Make the most of all Cape Town has to offer this festive season with MyCiTi, the convenient, reliable way to explore the city.

Thousands of visitors and Capetonians will take advantage of the holidays to go shopping, head to the beach or attend some of the many festive events taking place around the city. Save yourself the hassle of sitting in traffic and finding somewhere legal to park by taking a MyCiTi bus.

If you haven’t already bought a myconnect card and experienced the comfort and convenience of MyCiTi, then this is the ideal time to relax, kick back and hop aboard.

During the festive season, MyCiTi adjusts its services to make sure that more people have a chance to maximise the holiday experience.

Go shopping

During December, MyCiTi will also be extending its hours to assist shoppers taking advantage of late-night shopping at the V&A Waterfront and Canal Walk shopping centres. There will be extra trips after 22:00 on several routes. From the Waterfront, there will be extra buses on T01 to Table View and Dunoon, 214 to Parklands, 104 to Sea Point, D01 to Khayelitsha East and D04 to Kapteinsklip in Mitchells Plain. There will also be later buses on routes 251, T03 and T04.

2 – 23 December 2016, Canal Walk

Route Additional trips
251 Century City – Montague Gardens Buses at 21:30 and 22:00 from Omuramba and at 22:00 and 22:30 from Century City Rail (Monday – Sunday)
T04 Dunoon – Century City Last trip from Century City at 22:30 (Monday – Sunday)
T03 Atlantis – Melkbosstrand – Table View - Omuramba Buses at 21:25 and 21:55 from Atlantis and at 22:30 and 23:00 from Omuramba (Monday – Sunday)

9 - 24 December, V&A Waterfront

Route Additional trips
T01 Usasaza – Table View – Civic Centre – Waterfront Bus at 22:25 from Waterfront (Monday – Sunday)
104 Sea Point – Waterfront – Civic Centre Buses at 21:50 and 22:30 from Waterfront to Queens Beach and at 22:25 and 23:05 from Waterfront to Civic Centre (Monday – Sunday)
214 Marine Circle – Table View - Parklands Bus at 23:20 from Table View (Monday – Sunday)
D01 Khayelitsha East – Civic Centre Bus at 22:50 (Monday – Saturday) and at 23:05 (Sunday)from Civic Centre
D04 Kapteinsklip – Civic Centre Bus at 22:45 from Civic Centre (Monday – Sunday)

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Spend a day at the beach

There will also be extra buses to and from popular beaches on December 16, 25, 26, 27 and 31 and 1 and 2 January 2017. These will operate between Civic Centre station and Camps Bay (107), between Hout Bay and town via Sea Point (108), and between Table View, the Blouberg beachfront and Melkbosstrand (217).

Beach days – 16, 25, 26, 27, 31 December 2016 and 1, 2 January 2017

Route Frequency
107 Camps Bay – Civic Centre Every 15 minutes on Sundays and public holidays
108 Hangberg – Sea Point - Adderley Every 30 minutes on Saturdays, Sundays and public holidays
217 Melkbosstrand – Big Bay – Table View Every 15 minutes on Sundays and public holidays

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Commuter services

Between 19 December and 6 January there will be reduced services for the quieter peak periods on routes T01, T03, T04, 114, 108 and 109. From 28 December to 6 January, every second peak bus on the Khayelitsha East – Civic Centre route will be cancelled. The D03 Mitchells Plain East – Civic Centre route will also be cancelled, with passengers using the D04 route instead.

19 December 2016 – 6 January 2017

Route Frequency
T01 Usasaza – Table View – Civic Centre - Waterfront Every 6 minutes
T03 Atlantis – Melkbosstrand – Table View – Omuramba Every 12 minutes
T04 Dunoon -  Century City Every 9 to 18 minutes
114 Sea Point – Civic Centre Every 12 to 24 minutes
108 Hangberg – Sea Point – Adderley Every 12, 18 to 20 minutes
109 Hout Bay – Imizamo Yethu – Sea Point - Adderley Every 6, 12 to 18 minutes

28 December 2016 – 6 January 2017

Route Frequency
D01 Khayelitsha East – Civic Centre Every 20 minutes
D03 Mitchells Plain East – Civic Centre Cancelled

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Celebrate New Year’s Eve

Cheer in 2017 in the central city and the V&A Waterfront and make use of MyCiTi’s extended services. Additional buses will operate between 22:00 and 02:00 on selected routes at intervals of 20 to 30 minutes. The last bus will leave the Waterfront to Table View and Usasaza (T01) at 01:00, from Civic Centre to Camps Bay (107) at 01:00, from Table View station to Melkbosstrand (217) at 01:00, and from Table View station to Parklands (214) at 02:00.

31 December 2016/1 January 2017

Route Extended hours Frequency Last bus
T01 Usasaza – Table View – Civic Centre - Waterfront 22:00 – 01:00  Every 20 minutes  01:00 from Waterfront
107 Camps Bay – Civic Centre 21:30 – 01:00  Every 30 minutes  01:00 from Civic Centre
217 Melkbosstrand – Big Bay – Table View - Parklands 22:00 – 01:00  Every 30 minutes  01:00 from Table View
214 Marine Circle – Table View - Parklands 22:00 – 02:00 Every 30 minutes 02:00 from Table View to Parklands

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