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HaSharon Junction

HaSharon Junction

Overview
The HaSharon Junction , commonly known as Beit Lid Junction , is an important road junction in the Sharon region of Israel. It intersects Highway 4
Highway 4 (Israel)
Highway 4 is an Israeli highway that runs along Israel's entire coastal plain of the Mediterranean Sea, its route in the north runs from the Rosh HaNikra border crossing with Lebanon until the Erez Border Crossing with the Gaza Strip...

 and Highway 57
Highway 57 (Israel)
Highway 57 is an east-west highway through central Israel and the West Bank. In the past, it was an uninterrupted road from Netanya, a city on the Mediterranean coast in the west, to Damia Bridge across the Jordan River in the east. The road existed in its full length from the time of the British...

. The junction serves as a large transportation hub for dozens of Egged
Egged Bus Cooperative
Egged Israel Transport Cooperative Society Ltd is the largest bus company in Israel, and the second largest in the world . A cooperative owned by its members, Egged employs 6227 workers and has 3105 buses for more than 1038 service routes and 3984 alternative routes all over Israel...

 and Nativ Express
Nativ Express
Nateev Express is an Israeli bus company.It serves regional routes in two regions of the country:*The northern Sharon area, with hubs at Netanya and Hadera.*The upper Galilee, with hubs at Safed and Nahariya....

 buses.

On the southwest corner of the junction is Ashmoret Prison, a civilian jail.

The junction was the scene of the Beit Lid massacre
Beit Lid massacre
The Beit Lid massacre was a Palestinian Islamic Jihad suicide attack against Israel. The attack occurred at the Beit Lid Junction, on January 22, 1995. It was the first suicide attack by Palestinian Islamic Jihad.-Background:...

, a 1995 suicide attack by Palestinian Islamic Jihad
Islamic Jihad Movement in Palestine
The Islamic Jihad Movement in Palestine known in the West as simply Palestinian Islamic Jihad , is a small Palestinian militant organization. The group has been designated as a terrorist group by the United States, the European Union, the United Kingdom, Japan, Canada, Australia and Israel...

.

The following buses stop at the Beit Lid Junction.
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Encyclopedia
The HaSharon Junction , commonly known as Beit Lid Junction , is an important road junction in the Sharon region of Israel. It intersects Highway 4
Highway 4 (Israel)
Highway 4 is an Israeli highway that runs along Israel's entire coastal plain of the Mediterranean Sea, its route in the north runs from the Rosh HaNikra border crossing with Lebanon until the Erez Border Crossing with the Gaza Strip...

 and Highway 57
Highway 57 (Israel)
Highway 57 is an east-west highway through central Israel and the West Bank. In the past, it was an uninterrupted road from Netanya, a city on the Mediterranean coast in the west, to Damia Bridge across the Jordan River in the east. The road existed in its full length from the time of the British...

. The junction serves as a large transportation hub for dozens of Egged
Egged Bus Cooperative
Egged Israel Transport Cooperative Society Ltd is the largest bus company in Israel, and the second largest in the world . A cooperative owned by its members, Egged employs 6227 workers and has 3105 buses for more than 1038 service routes and 3984 alternative routes all over Israel...

 and Nativ Express
Nativ Express
Nateev Express is an Israeli bus company.It serves regional routes in two regions of the country:*The northern Sharon area, with hubs at Netanya and Hadera.*The upper Galilee, with hubs at Safed and Nahariya....

 buses.

On the southwest corner of the junction is Ashmoret Prison, a civilian jail.

The junction was the scene of the Beit Lid massacre
Beit Lid massacre
The Beit Lid massacre was a Palestinian Islamic Jihad suicide attack against Israel. The attack occurred at the Beit Lid Junction, on January 22, 1995. It was the first suicide attack by Palestinian Islamic Jihad.-Background:...

, a 1995 suicide attack by Palestinian Islamic Jihad
Islamic Jihad Movement in Palestine
The Islamic Jihad Movement in Palestine known in the West as simply Palestinian Islamic Jihad , is a small Palestinian militant organization. The group has been designated as a terrorist group by the United States, the European Union, the United Kingdom, Japan, Canada, Australia and Israel...

.

Buses


The following buses stop at the Beit Lid Junction. The junction itself does not have routes using it as a starting or ending station.

Egged

LineRoute
641 Tel Aviv CBS
Tel Aviv Central Bus Station
Tel Aviv Central Bus Station, known as the New Central Bus Station is the main bus station of Tel Aviv, Israel. The station serves Egged, Connex, Superbus, Metropoline and Nateev Express intercity bus routes as well as local Dan, Egged and Kavim city and suburban buses...

 - Netanya
Netanya
Netanya is a city in the Centre District of Israel and is the capital of the Sharon plain. It is located between the 'Poleg' stream and Wingate Institute in the south and the 'Avichail' stream in the north. Its of beaches have made the city a very popular tourist resort...

 CBS
821 Afula
Afula
Afula is a city in the North District of Israel, often known as the "Capital of the Valley", referring to the Jezreel Valley. The city had a population of 39,200 at the end of 2007.-History:...

 CBS - Tel Aviv CBS
823 Tel Aviv CBS - Nazareth Illit
Nazareth Illit
Nazareth Illit is a city in the North District of Israel. At the end of 2007 it had a population of 43,100.The name in Hebrew means Upper Nazareth, referring to the adjacent and much older city of Nazareth. The town was founded in the 1950s as one of several development towns in the Galilee...

921 Tel Aviv CBS - Haifa Hof HaCarmel CBS
Haifa Hof HaCarmel Central Bus Station
Haifa Hof HaCarmel Central Bus Station is the main bus station in Haifa, Israel, replacing the Haifa Bat Galim Central Bus Station...

 (both directions)
947 Haifa Hof HaCarmel CBS - Jerusalem CBS
Jerusalem Central Bus Station
The Jerusalem Central Bus Station is the main bus depot in Jerusalem, Israel and one of the busiest bus stations in the country. Located on Jaffa Road near the entrance to the city, it serves Egged and Dan intercity bus routes...


Nativ Express

LineRouteVia
35 Netanya
Netanya
Netanya is a city in the Centre District of Israel and is the capital of the Sharon plain. It is located between the 'Poleg' stream and Wingate Institute in the south and the 'Avichail' stream in the north. Its of beaches have made the city a very popular tourist resort...

 CBS - Netanya CBS
Kfar Yona