Public Utility Transport Corporation – P.U.T.C. (before they changed to PUTCO) Rare badges
1 was available / secondhand
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R500.00
R20.00
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R240.00
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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.