | Jerusalem Light Rail | Carmelit
Aviation Authorities and Companies	Israel Airports Authority | Ben Gurion International Airport | El Al | Arkia | Israir | Sun D'Or | Tamir Airways
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