Overview

The City of Durban will offer visitors and residents safe and easily accessible public transport during the 2010 FIFA World Cup™. Rail, bus and other existing services i.e. metered taxis and car rentals will cater for a wide variety of transport requirements, and will ensure that the Moses Mabhida Stadium, the FIFA Fan Fest™ and the public viewing areas (PVAs) are adequately served.

Event-related public transport will be added to the regular public transport system i.e. an airport shuttle to the King Shaka International Airport, a stadium shuttle to the Moses Mabhida Stadium and Park and Ride services. Travel around the city will be served by an inner city transport service.

Airport Shuttle Service

An airport-to-city service will run from King Shaka International Airport, via the accommodation zones to the north of the City (Umhlanga) and the Durban Beachfront, to Central Transport Hub in the CBD.

Stadium Shuttle Service and Priority Pedestrian Network

The Moses Mabhida Stadium is located in the north of the Inner City within close proximity to the rail network and some accommodation zones, providing spectators with the options of either taking the Stadium Shuttle from the Central Transport Hub or using rail and dropping off at the Moses Mabhida Station and walking to the venue.

Priority Pedestrian Network

The eThekwini Municipality has developed a Priority Pedestrian Network that links accommodation zones and areas with extensive parking to either the Stadium, Fan Park Area, nearest rail station or the Central Transport Hub. This network consists of 9 routes which will be signposted with route numbers and colour coded for ease of wayfinding for visitors to the City.

Inner City Transport Services

eThekwini’s inner city is served by a new inner city transport service, the People Mover buses, which currently operate along two designated routes within the city. Departing every 15 minutes between 06:00 and 23:00.

For detailed service schedules visit www.durbanpeoplemover.co.za.

Park n Ride Services

Bus shuttle services will be provided from three Park & Ride sites located at the Pavilion, Galleria and Gateway regional shopping centres via the Central Transport Hub to the Stadium. These services will run from 9:00 in the morning to 03:00 the next morning.

Existing Services

In addition to the event related transport services, visitors to the city of Durban can make use of other existing transport services listed below.

• Minibus Taxis
• Metered Taxis
• Car Rentals
• Durban Ricksha Bus

For more information about these services please visit the Host City website.

Stadium Area

The Moses Mabhida Stadium located to the north of the Inner City. The shuttle service from the Central Transport Hub will pick up and drop off spectators at the stadium.

On non-match days, for the full duration of the event, the following roads in the vicinity of the stadium will be closed or will have restricted access:

• Only Isaiah Ntshangase Rd closed

Match Days: Weekend or Public Holiday

• Closures begin the night before
• Sandile Thusi (Argyle) closed from Umgeni Road to Playfair
• MY Ave (ex NMR) closed from Innes to Somtseu

Match Days: Weekdays

• Northbound side of MY Ave closed night before
• Southbound closed from 08h30

Semi Final Match

• Closure from the night beforeBoth sides of MY Ave (as above)
• Argyle (as above)

Fan Park and CBD Wide Area

The Central Transport Hub shuttle service is located at the Centrum site within the Inner City, approximately 1.7km and 1km from the Stadium and Beach Activation Zone respectively. This will be the transport terminal for shuttle services, tourist transport and airport shuttle, as well as links to the Inner City Distribution System and metered taxi services.

Durban’s official Fan Fest area is located in the central beachfront area – the New Beach area which is within the Beach Activation Zone. Four access points have been identified to the Fan Fest. Two are located on Pedestrian Boulevard and two are located along OR Tambo (Marine) Parade.