Dan Bus Company
company in Israel
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 and Be'er Sheva.
Dan operates 1,200 buses and has 2,400 employees. It transports approximately over 600,000 passengers daily. Combined with its southern subsidiaries, its fleet numbers 2,500.
History
1945–1999: Cooperative Tel Aviv bus company
Dan was founded as a cooperative on 1 December 1945, from the merger of two companies, Galei HaMaavir and Ihud Regev. In the sense that most city lines were provided by Egged, Dan competed fellow cooperative with Egged. Same-route shared taxis competed with Dan.
2000–2019: Demutualization and national expansion
Dan demutualised, becoming a limited company in May 2002. In 2009, 23.5% of all Israeli bus travelers used Dan's lines.
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