Cape Town BusesPublic Transport in Cape Town: Bus servicesIf you want to use the Cape Town Buses for your Transport in Cape Town here is some essential info for visitors and expats.Using the bus services in Cape Town is easy and safe. Here I will give you some basic info about public bus transport in the Mother City.
MyCiti Cape Town BusesThe bus fleet in Cape Town got a huge upgrade during the last months. The new MyCiti buses arrived in Cape Town and you can see the new bus fleet cruising the Cape Town CBD.
The new low-floor buses in Cape Town are running currently from the Civic centre to the CTICC (Cape Town International Convention Centre), turning into Long Street, into Orange Street past the Mount Nelson Hotel and down Mill Street and Buitenkant to the Grand Parade and back to the Civic Centre. Another busservice is doing the reverse direction going along Loop Street instead of Long Street. Tickets for the CBD are costing R8 and can be bought on the bus. The new IRT System will roll out all over Cape Town over the next months as construction to the new bus lanes is going on over many parts of the Mother City. As you can see here a newly constructed bus station in Milnerton on the West Coast Road which still needs some finishing touches.
The new busroute will be connecting the West Coast suburbs from Blouberg to the Cape Town City Centre. A cycle route is being prepared along the R27 too. The Cape Town buses will be a much welcome service to the people living along the more and more densly populated suburbs along the West Coast. IRT Cape Town Airport Shuttle ServiceThe much anticipated IRT (Integrated Rapid Transport) System is completed for the first phase in linking the Cape Town Airport with the Cape Town CBD.On May 29, 2010 the Cape Town MyCity buses run for the first time from the new bus terminal at the Cape Town International Airport to the Civic Centre in the Cape Town Business District and back. Travellers can now use the comfortable airport shuttle bus service which takes them in 30 minutes to the airport. The new MyCiti Cape Town buses run every 10 minutes during peak time and after 9pm between 15 and 30 minutes apart. During the Soccer Worldcup they are expected to run 24 hrs a day. Until then and again afterwards the service is limited to run from 4am until Midnight. The Cape Town airport shuttle tickets cost R50 per trip. Cape Town Golden Arrow BusesGolden Arrow Buses are running all over Cape Town and the busservice offers a much improved service along the main routes which will be travelled by visitors during the World Cup in 2010.Between the Cape Town Station and the V&A Waterfront the service will run between 5.50h and 23.30 with a maximum waiting period of 15 minutes on weekdays and 20 minutes waiting period of 20 minutes on weekends. The Service between the Waterfront and Sea Point will run along Beach Road from 6.10h until 23.30h with a waiting time of maximum 20 minutes. Costs for single trips (applying for both directions): R8.00: Cape Town, Waterfront, Seapoint along Beach Road and Rocklands R9.70: Cape Town, Clifton, Camps Bay along Somerset Road R15.70: Cape Town to Hout Bay along Somerset Road For a comprehensive timetable please refer to the website of Cape Town Golden Arrow Busservice
here.
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