Rea Vaya well suited to university students
Joburg's student population will find travels to and from lectures safe, convenient and affordable with Rea Vaya.
THE City of Johannesburg is committed to making Rea Vaya affordable and accessible, and the Bus Rapid Transit system is especially suited to students travelling in and around the city.
Wits University and University of Johannesburg students will find the services to Wits University Main Campus, Wits Medical School, Wits Business School, Wits College of Education and the UJ campuses in Soweto, Doornfontein, Bunting Road and Kingsway safe, convenient and affordable.
Students at Wits's Parktown campus (Wits Business School, Wits College of Education and Wits Medical School) can board buses at Parktown Station, or Wits Station.
Students at UJ's Soweto campus can board buses at Lakeview and Doornfontein stations, while students at the Auckland Park campus can board buses at Kingsway and SABC Media Park stations. Students living at the university's Sophiatown Residence can board buses at UJ Sophiatown Res Station.
Wits is one of the oldest universities in South Africa, starting off as the South African School of Mines in Kimberly in 1896. It 1904 it moved to Johannesburg, becoming the Transvaal Technical Institute, then Transvaal University College in 1906. It was renamed the South African School of Mines and Technology in 1910 and was granted full university status in 1922.
The University of Johannesburg came into being in 2005 after Rand Afrikaans University, the Technikon Witwatersrand, and the Soweto and East Rand campuses of Vista University merged. It is one of the largest residential universities in the country.
Services suited to students
Students from Soweto can also catch buses to the inner city, Cresta, Florida North, Yeoville and Parktown, and if they travel between 8:30am and 3pm, they pay 10% less. Students also don't pay loading fees when putting cash on their smartcards at the Rea Vaya stations. Smartcards are available at any Rea Vaya station, and students can also load cash at any station or ABSA cash-accepting ATMS.
Also, all Rea Vaya bus services continue until 9pm, offering safety and convenience for students at later lectures.
City of Johannesburg e ikitlaelleditse ho etsa Rea Vaya e be thekobonolo mme e fihlellehe.
Tshebediso ya Rea Vaya e sa tswa nolofatswa!
O ka etela Wits University Main Campus, Wits Medical School, Wits Business School, Wits College of Education le dikhampaseng tsa UJ tse Soweto, Doornfontein, Bunting Road, le Kingsway ho tloha Soweto, inner city, Cresta, Florida North, Yeoville le Parktown o sebedisa Rea Vaya BRT?
Ha o qeta, o theolelwa 10% ha o palama pakeng tsa 8:30 le 15:00 mme dibese di matha ho fihlela ka 21h00.
Iphumanele smart card seteisheneng [sefe kapa sefe] sa Rea Vaya, o se tshele tjhelete hona seteisheneng kapa ATM-ong efe kapa efe ya ABSA e amohelang tjhelete mme o qale ho eta ka bese! Rea Vaya. E a potlaka. E bolokehile. E thekobonolo.
I-City of Johannesburg izibophezele ukwenza i-Rea Vaya ingabizi futhi itholakale kalula.
Sekulula ngempela ukuhamba nge Rea Vaya!
Ungaya e-Wits University Main Campus, Medical School, Business School, College of Education nakuma UJ campuses e-Soweto, Doornfontein, Bunting Road, nase Kingsway uvela e-Soweto, phakathi nedolobha, e-Cresta, e-Florida North, e-Yeoville nase Parktown.
Kanti futhi ukhokha imali eyehliswe ngo 10% uma uhamba phakathi kuka 8:30 no 3:00 ntambama futhi amabhasi atholakala kuze kube ngu 9 ebusuku.
Thenga ikhadi lakho futhi uligcwalise imali kunoma yisiphi isiteshi se-Rea Vaya, noma kuma ATM e-ABSA amukela imali uqale ukuhamba ngebhasi!
I-Rea Vaya Iyashesha, Iphephile futhi Ayibizi