Okay, this one hurts: Greyhound has confirmed that it’ll cease trading in February, and the popular fleet of buses will no longer be in service.
Say it ain’t so! One of South Africa’s most popular methods of public transport has failed to make it through the COVID-19 pandemic.
Following almost a year of disrupted services, Greyhound has confirmed that they will close their operations within the next 11 days. All buses are set to be removed from service in February.
Greyhound built a reputation for themselves as one of the premium long-distance coach services in Southern Africa.
Their cross-border operations and domestic routes gave thousands of commuters an affordable method of travel. Unfortunately, within the blink of an eye, their fleet will no longer be of any use.
GREYHOUND BUSES TO CLOSE OPERATIONS – HERE’S WHEN THEY WILL OFFICIALLY STOP RUNNING
The group updated customers about their perilous position on Wednesday. They confirmed that current bus timetables will run right up until their last day of service, on Sunday 14 February. After that, Greyhound is no more. In a double blow for commuters, Citiliner routes are also being pulled from the schedule:
SOCIAL MEDIA REACTS TO ‘DEVASTATING’ NEWS
The news has proven to be a bitter pill to swallow for most South Africans – there was an outpouring of grief on Twitter earlier today, and hundreds of comments have already flooded Greyhound’s Facebook page:
so sad
Vimbikai Masibanda Shumba
Unanda Chinyoka sha ndagwadziwa you knw tht was my fav ..hoping intercape wnt follow
Ndosaka ndatokutager
Sry love
I hope so
Apa ndanga ndisati ndambomakwira… ndofira muna Munenzva here
Felt safer in them
Ndizvo vabhuroka
Zvino vekuda kufamba vavete vodii vaiti mamwe mabus haana comfort kkk
Covid yauraya many companies
The most painful thing ndeyekuti pane vapererwa nebasa due to the closure of this service.
Mac-Dee Martins thats the point only coz transport mavhu nemarara hayipere
Farai Nherera pakaipa wena nekuoma kwakaita nyika soo
No business wants to operate in a country that is using fake money and pretending that all is well!
Eish this is painful
Zvava vhara ndisina kumborikwirawo kkkk
They had built a brand name for themselves.Luxury and comfort for a long distance.shame!
Why not close their Platinum mines as well?
Moses Chinwada ipapo tawura hako
Dassan Dyirakumunda Vanongoda kugara vachiverenga ndivo maAnglo American aya
Moses Chinwada 😆😆😆😆😆chinekuyita ne China hachifarwe
Moses Chinwada kutiza zvikwereti inodzoka yanerimwe zita.
Business rakadhakwa neCorona iyi hamuone Intercape yaakuita zvemarhori, vanga vari kumaker necrossborder varume ava
So sad and painful
So Sad
I’m wondering how many people are going to be unemployed 😭
Why not sell such a powerful brand . Why waste
Haaa 😭 sorry kuvashandi ndoiziva pain yacho
They had been struggling already well before the pandemic
Faith Samanga zvanga zvorema kare
Munenzwa apinda machena
# tag…..chicken bus🤣🤣🤣
Y ,?so is it money problems or lockdown?😭