| Dan Bus Company | |
| Founded: | Mandatory Palestine |
| Headquarters: | Tel Aviv |
| Service Area: | Gush Dan |
| Service Type: | bus service |
| Annual Ridership: | 152,200,000 (not including subsidiaries) |
| Website: | English |
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 (Gush Dan).
Dan was founded as a cooperative on 1 December 1945, from the merger of 2 companies, Galei HaMaavir and Ihud Regev. It demutualised, becoming a limited company in May 2002. Dan operates 1,200 buses and has 2,400 employees. It transports approximately over 600,000 passengers daily.[1] In 2009, 23.5% of all Israeli bus travelers used Dan's lines.[2] Dan provides bus service six days a week. From Friday afternoon until after Sunset Saturday night, service is suspended in observance of the Jewish Sabbath. Dan buses run until approximately 23:30 p.m. and resume service in the early morning hours.
In September 2009, Dan and Veolia reached an agreement on the purchase of Veolia's share in the Jerusalem Light Rail for $15–20 million.[3] In October 2010, Veolia reneged and said it would sell its stake to Egged. As a result, Dan sued Veolia.[4]
In May 2022, Dan group purchased TST, the bus operator in Setúbal area from Arriva.[5]
In 2015, Dan established the subsidiary Dan BaDarom (Hebrew: דן בדרום; Dan South) to compete on tenders in southern Israel.
In May 2015, Dan BaDarom won a tender to operate bus routes in the Northern Negev, Ashkelon, Kiryat Malakhi, Kiryat Gat, Sderot, Netivot and Ofakim. On February 12, 2016, Dan BaDarom started to operate the bus routes in the Northern Negev except the intracity service in Ashkelon. The operation starting date of the intracity service in Ashkelon was delayed from May 2016 to July 2016 because of bad service in Northern Negev routes. On July 1, 2016, Dan BaDarom started to operate the intracity service in Ashkelon.
In November 2016, Dan BaDarom replaced Metrodan Beersheba, which was shut down.
Dan Beersheva (Hebrew: דן באר שבע) (DBS) is a subsidiary that operates local bus routes in Beersheva.[6] It was created in January 2016, when Dan BaDarom won the tender of the urban bus routes in Be'er Sheva.
Since 2013, Dan has been contracted to operate the Metronit bus rapid transport system in Haifa and the Krayot suburbs until October 15, 2021 where Dan was replaced with Superbus as the Metronit’s operator.