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1970s, an extra floor of retail was added. This process was repeated several times, until the station had six floors total. The seventh floor was added to replace the bottom two floors, after high pollution levels were discovered on those floors. The station was deliberately designed to be confusing, so that commuters would spend more time around the stores, and thus more money. When designed the station was in Tel Aviv's downtown, but by the time it opened the business center had migrated north, and the station's neighborhood had become peripheral and impoverished. One abandoned area of the station has been occupied by a bat colony.
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serviced by 29 escalators and 13 elevators with over 1,000 shops and restaurants. Only two of the seven floors are used as a bus terminal (6th and 7th floor). The main entrances are on the north and east sides of 4th floor. Most intercity buses leave from a departure hall on the north (main) wing on
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announced that the station would close down, and a new terminal near the
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neighborhood near the bus boarding platforms to the Tel Aviv central bus station. The station includes a fairly complex system of bridges, roads and interchanges to help buses to reach the various floors.
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have told the store owners that they would have to close from 5 December and the bus companies would also have to make alternative arrangements. Earlier that month, the Tel Aviv - Yafo
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city and suburban buses. In 2008, approximately 100,000 people visited the station building every day. In 2018 this number went down to 80,000.
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6th floor. On the 7th floor, which was an addition to the original building, there is a departure hall for local buses (to destinations within
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among the public, and in light of this, the inauguration ceremony included releasing a white elephant balloon into the sky.
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