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Public Utility Transport Corporation – P.U.T.C. (before they changed to PUTCO) Rare badges

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Indicative market price: R500
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Closed 1 Dec 23 09:31
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Condition
Secondhand
Location
South Africa
Time Period
Post-1950
Bob Shop ID
599135904

Public Utility Transport Corporation badges


These two badges are extremely rare and will probably never be seen again.


The PUTCO bus played an integral role in South Africas history.


PUTCO Timeline


1945: Public Utility Transport Corporation founded by Jack Bird Barregar and listed on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange with an issued share capital of R810,000.


1972: PUTCO formally changes its name from Public Utility Transport Corporation to the acronym PUTCO Limited.


1983: PUTCOs fleet peaks at 3,440 buses. The buses travel 156 million kilometres a year and carry 353 million passengers a year.


1991: The effect of the taxi industry has a disastrous impact on PUTCO and the bus fleet reduces to 2,500 carrying 120 million passengers a year.



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