Brand new Somerset West PTI now open to commuters

5 June 2024

Earlier today, the City’s Mayoral Committee Member for Urban Mobility, Councillor Rob Quintas officially opened the brand new Somerset West public transport interchange (PTI). Read more below:

The new public transport interchange (PTI) in Somerset West is now ready to serve thousands of commuters and minibus-taxi operators in this region.  

The City has spent approximately R65 million on this project, the biggest investment in the central business district of Somerset West in recent years, to keep Cape Town moving. 

The new PTI is located on two different sites in the Somerset West CBD, one behind the Town Hall and another on the Shoprite side. Together, the facility is approximately 4 000m² in size to accommodate minibus-taxi operators, bus services, informal traders, and thousands of commuters.

An estimated 1 000 commuters and about 300 minibus taxis will use the new PTI that will serve 12 destinations: Lwandle, Macassar, Firgrove, Strand, Nomzamo, Sir Lowry's Pass Town, Zola, Khayelitsha, Stellenbosch, Somerset West and surrounds, and Grabouw. The Golden Arrow Bus Service will also operate from the facility.

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City of Cape Town, Media Office