| Haifa: Transportation |
| ***** Egged buses Map of Haifa bus lines 2 central stations: North:Lev Hamifraz (Check Post) South: Hof Hacarmel and, new in Israel, Schunatit, minibus serving various districts 9 Ramat Chen, Sapir et Remez 20 Ramat Alon, Remez 27 Vardia 33 Carmelia 34 Kababir Hofshi hodshi: You can buy at the beginning of each month a card for the Egged buses allowing you to carry out as many trips as you want . In the same way for the Carmelit. Pensionners are entitled to a 50% rebate in buses, people older than 60 to a 50% rebate in trains *****Carmelit- subway from Paris place, next to the port to Gan Ha'em on the Carmel *****Trains 5 stations on the North-South line Hutsot Hamifratz Lev Hamifratz (Check point) Central (next to the port) Bat Galim (Kyriat Eliezer) Hof Hacarmel (MATAM) *****Taxis Limousines *****Car renting *****Air transport Ben Gourion airport Haifa airport Companies From Ben Gurion airport to Haifa Rapid transport of letters and parcels Postil UHL Fedex *****Travel agencies *****Cable cabin from French Carmel to Shikmona The little train for tourists (summer) *****Navigation Port2port, news Israel Port Company The port The marina Chamber of shipping |
| Project of tunnel passing under Haifa (North-South) An investment of 13 billion shekels. 500 workers from China drill through on average 4 meters per day, the work should be ended in 2010. The tunnel will be opened in 2011. It will take 6 minutes at 60 km / h to cross the city from the South to the Check Post. 100000 cars will pass every day in the tunnel |
| Soon, the Jezreel valley train line will be rebuilt. This line that joins Haifa to Beit Shean in the Jordan valley will be renovated , a multi million dollars infrastructure project. It will follow the railway built by the Turkish authorities 100 years ago. This line was part of the Hijaz line linking Haifa to Damascus and to other parts of the Ottoman Empire. This train was famous for being slow and travellers laughed when they would jump out from the train, pick up flowers, then jump back in the train! The new train will have a speed of 160 km/h. There are plans to link Beit Shean to Irbid in Jordan. This would allow export from Jordan via the Haifa port |
| Take a 4 wheeled snail with you in case of a problem! |
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| 3 projects for the amelioration of traffic |