Tel Aviv Central Bus Station

Exterior view

A view from the sixth floor of the mall

Platforms in the departure hall of the sixth floor

Intercity platform map of the Tel Aviv CBS

Where now stands the new central bus station (shown at right) was formerly an orchard and near it a well-house. This house has been cut (shown at left) with the construction of the station, and through its ruins passes Shlama Road.

An apartment building in Neve Sha'anan neighborhood near the bus boarding platforms to the Tel Aviv Central Bus Station. The station includes a fairly complex system of bridges, roads and interchanges to help buses to reach the various floors.

Bridges to the station hanging above the main entrance to the Central Bus Station. Residents affected by construction of the bridges system run a long legal battle because of impairment of their apartments.

The southwestern corner of the station: the platform of the fourth floor (street level) and bridge access to the upper floors.

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 dunams (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 mall 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.

Bus Routes

Dan

Route	Destination	Platform
4	Reding Terminal	417
5	Tel Aviv Center Railway Station	418
34	Bnei Brak via Ramat Chen	6 (7th Floor)
50	Petah Tikva CBS	15 (7th Floor)
51	Petah Tikva CBS via Ramat Gan & Bnei Brak	14 (7th Floor)
52	Ayalon Mall via Giv'atayim	2 (7th Floor)
60	Ramat Gan Amidar Terminal via the Kirya, Community ransom	5 (7th Floor)
70	Tel HaShomer Hospital via Courthouse & Tel Aviv Center Railway Station	1 (7th Floor)
127	Yarkon Cemetery via Center Railway Station, Kiryat Shaul	8 (7th Floor)

Egged

Route	Destination	Platform
84	Rishon LeZion CBS via Holon & Bat Yam	634
90, 91, 97	Rishon LeZion CBS	633
96	Azor via Holon	637
112	Palmachim	635
163	Rishon LeZion CBS	637
201	Rehovot CBS	636
226	Tel Nof Airbase	635
300, 301, 310	Ashkelon CBS	614 (300), 635 (301, 310)
303	Gedera	635
389	Arad CBS	614
390, 394	Eilat CBS	601
395	Sayarim Base	601
405	Jerusalem CBS	607
468	Ateret	623
501, 502	Ra'anana Bus Terminal	609
504	Ramat HaSharon	609
521, 524, 525, 531	Herzeliya CBS	608
561, 567, 571	Kfar Saba CBS	610
565, 570	Hod HaSharon	611
641, 642	Netanya CBS	611
784	Jerusalem	618
808	Ein Iron	612
819	Hadera CBS	611
821	Afula CBS	702
823	Nazareth Illit Industrial C via Petah Tikva, Hadera, & Afula	702
826	Nazareth Illit Industrial C (Express)	701
830, 835	Tiberias CBS	703
841	Kiryat Shmona CBS via Tiberias	702
842, 845	Kiryat Shmona CBS via Afula	704
843	Katzrin	705
844, 849	Mahanaim	704
846	Safed CBS	705
848 (Only on Weekends)	Karmiel CBS	705
852	Pardes Hanna-Karkur	612
872	Zikhron Ya'akov	612
910	Haifa Carmel Beach CBS (Direct)	618
921	Haifa Carmel Beach CBS via Even Yehuda	611

Metropoline

Route	Destination	Platform
351, 353, 371	Be'er Sheva CBS	628
369	Be'er Sheva CBS via Kiryat Gat, Qastina Junc.	627
370 (Also operated by Egged Ta'avura from platform 625)	Be'er Sheva CBS (Direct)	626

Egged Ta'avura

Route	Destination	Platform
278	El'ad	624
370 (Also operated by Metropoline from platform 626)	Be'er Sheva CBS (Direct)	625
372 (Only on Weekends)	Ofakim	624
376	Tze'elim via Kiryat Gat & Ofakim	624
379	Eshkol Regional Council	624

Nateev Express

Route (* Night Route)	Destination	Platform
600, 605	Netanya CBS	616
601	Netanya CBS - via Hutzot Shfayim, Ikea	615
606, 610*	Kiryat HaSharon, Netanya	?

Superbus

Route	Destination	Platform
153	Beit Rivka Missionary School	619
156	Tzrifin Military base	619
157	Be'er Ya'akov	620
245, 451	Ramla CBS	621 (245), 620 (451)
410, 411	Beit Shemesh	618
450	Ramla CBS via Heil HaShiryon str.	621
452	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

Veolia (formerly Connex)

Route (*Night route)	Destination	Platform
460, 464	Lod Railway Station	622
462	Lod Arba Onot/Nirim	622
475, 476*	Lod CBS via Ben Gurion Intl.	623

Afikim

Route	Destination
186	Ariel via Petah Tikva CBS
285	Etz Efraim
286	Ariel
386	Ariel University Center of Samaria via Petah Tikva CBS

Kavim

Route	Destination
36	Or Yehuda
37, 71	Yehud
68	Kiryat Ono Rimon Terminal

See also

• List of shopping malls in Israel
• Jerusalem Central Bus Station
• Transport in Tel Aviv

External links

• (Hebrew) Tel Aviv Central Bus Station