The B1 bus at the northern entrance to Beirut, at a stop, Friday, Jan. 3, 2025. (Credit: Nemtala Edde/L'Orient-Le Jour)
"I really feel very comfortable here," a lady said as she boarded a "French" bus in Haret Hreik, near Hadi Hassan Nasrallah Street, on the B4 line. Despite having to wait approximately 25 minutes in the cold by the roadside to get on, she will now eagerly wait every day for this bus, with its green seats familiar to Parisians, to return to her home in Laylaki, in the southern suburbs of Beirut, heavily damaged by the recent war between Israel and Hezbollah.This line was launched on Dec. 20, less than a month after the cease-fire between Hezbollah and Israel, and connects Martyrs' Square in the city center to the Lebanese University in Hadath, crossing the suburbs. It is part of the six lines currently operational in the new public transport service provided by the state, simply named "Na’el el-mouchtarak" (Public Transport). Read more...
"I really feel very comfortable here," a lady said as she boarded a "French" bus in Haret Hreik, near Hadi Hassan Nasrallah Street, on the B4 line. Despite having to wait approximately 25 minutes in the cold by the roadside to get on, she will now eagerly wait every day for this bus, with its green seats familiar to Parisians, to return to her home in Laylaki, in the southern suburbs of Beirut, heavily damaged by the recent war between Israel and Hezbollah.This line was launched on Dec. 20, less than a month after the cease-fire between Hezbollah and Israel, and connects Martyrs' Square in the city center to the Lebanese University in Hadath, crossing the suburbs. It is part of the six lines currently operational in the new public transport service provided by the state, simply named "Na’el el-mouchtarak" (Public Transport). Read...
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