Depots

Central Park

Central Park, located in Hanger Street, is the main rendezvous point for commuters and buses. The main ticket selling point is situated here with up to ten friendly cashiers serving our commuters.

During peak hours, the main stream of buses comes from Thaba 'Nchu and Botshabelo. From here, commuters board the various buses scheduled for the sixteen suburbs served by our service.

This is also the rallying point for commuters returning from the suburbs en route to their homes.

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.

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