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Posted by caine515 on Thu Sep 15 19:09:48 2011, in response to PHOTOS from Jerusalem, posted by WMATAGMOAGH on Thu Sep 15 16:26:55 2011. The service there doesnt run on Saturdays i bet. Are they shutting down for the holidays in 2 weeks?? |
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Posted by Mr.Broadway on Fri Sep 16 00:53:46 2011, in response to Re: PHOTOS from Jerusalem, posted by caine515 on Thu Sep 15 19:09:48 2011. This is pretty awesome. Great job. I can't wait to go out there. Is there fleet only MAN's |
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Posted by WMATAGMOAGH on Fri Sep 16 05:03:24 2011, in response to Re: PHOTOS from Jerusalem, posted by Mr.Broadway on Fri Sep 16 00:53:46 2011. The intracity fleet in Jerusalem is mostly MANs, but there are still some Bercedes Benz O 405s and a few O 405Gs still running, but some of them probably should be sent to the big bus garage in the sky as soon as possible. There are also a few Mercedes-Benz "Sprinter" 515 vans running around, I don't know if they qualify as real buses. There are some new Scania N280UB buses operating in Haifa now, according to the Egged website they entered service in 2010.The intercity fleet is a mix of MANs, Mercedes-Benzes, Volvos, and DAFs, plenty of photos of all the intercity buses are on this page of the Israel section of my website. |
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Posted by WMATAGMOAGH on Fri Sep 16 05:13:21 2011, in response to Re: PHOTOS from Jerusalem, posted by caine515 on Thu Sep 15 19:09:48 2011. Funny how this question comes up in nearly every thread.In that particular neighborhood, the streets are closed to traffic during Shabbat, which is Friday sundown to Saturday nightfall, and also on holidays. On a more general level, the last Egged intracity trips in Jerusalem depart from the end of the line about 90-120 hours before Shabbat starts in a given week, and resumes about 45-60 minutes after Shabbat ends on Saturday (the same goes for holidays, except Yom Kippur, when service ends earlier than usual and takes a bit longer to start up again). For example, the last bus to my neighborhood this afternoon leaves the other end of the line at 4:35 PM and gets to my end of the line at 5:35 PM. Shabbat starts at 6:08 PM this week. Tomorrow night, Shabbat ends at 7:20 PM, and the first bus from my neighborhood is at 7:40 PM, which seems a bit early to me, but whatever. The drivers do report to the garage and start deadheading to their first trips before Shabbat ends. Intercity service is a bit more complicated, the schedule for Friday and Saturday depends on the length of the route. Some routes leave their origins before Shabbat ends but don't get to Jerusalem until after Shabbat ends. I believe there are some daytime services from Eilat to Tel Aviv. Also, some municipalities have agreements where some routes do operate on Saturdays, for example, in Haifa, some routes operate 1-2 times per hour most of the day, and the night lines (after midnight service) operate on Fridays whereas they don't operate on Fridays anywhere else in the country. Some Tel Aviv buses start in the late afternoon instead of after nightfall Saturday. For holidays, it works the same way as for Shabbat, except for Yom Kippur as I pointed out. However, since holidays here only have full levels of observance for one day instead of two as is done elsewhere in the world (with the exception of Rosh Hashanah, which is still two days here), there will be regular Friday bus service on October 14 and 21, as well as on the preceding evenings. Some services are increased during the intermediate days of Sukkot and Passover to meet higher demand to destinations such as the Zoo in Jerusalem, other services run less frequently during the holidays. Let me know if you have other questions about this, I'd be more than happy to explain. |
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Posted by Terrapin Station on Fri Sep 16 06:46:44 2011, in response to PHOTOS from Jerusalem, posted by WMATAGMOAGH on Thu Sep 15 16:26:55 2011. Super photos! |
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Posted by BigBusDriver on Fri Sep 16 09:01:46 2011, in response to Re: PHOTOS from Jerusalem, posted by Terrapin Station on Fri Sep 16 06:46:44 2011. Before you post MAN-CRUSH replies, do you spray perfume on yourself? |
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Posted by moviebuses on Fri Sep 16 10:11:57 2011, in response to PHOTOS from Jerusalem, posted by WMATAGMOAGH on Thu Sep 15 16:26:55 2011. Thanks for sharing. The city and the buses look beautiful. I always look forward to your pictures.www.rts-regionaltransitservice.com |
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Posted by WMATAGMOAGH on Fri Sep 16 10:42:49 2011, in response to Re: PHOTOS from Jerusalem, posted by moviebuses on Fri Sep 16 10:11:57 2011. Thank you. Har Nof isn't exactly my favorite neighborhood for a variety of reasons, but on the whole, I think Jerusalem is a great city, and there are some excellent photo spots for bus photography that most tourists don't get to because they are in the residential areas of the city. |
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