Visiting hours

10h00 to 14h00 Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday.

For more than 10 people booking is required

Closed on weekends and holidays

Entrance Fee - None

Directions - Darters road, off Kloof Street, Gardens, Cape Town

Memorabilia - a limited range of items are on sale, such as T-shirts, prints of photographs and booklets

Sponsored By

Cape Town Public Transport 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 Public Transport Museum as a fitting tribute to our country’s Mother City and its people.

The special responsibility to establish this project was taken on by the HCI Foundation when HCI acquired the Golden Arrow Bus Services (“GABS”) in 2004. the project is regarded by the Foundation as a partnership with GABS assisting it in preserving its contribution to the heritage of Cape Town.

GABS provides all scheduled bus transport in the City of Cape Town and traces its direct corporate roots back to the 1860s. The Tramways Bus Company as well as GABS have deep roots in the provision of public bus transport to the people of Cape Town.

Heritage matters have, since 1994, increasingly become an area of great interest to most people in South Africa. Our museum will share with the public, information, documentation and artifacts that we collect and display of past road transport vehicles, the people that made up the industry and their many interesting stories. These have been scattered and were not previously available to the public as a collection.

The project seeks to encourage the participation of all role players in the public transport arena. The Foundation hopes that this initiative will inspire many to think and develop solutions for the challenges that we face regarding public transport. It is envisaged that this will contribute to an effective, efficient, reliable and safe public transport system.

The Museum is being built with, what we believe are, the last remaining artefacts available in Cape Town. Failure to do so will sadly result in the loss of a very rich chapter in the history of Cape Town.

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