The Museum

The city of Cape Town has a formal road transport heritage of close to 200 years, is in effective the oldest in South Africa. We view the work towards the establishment of the museum as a fitting tribute to our country's Mother City and its people.

The museum has a limited collection of approximately 100 items donated by retired staff members as well as material from Golden Arrow bus company archives.

The collection is housed in display cabinets in our Gardens office and maybe viewed during visiting hours.

A 1960 double decker Daimler bus, which is based at Arrowgate bus depot Cape Town. This was restored by the Golden Arrow Bus Company, and is the first vehicle held by the museum.

The story of the museum logo

The red line running along the bottom represents both a road, as well as the journey from the past towards the future.

The stylized spiral at the beginning of the line represents a wheel, but also our origins.

This is an adapted version of the half spirals that the San sometimes used in rock art to depict the power of healers to transport themselves into other states through trance dancing.

The red colour of the line and the spiral is the blood of our people. This is the unifying colour of a nation where our skin colours may be different but our blood is the same, thus the spiral in both its colour and form also represents how transport brings people together.

The yellow ochre circle behind represents the wealth generated by public transport, also of earth, reminding us of the contribution efficient public transport can make in reducing the energy toll that private transport make on the earth's resources.

On Route

Cape Town Bus Museum Project

The City of Cape Town has a formal road public transport system heritage of close to 200 years – the oldest in South Africa. We view the work towards the establishment of the Cape Town Bus Museum as a fitting tribute to our country’s Mother City and its people.

City of Cape Town draft transport policy

The City of Cape Town has recently prepared a Public Transport Plan( PTP) and an Integrated Transport Plan (  ITP ). These draft plans are available as from 25 May 2007 for viewing at all city libraries as well as on the internet ...http://www.capetown.gov.za/policies/draftpolicies.asp Comments on the plans may be emailed to Lisle.Nel@capetown.gov.za or fax to 0214198536.

Photos from the past