Autopax is a holding company of two South African intercity bus services and is a wholly owned subsidiary of
Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa
The Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa (PRASA) is a South African state-owned enterprise responsible for most passenger rail services in the country.
History
In 1910, as a consequence of the formation of the Union of South Africa, all railwa ...
(Prasa). Its mandate is to provide long distance inter-city and charter services as well bus services crossing borders in Southern Africa via the use of luxury, semi-luxury and intercity coaches.
Background
Autopax Passenger Services (SOC) Ltd has its origins in the old state organization called the
South African Road Transport Services
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Etymology
The word ''south'' comes from Old English ''sūþ'', from earlier Proto-Germanic ''*su ...
that offered two services that at the time that were called, Translux and Transtate.
In the 1990s, it became part of Autonet, a division of
Transnet
Transnet SOC Ltd is a large South African rail, port and pipeline company, headquartered in the Carlton Centre in Johannesburg. It was formed as a limited company on 1 April 1990. A majority of the company's stock is owned by the Departmen ...
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[ Autonet would later be corporatised and is now called Autopax Passenger Services (Pty) Ltd and became part of Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa when that organization was formed in March 2009.][
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Services
Autopax offers two styles of bus services and charter service:
TransLux
* This brand offers luxury bus travel using single and double decker buses between major cities and towns throughout South Africa.
City-to-City
* This brand offers a no frills semi-luxury bus travel between the major centres in South Africa and offers routes into Southern African countries such as Eswatini, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia and Zimbabwe.
Autopax Charters
* This brand offers a bus hire service.
Other services of by Autopax are emergency bus services for rail emergencies in PRASA Rails business.[
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References
External links
Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa
Metrorail
Shosholoza Meyl
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Bus companies of South Africa
Transport operators of South Africa