A lawsuit has been filed in the Jerusalem District Court, with petitioners requesting it be recognized as a class action suit against Egged, claiming riders on mehadrin lines between Yerushalayim and Haifa receive preferential treatment.
According to Ruth Yasur, the fares on the 940 and 947 lines are tens of percent higher than the fare on the 972, the chareidi mehadrin line. She also claims the level of service on the non-mehadrin lines is considerably lower than the mehadrin counterpart. Yasur is requesting the court recognize the suit retroactively for a number of years to when the mehadrin service began. The suit points out the fare on the mehadrin line is NIS 26 while the regular fare is NIS 41. In addition, riders receive preferential treatment since the regular Haifa-Jerusalem line travels from central bus station to central bus station, while the mehadrin service picks up and drops off passengers in chareidi neighborhoods.
Therefore, the mehadrin riders not only pay less, but save time because they do not have to make their way to and from a central bus station.
The suit alleges the current reality is the result of "take care of me and I will take care of you? policy that has existed between transportation ministers and the chareidi lobby in Knesset as well as the influence of chareidi askanim, which results in discrimination against the non-chareidi commuter population.
The suit measures the damage at NIS 77 million based on the fare differential, the number of seats per bus and the additional intra-city bus required by non-mehadrin commuters, calculated by 655 buses a week on the regular lines.
Egged spokesman Ron Ratner explains the issue of the mehadrin lines is pending in the Supreme Court. He added the matter will be given to Egged attorneys and the company will act in accordance to the law.
(Yechiel Spira � YWN Israel)
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