Nativ Express

Nativ Express was founded in 2001 , and soon won a tender in two regions previously served by Eged , as part of the Ministry of Transport’s national policy for distributing public transport across several companies.

Nativ Express began servicing routes in the north of Sharon on December 31, 2001, and in the Upper Galilee on January 28, 2002. ^[2] Today, Nativ Express is the main carrier of Western Galilee (the cities of Nahariya, Metula, Shlomi, Safed). ^[3]

The number of religious buses on the Bnei Brak - Jerusalem line has doubled compared to the time this route served Egged. In addition, Nativ Express added routes to settlements in which public transport was extremely rare, or did not go at all ^[4] . In Netanya, company buses complement the Egged routes, which is rare for Israel due to the Israel rule “there is one company on each route” ^[5] .

Nativ Express is wholly owned by Nazareth Transportation and Tours, a bus company from Nazareth .

In 2016, the Nativ Express was fined a million shekels for poor-quality services (non-fulfillment of flights, delays of more than 10 minutes and non-stop for passengers) ^[6] . In addition, the company is criticized for religious reasons. ^[7]

Nativ Express serves the following routes:

• Netanya - Tel Aviv .
• Upper Galilee with central nodes in Safed And Nahariya .
• Internal lines in Nahariya, Safed, and Ma'alot .

• הכרזת דובר משרד התחבורה על תחילת פעולת "נתיב אקספרס" - the announcement of the government on the start of the "Nativ Express"
• [1] - company website