The operation of the cable car in Haifa will be operated by Nativ Express and the Turkish Stock Exchange

History in Haifa Netiv Express and the Turkish Stock Exchange will operate the cable car in Haifa

The cable car in Haifa, which will be used for the first time in Israel, another means of public transportation alongside the buses, the train and the metro, will begin operating in the second half of next year. Cable car passengers will be able to use all means of payment in public transportation, including a multi-line card, and periodical subscriptions.
 
Another step towards operating the cable car. The Nativ Express company, which operates public transportation in the Galilee, and the Turkish stock exchange company, will operate the Haifa cable car, which will be used for the first time in Israel, an additional means of public transportation alongside the buses, the train and the subway. Cable car passengers will be able to use all means of payment in public transportation, including a multi-line card, and periodic subscriptions.

Nativ Express and Bursa Company, which currently operates a cable car connecting the city of Bursa in Turkey to Mount Aluag National Park, will operate the cable car in Haifa, after winning a tender from the Ministry of Transportation to operate the cable car. Other groups competed in the tender, including Egged Holdings, Dan Company and Qavim Company.
 
The cable car, which is currently being established by the Ministry of Transportation, through the Yefa Nof company, will start operating in the second half of next year, and will connect the largest transportation center in Haifa, the Gulf Center, with the Technion and the University of Haifa.
 
Nativ Express and Bursa, which won the tender, will require training the manpower required to operate the cable car, install smart ticketing systems and electronic signage, which will allow the cable car to be operated as part of the public transportation system in the city of Haifa. Dozens of workers are expected to be employed directly and indirectly in the project.

The cable car project, which was promoted by the Minister of Transportation, Foreign Affairs and Intelligence, Israel Katz, is expected to significantly improve accessibility to the Technion and Haifa University and encourage tens of thousands of students and academics to prefer public transportation, at the expense of their private cars. In addition, it will ease the parking shortage on the campuses and the streets adjacent to them, as well as the traffic congestion on the main roads, in Ma'ale Carmel.
 
The length of the cable car route is 4.4 kilometers, and will include six stations, of which three passenger stations will be used by the public, at Hafaretz Central, Technion and Haifa University, and three operational stations at the Check Post intersection, Dori Road and Technion.
 
The cable car system will be operated with 150 cars that will be able to transport up to 10 passengers in each car. The carriages will leave the station every 15 seconds and will transport up to 2,400 passengers per hour, in each direction, at the same time. The trip from the Gulf center to the Technion will take about 10 minutes, and another 9 minutes from the Technion to Haifa University. The stations and carriages will be accessible to people with disabilities.
 
The cable car project will be integrated into the public transportation system of the Haifa metropolis, which is promoted by the National Authority for Public Transportation in the Ministry of Transportation. The project will allow all cable car passengers, including pensioners, those with disabilities, students and teenagers, to benefit from all the exemptions and discounts granted on other means of public transportation.