Depots

Central Park

Central Park is located in Hanger Street; it’s the main rendezvous point for commuters and buses. The main ticket selling point is also situated there with up to ten friendly cashiers serving our commuters.

Peak hours are from 04h15 to 08h00, those are the main stream of buses coming from Thaba Nchu and Botshabelo. This is also the rallying point for commuters returning from the suburbs and route to their homes, peak hours are from 15h00 to 18h30.

Phomolong

Phomolong depot is situated in Bloemfontein in Dr Belcher Road. Buses that have transported the passengers from Botshabelo and Thaba 'Nchu park here. The buses are washed, cleaned and refueled before taking up shifts again.

Shunter drivers refuel the buses and then moves them to the washer. After the washer, the bus is then parked and the interior cleaned.

At Phomolong, the drivers also rest between their split shifts. From here, the suburbian routes as well as the school buses are launched.

Botshabelo

Botshabelo is the main overnight depot for the company. The bulk of the fleet spends the nights here to take up shifts early in the morning. This depot is also responsible for a large number of special hires during the week and especially weekends.

Thaba Nchu

Thaba 'Nchu depot is where it all started. This was the original depot from which operations was managed. today, Zone 1 depot is also situated at Thaba 'Nchu.

As the company grew, Thaba 'Nchu depot became too small to accommodate the buses that needed to stay overnight. Thus, the 50-odd buses spend the night at Zone 1 depot, and by day, operations are handled from Thaba 'Nchu depot.

News

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Routes

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Tickets & Passes

Itumele Bus Lines (PTY) LTD t/a interstate Bus Lines. Notification of annual tariff increase with effect from 1 July 2011.

Safety

As we are in the business of transporting human beings to and from their loved ones, the safety of our passengers is one of the critical issues taken into consideration whenit comes to ordering of new vehicles and with the servicing...

Busses

Interstate Bus Lines have 228 buses of which 16 are operated by subcontractors, our rigid buses take up to 65 passengers and train buses take from 98 to 114 passengers, the disability bus for APD (Association for People with Disability) which take only 22 passengers as it is specially equipped for disabled people; featuring a lift to assist people in wheel chairs with access to the bus.