City to City Bus Tickets Bookings 2026

Welcome to the national carrier. Autopax, which runs City to City and Translux Buses, is operating as a division of PRASA since 1 Aug 2024. It offers semi-luxury, no frills domestic and regional coach trips; between SA cities, SA rural municipalities and the southern part of Mozambique. Previously they serviced a large network of stops across Southern Africa including Zimbabwe, Malawi, Swaziland, Lesotho and Zambia.

Although they focus on city centres, they have multiple stops in all the major cities of South Africa.

Ask for Help!

To track whether your bus is running on time or where it is, please phone 011 774 3333 (note that there are numerous comments below which indicate that this number is not always being answered).

Book your City to City bus ticket online right here!

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Booking a City to City Bus ticket

Website bookings

You can book a City to City Bus ticket online at https://res.prasa.com/citytocity/booking; however there have been numerous instances of this booking engine only partially working and passengers not being sure whether the booking went through or not (see comments section below); so we recommend not using it and rather booking through online bus ticket retailers such as Blu Label, Shoprite and mandated travel agencies.

City to City phone numbers for telephonic bookings

Call Centre Tel: 080-122-9091; a toll-free call centre number for Translux and City to City.
Tel: +27 (011) 774-3333
Fax: +27 (011) 774-3831
Email: reservations.citytocity@prasa.com (translux@apx.co.za is reportedly not working)

Payment methods

Payment may be made by EFT or by credit card.

Problems with SID payments (Secure EFT)

If you have a problem with a SID payment not working properly, you may want to email support@sidpayment.com

"PLEASE NOTE! After completion of your Card payment you will be returned to our website to complete the booking process and print your reservation receipt, which is required for travel."

EFT

Clicking "PAY USING EFT" takes you to https://pay.sidpayment.com/?transactionId=?????????

Other contact details

Customer care:

• Email customercare@citytocity.co.za

• Phone +27-11-774-8304

Marketing:

• Email marketing@apx.co.za

Registered address

3rd Floor,
PRASA Umjantshi House (next to Johannesburg's Park Station),
30 Wolmarans Street,
Hillbrow,
Johannesburg,
2017

Postal address

P.O. Box 1907
Pretoria
0001

Booking enquiries

City to City bus tickets may be purchased directly at bus stations.

Eastern Cape

• East London Station 043 700 1015
• East London Windmill 043 743 7893
• King Williams Town 043 643 4163
• Mthatha 047 531 0875
• Queenstown: 045 808 2065
• Port Elizabeth 041 392 1304 (reportedly not working)

Free State

• Bloemfontein Tourism Centre; Park Road; 051 408 4888

Gauteng

• Johannesburg 011 773 8056 (click here to see City to City as well as other buses to Joburg/Tshwane)
• Pretoria 012 315 3476

KwaZulu-Natal

• Durban 031 361 7670
• Pietermaritzburg 033 345 0165

Limpopo

• Mokopane 015 491 8457
• Polokwane 015 295 5548

Mpumalanga

• Nelspruit 013 755 1453

Western Cape

• Cape Town Adderley Street; Cape Town Station; 021 449 6209 (reportedly not working)
• George 044 801 8298
• Knysna 044 382 1407

No liability for anything

Take care of yourself and your things, as City to City's conditions of carriage state that you cannot hold it liable for anything, even if it's negligent: "City To City, its Directors, Officers, Employees, Servants or Agents shall not be liable (whether in contract or delict) in any way whatsoever for loss, injury, loss of life or damage of whatsoever nature and howsoever caused. Whether or not caused by the negligence of City To City. Its Directors, Officers, Employees, Servants or Agents arising out of or connected in any way to the conveyance or non-conveyance by City To City of any passenger or any person or of the property of any person whether such property is accompanied by a passenger or not."

Routes & Stopping Points

Bizana to Johannesburg  with City to City

Service number 3441. Journey is scheduled to take 13 hours; leaving Bizana at 14h30 and arriving at Johannesburg Park Station at 03h30 the next morning.

Cape Town to Durban with City to City

Service number 4012. Journey is scheduled to take 27 hours and 30 minutes.

Competitors to City to City:

• Intercape from Cape Town to Durban (especially Budgetliner and Big Sky Intercity for cheaper bus tickets)

Cape Town to Johannesburg / Pretoria

Stopping Points
CAPETOWN	BUS TERMINAL	MARINE DRIVE
BELLVILLE	BELLVILLE RAILWAY STATION	DURBAN RD
PAARL	SHELL GARAGE C/O MAIN & SOUTH
WORCESTER	WORCESTER RAILWAY STATION	BERING STREET.
LAINGSBURG	SHELL ULTRA CITY
BEAUFORT-WEST	TOTAL GARAGE
THREESISTERS	SHELL ULTRA CITY	N1 NATIONAL ROAD
VICTORIAWEST	N12 MINI MARKET	VOORTREKKER STREET
BRITSTOWN	MIRAGE GARAGE	22 MARKET STREET
HOPETOWN	CALTEX GARAGE	N12 HIGHWAY
KIMBERLEY INFO CENTRE	INFORMATION CENTRE BUS PARKING	132 BULTFONTEIN ROAD
KIMBERLEY ULTRA CITY	SHELL ULTRA CITY	N12 HIGH WAY
WARRENTON	BURGER MOTORS	PRINSLOO STREET
BLOEMHOF	EXCEL TOP STOP	2PRINSSTREET
WOLMARANSTAD	TOTAL GARAGE	BROADBENT STREET
KLERKSDORP	Total Energies	31 Wessels Street, Meiringspark, Klerksdorp 2571
POTCHEFSTROOM	TOTAL GARAGE N12	200 NELSON MANDELA DR
JOHANNESBURG	Park Station	Cnr Rissik & Wolmarans Street
MIDRAND	Shell Ultra City	N1 Highway
PRETORIA	Bus Terminal, Pretoria Station	Scheiding St

 

Durban to Cape Town with City to City

Service number 4013. Journey is scheduled to take 26 hours.

Stopping Points
DURBAN	Durban Station	65 NMR (Masabalelwa Yengwa) Ave
PORTSHEPSTONE	BEDFORD CENTER	9 COLLEY STREET
KOKSTAD	WIMPY BAR	N2 MAIN ROAD
MOUNT FRERE	TOTAL GARAGE	1 MAIN STREET
QUMBU	Total Garage	Aubert St, Qumbu, 5180
TSOLO	TSOLO POLICE STATION
MTHATHA STATION	STATION
MTHATHA	SHELL ULTRA CITY
IDUTYWA	BASHEE TOYOTA-BPGARAGE	UMTATA ROAD
BUTTERWORTH	HIGH STR OPP ELLERINES
EAST LONDON STATION	STATION	STATION STREET
KINGWILLIAMSTOWN	STATION	AMATOLA ROW
PEDDIE	ENGEN GARAGE
GRAHAMSTOWN	CONFERENCE CENTRE	CORNER OF HIGH AND BATHURST STREET
PORT ELIZABETH STATION	PORT ELIZABETH STATION	1 STRAND STREET
PORT ELIZABETH	ADT HOUSE	OPPOSITE GREENACRES MALL
HUMANSDORP	ENGEN GARAGE	WIMPY, VOORTREKKER STREET
STORMSRIVIER	TOTAL GARAGE	N2 HIGHWAY-BRIDGE SERVICE STATION
PLETTENBERGBAY	SHELL ULTRA CITY	N2 NATIONAL ROAD
KNYSNA	STATION	WATER FRONT DRIVE
SEDGEFIELD	SHELL SERVICE STATION	MAIN STREET
WILDERNESS	CALTEX SERVICE STATION
GEORGE	RAILWAY STATION	GEORGE
MOSSELBAY CALTEX	VOORBAAI JACK-CALTEX GARAGE	GERICKE STREET
MOSSELBAY SHELL	SHELL SERVICE STATION	VOORBAAI TRUCK PORT LOUIS FOURIE ROAD
RIVERSDALE	SADDLES RESTAURAUNT	N2 MAIN ROAD
HEIDELBERG(CPT)	SIESTA CAFE	EKSTEEN STREET
SWELLENDAM	GROENTE MARK CAFE	VOORTREKKER STREET
ASHTON	TOTAL GARAGE	65 MAIN ROAD
ROBERTSON	PARKING OPP. POLICE STATION
WORCESTER	WORCESTER RAILWAY STATION	BERING STREET.
PAARL	SHELL GARAGE C/O MAIN & SOUTH
STELLENBOSCH	STATION	ADAM TAS AVENUE
BELLVILLE	BELLVILLE RAILWAY STATION	DURBAN RD
CAPETOWN	BUS TERMINAL	MARINE DRIVE

Competitors to City to City:

• Intercape from Durban to Cape Town (especially Budgetliner and Blue Sky Intercity for cheaper bus tickets)

Durban to Pretoria with City to City

Service number 4601. Journey is scheduled to take 8 hours and 20 minutes.

Stopping Points			Arrival Time	Departure Time
DURBAN	Durban Station	65 NMR (Masabalelwa Yengwa) Ave	00:00	08:30
PIETERMARITZBURG	272 BURGER STREET	OPP ADT	09:30	09:35
MONTROSE	SHELL UTRA CITY	N3 NATIONAL HIGHWAY	11:50	12:10
GERMISTON	Germiston Station	Knox Street	15:05	15:10
JOHANNESBURG	Park Station	Cnr Rissik & Wolmarans Street	15:50	15:55
MIDRAND	Shell Ultra City	N1 Highway	16:20	16:25
PRETORIA	Bus Terminal, Pretoria Station	Scheiding St	16:50

Competitors to City to City:

• Intercape from Durban to Pretoria (especially Budgetliner and Big Sky Intercity for cheaper bus tickets)

Johannesburg to Bizana (Mbizana, Eastern Cape)  with City to City

Service number 3440. Journey is scheduled to take 12 hours and 35 minutes.

Johannesburg to Lusikisiki (Eastern Cape) with City to City

Service number 3440. Journey is scheduled to take 14 hours.

Johannesburg to Maputo, Mozambique with City to City

Service number 3834. Journey is scheduled to take 8 hours and 20 minutes.

Stopping Points			Arrival Time	Departure Time
JOHANNESBURG	Park Station	Cnr Rissik & Wolmarans Street	00:00	07:50
BEZ VALLEY	Cnr Albertina Sisulu & 4th Street	Bezuidenhout Valley	08:05	08:10
WITBANK	Engen Garage Formula One	R544	09:35	09:40
WONDERFONTEIN	Brent Oil Truck Stop	N4	10:35	10:40
NELSPRUIT	The Hotel Promenade	Samora Machel Drive	12:35	12:40
MALELANE	Sasol Service Station	Cnr Kieprsol & Air Str	13:15	13:20
KOMATIPOORT BP	BP Garage	N4 National Road	14:05	14:10
KOMATIPOORT	Lebombo Border Post	N4	14:20	14:50
MATOLA	Rua do Regulo Hanhane	Matola	15:35	15:40
MAPUTO	Simara Tours Travel Agency	Av 24 de Julho	16:10

Competitors to City to City:

• Intercape from Johannesburg to Maputo (Mainliner on their route from Pretoria to Maputo, PTA-MAP)

Johannesburg to Musina with City to City

Service number 3590. Journey is scheduled to take 7 hours and 30 minutes.

Stopping Points			Arrival Time	Departure Time
SAULSVILLE	SAULSVILLE STATION	18 SEKHU STREET	00:00	08:00
JOHANNESBURG	Park Station	Cnr Rissik & Wolmarans Street	08:05	08:10
PRETORIA	Bus Terminal, Pretoria Station	Scheiding St	08:25	08:40
KRANSKOP	ENGEN ONE STOP GARAGE		10:05	10:25
MOKOPANE	56 Hooge Street, Mokopane	Behind Checkers	11:30	11:50
POLOKWANE STATION	POLOKWANE TRAIN STATION	CNR HOSPITAL & CHURCH STREET	12:05	12:15
MATOKS	GLOBAL FILLING STATION	N1 HIGHWAY	12:55	13:00
MAKHADO (LOUIS TRICHARDT)	RAILWAY STATION	KRUGER STREET	13:35	13:40
TSHIKININI	SHOPPING COMPLEX		14:00	14:05
BIABA	BUS TERMINAL	MAIN ROAD	14:20	14:25
NZHELELE	SILOOM HOSPITAL		14:30	14:35
PHIPHIDI	WATERWORKS		14:40	14:45
SIBASA CITY TO CITY OFFICE	TRANSLUX AND CITY-CITY OFFICES	MAIN ROAD SIBASA	15:00	15:05
MUSINA RAILWAY STATION	MUSINA RAILWAY STATION	787 Pat Harrison Street, Musina, 0900	15:40

Matatiele to Johannesburg with City to City

Service number 3483. Journey is scheduled to take 11 hours and 25 minutes.

Competitors to City to City:

• Intercape from Matatiele to Johannesburg (Mainliner coach on route Matatiele to Pretoria via Kokstad)

Maputo to Johannesburg with City to City

Service number 3835. Journey is scheduled to take 9 hours and 30 minutes.

Competitors to City to City:

• Intercape from Maputo to Johannesburg (Mainliner on their route from Maputo to Pretoria MAP-PTA)

Stopping Points			Arrival Time	Departure Time
MAPUTO	Simara Tours Travel Agency	Av 24 de Julho	00:00	07:20
MATOLA	Rua do Regulo Hanhane	Matola	07:50	08:00
KOMATIPOORT	Lebombo Border Post	N4	09:00	10:00
KOMATIPOORT BP	BP Garage	N4 National Road	10:05	10:10
MALELANE	Sasol Service Station	Cnr Kieprsol & Air Str	10:30	11:00
NELSPRUIT	The Hotel Promenade	Samora Machel Drive	12:00	12:05
WONDERFONTEIN	Brent Oil Truck Stop	N4	14:00	14:20
WITBANK	Engen Garage Formula One	R544	15:00	15:05
BEZ VALLEY	Cnr Albertina Sisulu & 4th Street	Bezuidenhout Valley	16:30	16:35
JOHANNESBURG	Park Station	Cnr Rissik & Wolmarans Street	16:50

Port Elizabeth to Bloemfontein with City to City

Service number 4301; scheduled to take 10 hours and 35 minutes; leaving PE at 16h30 and arriving in Bloem at 03h05 the next morning.

Ccompetitors:

• Intercape from PE to Bloemfontein (their Big Sky Intercity coaches are cheaper and most comparable with City to City which is also a budget option)

Pretoria to Acornhoek with City to City

Stopping Points			Arrival Time	Departure Time
PRETORIA	Bus Terminal, Pretoria Station	Scheiding St	00:00	08:30
KAALFONTEIN	Kaalfontein Station	Thembisa	09:00	09:10
WITBANK	Witbank Station	R544	10:40	10:45
WONDERFONTEIN	Brent Oil Truck Stop	N4	11:35	12:00
NELSPRUIT	The Hotel Promenade	Samora Machel Drive	13:45	13:50
WHITE RIVER	Caltex Garage	Tom Lawrence St	14:40	15:00
HAZYVIEW	Lowveld Mall	Cnr R40, Portia Shabangu Dr	15:35	15:40
MARITE HILL	Bus stop	R40 Main Road	15:55	16:00
BUSHBUCKRIDGE	Bushbuckridge Complex	Cnr Graskop & Klaserie Rd	16:40	16:45
VIOLET BANK	Bus stop	R40 Main Road	16:55	17:00
CASTEEL	Bus stop	R40 Main Road	17:20	17:25
GREEN VALLEY	Opposite Motel	R40 Main Road	17:40	17:45
ACORNHOEK	Dee Anjo Square	4 Acornhoek Main Rd	18:10

Pretoria to Cape Town route with City to City

Stopping Points			Arrival Time	Departure Time
PRETORIA	Bus Terminal, Pretoria Station	Scheiding St	00:00	11:45
MIDRAND	Shell Ultra City	N1 Highway	12:00	12:05
JOHANNESBURG	Park Station	Cnr Rissik & Wolmarans Street	12:55	13:00
POTCHEFSTROOM	TOTAL GARAGE N12	200 NELSON MANDELA DR	14:25	14:30
KLERKSDORP	Total Energies	31 Wessels Street, Meiringspark, Klerksdorp 2571	15:10	15:30
WOLMARANSTAD	TOTAL GARAGE	BROADBENT STREET	16:20	16:25
BLOEMHOF	EXCEL TOP STOP	2PRINSSTREET	17:05	17:10
WARRENTON	BURGER MOTORS	PRINSLOO STREET	18:10	18:15
KIMBERLEY ULTRA CITY	SHELL ULTRA CITY	N12 HIGH WAY	18:55	19:15
KIMBERLEY INFO CENTRE	INFORMATION CENTRE BUS PARKING	132 BULTFONTEIN ROAD	19:25	19:30
HOPETOWN	CALTEX GARAGE	N12 HIGHWAY	20:40	20:45
BRITSTOWN	MIRAGE GARAGE	22 MARKET STREET	22:00	22:05
VICTORIAWEST	N12 MINI MARKET	VOORTREKKER STREET	23:05	23:10
THREESISTERS	SHELL ULTRA CITY	N1 NATIONAL ROAD	23:50	23:55
BEAUFORT-WEST	TOTAL GARAGE		00:50	00:55
LAINGSBURG	SHELL ULTRA CITY		03:05	03:20
WORCESTER	WORCESTER RAILWAY STATION	BERING STREET.	04:55	05:00
PAARL	SHELL GARAGE C/O MAIN & SOUTH		05:35	05:40
BELLVILLE	BELLVILLE RAILWAY STATION	DURBAN RD	06:05	06:10
CAPETOWN	BUS TERMINAL	MARINE DRIVE	06:35

Competitors to City to City:

• Intercape from Pretoria to Cape Town (especially Budgetliner and Big Sky Intercity for cheaper bus tickets)

Pretoria to Durban route with City to City

Stopping Points			Arrival Time	Departure Time
PRETORIA	Bus Terminal, Pretoria Station	Scheiding St		08:00
MIDRAND	Shell Ultra City	N1 Highway	08:25	08:30
JOHANNESBURG	Park Station	Cnr Rissik & Wolmarans Street	09:00	09:30
GERMISTON	Germiston Station	Knox Street	10:10	10:30
MONTROSE	SHELL UTRA CITY	N3 NATIONAL HIGHWAY	13:20	13:40
PIETERMARITZBURG	272 BURGER STREET	OPP ADT	16:10	16:20
DURBAN	Durban Station	65 NMR (Masabalelwa Yengwa) Ave	17:10

Competitors to City to City:

• Greyhound buses
• Intercape and Big Sky Intercity from
  • Pretoria to Durban beach (especially Budgetliner and Big Sky Intercity for cheaper bus tickets)
  • Pretoria to Durban Station
  • Johannesburg Park Station to Durban Beach
  • Johannesburg Park Station to Durban Station
  • Midrand to Durban Beach
  • Midrand to Durban Station

Tshlawelo (Soweto) to Malamulele route with City to City

Stopping Points			Arrival	Departure
TSHIAWELO (Gauteng)	STATION			05:45
ORLANDO (Gauteng)	STATION		06:05	06:15
BARAGWANATH (Gauteng)	OPPOSITE TAXI RANK		06:30	06:35
JOHANNESBURG (Gauteng)	Park Station	Cnr Rissik & Wolmarans Street	07:05	07:20
PRETORIA (Gauteng)	Bus Terminal, Pretoria Station	Scheiding St	08:15	08:30
KRANSKOP	ENGEN ONE STOP GARAGE		10:15	10:45
MOKOPANE (Limpopo)	56 Hooge Street, Mokopane	Behind Checkers	11:25	11:30
POLOKWANE STATION (Limpopo)	POLOKWANE TRAIN STATION	CNR HOSPITAL & CHURCH STREET	12:20	12:30
DIKGALE (Limpopo)	BUS STOP	MAIN ROAD	12:45	12:50
SEKGOPO (Limpopo)	BUS STOP	MAIN ROAD	13:15	13:20
MOOKETSI (Limpopo)	SHELL GARAGE		13:35	13:40
MAPHALLE (Limpopo)	BUS STOP	MAIN ROAD	14:10	14:15
MAMAILA (Limpopo)	BUS STOP	MAIN ROAD	14:30	14:35
GIYANI (Limpopo)	TIVEKABUKUTA COMPLEX	153 MALAMULELE MAIN ROAD	15:10	15:10
MALAMULELE (Limpopo)	EXCEL GARAGE		15:45

 

Tshlawelo to Sibasa route with City to City

Service number 3340 with buses scheduled to take 7 hours and 40 minutes; leaving Tshilawelo at 07h00 and arriving at the City to City office in Sibasa at 16h10.

Stopping Points			Arrival Time	Departure Time
TSHIAWELO	STATION			07:00
BARAGWANATH	OPPOSITE TAXI RANK		07:05	07:10
JOHANNESBURG	Park Station	Cnr Rissik & Wolmarans Street	07:25	08:30
KRANSKOP	ENGEN ONE STOP GARAGE		10:45	10:50
MOKOPANE	56 Hooge Street, Mokopane	Behind Checkers	11:35	11:50
POLOKWANE STATION	POLOKWANE TRAIN STATION	CNR HOSPITAL & CHURCH STREET	13:00	13:05
MATOKS	GLOBAL FILLING STATION	N1 HIGHWAY	13:40	13:45
ELIM	HUBYENI SHOPPING COMPLEX	NEXT TO ELIM HOSPITAL	14:25	14:30
MASHAU T JUNCTION	T JUNCTION		15:05	15:10
TSHAKUMA	FRUIT MARKET		15:15	15:20
REMBRANDER	ROMAN CATOLIC CHURCH		15:25	15:30
LWAMONDO	SHOPPING COMPLEX		15:35	15:40
SHAYANDIMA	POST OFFICE		15:45	15:50
THOHOYANDOU	MIRICHIE COMPLEX	MAIN ROAD (MPHEPHU DRIVE)	15:55	16:00
SIBASA CITY TO CITY OFFICE	TRANSLUX AND CITY-CITY OFFICES	MAIN ROAD SIBASA	16:10

 

Autopax Passenger Services

City to City Passengers (and Translux) are trading names used for luxury coach operations of Autopax Passenger Services (SOC) Ltd (Registration number 1995/000861/30); which is better simply known as "Autopax".
Autopax in turn is a wholly owned subsidiary of PRASA (Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa). which is owned by the SA Government and reports to the Minister of Transport. Whilst owned by PRASA, Autopax is operationally independent, with its own board of directors. At the time writing directors of Autopax were Monnapula Motlogelwa, Thinavhuyo Ndidinwangani Mype and Sibongile Luthuli; with Nathaniel Roesch being the CEOs.

Autopax's mandate is to provide high quality and affordable long distance transport solutions (bus and rail) as advised by South Africa's Minister of Transport; as well as to assist PRASA's rail function in emergency situations and to provide transport solutions feeding into Metrorail. This mandate is set out in principles set out in Section 23 of the Legal Succession to the SA Transport Services Amendment Act.

Autopax Passenger Services is a member of SABOA (Southern African Bus Operators Association).

Autopax offers a charter bus service through Autopax Charters.

Autopax are currently in business rescue since 18 Nov 2021.

Contact details of business rescue practitioners

Email accounting@therescuecompany.co.za

Phone number : +27-10-110-1011

Fleet

Having started life with 514 buses, this has steadily declined and in 2023 Autopax's total fleet was about 75 buses; all of which are getting long in the tooth being over 12 years of age (which compares to average industry lifespan for these types of buses of 8 to 10 years). The old fleet might save replacement costs, but it results in higher maintenance costs as well as higher diesel costs.

Jobs

Employees of Autopax are represented by 2 unions:

• SATAWU
• NUMSA

PRASA

The name "Passenger Rail Association of South Africa" (PRASA) may suggest that it's focus is only on rail transport, but in fact PRASA is mandated by the South African Government to provide all of intercity bus transport, rail transport in cities and rail transport between cities. In addition to providing intercity bus services through Autopax, PRASA engages with tthe Government's Department of Transport via its board of directors. PRASA also sells bus tickets and owns bus terminals. Its 9 bus terminals are:

1. Cape Town Station.

2. Durban Station.

3. Germiston Station.

4. Johannesburg Park Station; which is a central hub connecting not only buses, but also trains and taxis (both long distance taxis as well as inner-city taxis). During the 2023 financial year, Park Station's bus billing system was changed so that on entry to Park Station, buses immediately pay (including Autopax to be fair) which will prevent the build-up of a receivables book (what immediately comes to mind in this regard is the APM court case with Autopax and PRASA about Park Station's supposedly unfair billing practices).

5. Kaalfontein Station (Tembisa)

6. Kimberley Station.

7. Pretoria Station.

8. Vereeniging Station.

PRASA's holds the following 100 percent owned subsidiaries:

• Intersite Asset Investments (SOC) Ltd.

• Autopax Passenger Services (SOC) Ltd.

PRASA Rail operations

Metrorail is the division of PRASA which is responsible for supply rail passenger commuting services in metropolitan areas (ie not long distance like Shosholoza Meyl). Services include not just the normal Metro and Metro Plus services, but also a Business Express service. Metropoliant areas served by Metrorail are Cape Town, Durban, Gqeberha, East London and the Johannesburg/Pretoria metropole, You can get hold of them at:

• promotions@metrorail.co.za
• rtourism@prasa.com
• +27-21-449-2366
• +27-21-449-3018
• +27-21-449-2180
• +27-21-449-6480

PRASA also supplies long distance rail services via Shosholoza Meyl and Premier Classe.

Address: 1 Adderley St (Cape Town Station), 8000, Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa

PRASA Jobs

Click here to find a list of all PRASA's available jobs.

Email recruit@prasa.com

Corporate jobs email corp.recruitment@prasa.com

Eastern Cape province jobs

Email humancapitalcres@prasa.com

Gauteng province jobs

• Pretoria jobs email ngr.recruitment@prasa.com

• Johannesburg jobs email recruitment.sgr@prasa.com

KZN province jobs

Email prasacres.recruitmentkza@prasa.com

Western Cape province jobs

Email recruitment.creswcr@prasa.com

Technical jobs

Email rtechnical@prasa.com

Corporate Real Estate (CRES) jobs

Email recruitment.cres@prasa.com or recruitment.cresho@prasa.com or recruitment.cresho@prasa.com or prasacres.recruitmentkzn@prasa.com or humancapitalcres@prasa.com

Contact details

Email: info@prasa.com or prasa@thehotline.co.za (whistleblowing) or prasa.properties@prasa.com (with respect to their properly holdings) or

Phone number: +27-11-277-2008 or +27-11-013-1700 or +27-12-748-7000 or +27-800-234-778 (whistleblowing)

Physical address for PRASA's corporate head office: Prasa Umjantshi House, 30 Wolmarans Street (near Johannesburg's Park Station of course), Braamfontein (Hillbrow), 2017, Joburg, Gauteng Province, South Africa.

Postal address: Private Bag x22 Marshalltown, Johannesburg, 2017, Gauteng Province, South Africa

PRASA Annual report

In PRASA's 2022/2023 annual report the phrase "City to City" is not mentioned once! However, the word "Autopax" is mentioned 73 times. Autopax is the entity which PRASA owns which operates under the names "City to City Passenger" and "Translux". Autopax is mentioned with reference to:

• there being a "feasible and financially sustainable" business rescue plan which was set up by Autopax, which depends on shareholder funding and support. In 2024 major expenses will be incurred to fund the retrenchments and fleet replacement programs, with profit being projected for 2025. Once profitable, it is planned to onboard a strategic investor, the proceeds of which will refund Goverment.

• PRASA's board "approved a proposal for recapitalisation of buses, which is awaiting approval by the shareholder" (the shareholder being referred to is presumably the South African Government as represented by the Department of Transport and approved by the National Treasury).

• There being "symbiotic relationship" between bus and rail (presumably this implies that PRASA's rail operations require or are enhanced by also supply a bus service).

• There being a focus on consolidating in a single depot the bus maintenance and bus service divisions.

• Aligning the number of staff with requirements (this is presumably a polite way of saying they're retrenching staff. Of course retrenching costs money, and R80m funding has been approved by Government for the retrenchment packages. The packages must have been ok as it seems that staff opted to take the voluntary severance package, "the remaining excess staff will be dealt with through a S189 (of the Labour Relations Act) process".

• The poor mechnical state of their buses, with redundant buses being sold, and a fleet replacement strategy proposed.

• Ticket sales offices closed where it made sense, and third party agents appointed in these areas to operate their sales.

• At 31 Mar 2023; PRASA had lent a total of R1.7bn to Autopax, all of which was impaired on their books (there are no repayment terms).

News

• 27 Mar 2025. City to City relaunch their Pretoria to Musina service, leaving Pretoria at 088h30 in the morning and arriving at Musina at 15h40; or leave Johannesburg at 08h00.
  
  
• 1 Aug 2024. To encourage synergies between PRASA Rail and Autopax being capitalised on; Autopax changed from being a subsidiary of PRASA, to being a division of PRASA, based on the 24 Jun 2024 sale of business agreement between PRASA and Autopax. No Competition Commission approval was required as there is not a change on ownership. On 28th Jul 2024 PRASA bought Autopax's assets, liabilities and inventory for about R24m; which will be used inter alia to complete the Section 189 VSP & Forced Retrenchment process (Autopax needs to reduce costs to be viable commercially, in particular to reduce its number of employees); the employees needed to run 75 buses were transferred to PRASA's employ in terms of S197 (not only City to City buses, this also includes Translux branded buses). Creditors were paid 5 cents for every 100c owed; with 95% credit losses resulting.

• 10 May 2024. Click here to read Autopax's revised business rescue plan. Amongst other information released was:

  • list of Autopax's creditors

  • list of Autopax's vehicles

• 24 Jul 2023. Click here to read the Autopax business rescue plan; bottom line is that they need funding either from government via PRASA or from the private sector via a joint venture with PRASA (if they go the liquidation route instead, indications are that creditors will receive the likes of a measly half a cent for each Rand which the are owed); this funding would be used to repay debtors and for operational purposes (especially replacing its aging fleet of buses). A contributing factor to Autopax's revenue declines are the "intimidation of Autopax buses and drivers by Taxi operators in the Northern and Eastern Cape". With 800 people operating 69 buses, Autopax's employee:bus ratio is a very high 11.9; further exacerbated by a high salary bill of R281m (some R351k per person).
  
  

• 11 Nov 2021. Autopax's board decide to place the company into voluntary business rescue; citing difficult financial circumstances worsened by the Covid-19 pandemic (as fellow travel industry operators, we empathise strongly with them).

• Aug 2021. PRASA decide to assist with the payment of salaries for Autopax staff for July and August 2021.

• Jul 2021. PRASA, Autopax's sole shareholder, indicates that as a result of it being under severe financial pressure it would not be able to provide further operational funding to Autopax. PRASA had previously been providing monetary support. PRASA would engage with Government's National Department of Transport (its shreholder) in this regard.

• 28 Sep 2020. PRASA's claim against Autopax was a chunky R1.6bn on 31 Mar 2022; this claim was subordinated in favour of other creditors. (as per PRASA's agreement) on the 28th Sep 2020.

• 10 Feb 2018. Pre Easter specials deals - get up to 20 percent off your C2C bus trip (selected dates and routes only).

• 11 Jan 2018. Around 09h10 the driver of a Toyota Quantum taxi is seriously injured after he crashes into a City to City bus. The accident occurred on the N2 near Butterworth.

• 11 Oct 2017. A 25 year old fmeale Lesotho citizen was caught by the Hawks K9 unit transporting R250k of crystal methamphetamine in biscuit tins and juice cartons on a bus from Johannesburg to George when it was near Sedgwick, with City to City.

• 30 Dec 2016. A bus owned by City to City, rolls over near King Williams Town; but all passengers survive. The bus was on its way from Durban to Cape Town.

• 07 Jul 2015. Nearly a week of violence finally came to an abrubt halt yesterday after taxi operators came to an agreement with local government. City-to-city and Translux busses, both operated by Autopax, had fallen victim to a spate of taxi violence following the start of operations in the Mamelodi district. Previously operated by PUTCO, taxi operators in the Mamelodi area were unhappy that governement awarded the routes to Autopax. What ensued was six days of violence in which one bus driver was shot and countless residents traumatised often unable to find transport to their jobs. Autopax busses are still under heavy guard incase the peace does not hold.

• 2015 - 2018. PUTCO abandons multiple routes in Gauteng, including Evaton, Mamelodi and Vosloorus. The Gauteng government requests Autopax to take over PUTCO's abandoned routes; however its long distance buses are not suited to the stop-start nature of these shorter routes, and this further runs down Autopax's aging fleet.

• 15 Dec 2013. City to City extends its deepest apologies for the delays in some of our services due to the high volume of traffic as a result of the events happening around the State Funeral of the late President Nelson Mandela in the country. We apologize for the inconvenience caused.

• The stopping point at Caltex Garage ends at 30 Nov 2013, and the new stopping point is Samrand Shell ultra City.

• Mar 2009. PRASA is launched operationally, with its assets now consisting of Shosholoza Meyl and Premier Classe trains, Metrorail, Autopax and Intersite Property.

• 23 Dec 2008. The emergence of PRASA! The SARCC is renamed PRASA (Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa).

• Aug 2008. A City to City bus is involved in an accident with a minibus taxi on the R56 near Ixopo (KwaZulu-Natal), with 73 people being seriously injured.

• Mar 2008. City to City increase coach ticket prices by ten percent.

• Apr 2006. Two City to City coaches and a Big Sky Intercity coach arrive by ship at Durban Harbour.
  
  

• 2006. Metrorail is transferred to being run by the SARCC.

• 1 Dec 2004. Long distance passenger bus and rail services are integrated into one unit managed by Transnet and the SARCC.

• 1 Apr 1999. (again, not an April fools joke!) Transnet's bus passenger segment, running the City to City and Translux bus brands, is incorporated and starts trading under the name "Autopax Passenger Services (SOC) Ltd". PRASA go on to purchase Autopax's entire share capital, becoming its sole owner.

• 1 Apr 1990 (not an April fools joke!) Transnet is created to take over the non-commuter rail operations of SATS (SARCC takes over the commuter rail functions). Metrorail (a dvision of Spoornet, Transnet's rail segment) runs SARCC's commuter rail operations.

• 1 Jan 1912. The 3 railways joined into the SA Railways and Harbours (later called SATS) have completed the renumbering and reclassification of their rolling stock.

• 1910. All rail services in SA are placed into one entity, the "South African Railways and Harbours"; as a result of the formation of the Union of South Africa.

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