Golden Arrow Bus Services will operate at 50% capacity from Tuesday, 8 August 2023, as a result of the ongoing Cape Town taxi strike.
Golden Arrow Bus Service schedule for Tuesday, 8 August 2023
In a statement, Golden Arrow regretfully informed commuters that bus services will be severely limited.
The public transport service, which carries more than 220 000 commuters per day, explained that “the intimidation and interference with our services over the last few days has made it impossible for the service you rely on to assist you at this time.”
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“Passengers are therefore requested to make other travel arrangements, work from home or to share this information with employers, schools etc,” the statement read.
Golden Arrow confirmed the following updates on the schedule for Tuesday, 8 August 2023:
- Khayelitsha to Cape Town route: Limited buses operating on the outskirts (N2 highway). Services not available after 05:00.
- Mitchell’s Plain to Killarney Gardens route: No bus services available.
- Mitchell’s Plain to Capegate via Stikland route: No bus services available.
- Strandfontein to Cape Town route: No bus services available.
- Retreat to Cape Town route: Limited buses operating via Plumstead.
- Mitchell’s Plain to Killarney Gardens route: No bus services available.
Golden Arrow bus ticketholders are advised to check their local schedule for updates on service operations. However, when this article was published, the Cape Town taxi strike was ongoing and commuters were advised to practice extreme levels of caution, and where necessary, avoid travelling on the road.
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On Monday evening, Golden Arrow spokesperson Bronwen Dyke-Beyer confirmed that due to targeted attacks on the company’s fleet, which thus far, has sustained considerable damage to more than 10 units since the start of the taxi strike last week, operations have been reduced to 50%.
“We’re probably running at about 50% and maybe slightly less. So, it’s very limited. Obviously, we would like to run at 100% capacity but we just don’t have that option. So, we will run services for as long as we can with the manpower available to us, but we will ask passengers to, if they are able to, to possibly seek alternative transport. Otherwise, we will do our best to get to everybody,” Dyke-Beyer said.
Follow live Cape Town traffic updates and incident reports related to the taxi strike on Swisher Post.
