Dan Bus Company

Dan Bus Company

Dan Bus #7349 operates on Route 21.
Founded	1945
Headquarters	Tel Aviv
Service area	Gush Dan
Service type	bus service
Web site	English

Map of the Night Lines, a project piloted in 2008 and again in 2009, in the Gush Dan area operated by the Dan Bus Company

Dan Bus Company (Hebrew: דן חברה לתחבורה ציבורית‎) is an Israeli bus company based in Tel Aviv. It operates local bus service in the Tel Aviv Metropolitan Area (Gush Dan) 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 buses and has 2,400 employees. It transports over 600,000 passengers daily.^{[citation needed]} In 2009, 23.5% of all Israeli bus travelers used Dan's lines.^[1]

The company was founded as a cooperative on December 1, 1945, from the merger of 2 companies, Galei HaMaavir and Ihud Regev. It demutualised, becoming a limited company in May 2002.

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.

See also

	Israel portal
	Transport portal

• Egged Bus Cooperative
• Kavim
• Transport in Tel Aviv

References

1. ^ Hazelcorn, Shahar (May 28, 2010). "Special: Which Bus Company Provides Acceptable Service". Ynet. http://www.ynet.co.il/articles/0,7340,L-3895184,00.html. Retrieved 2010-05-29.  (Hebrew)

External links

• Dan Bus Company (English) (Hebrew)