INTERCITY TRAVEL
Experience the pinnacle of luxury bus travel with Big Sky Intercity. With a fleet of 40 luxury coaches, we offer our passengers safe, dependable and affordable travel throughout South Africa.
BIG SKY
INTERCITY
has
Air-Conditioning
Toilets
Reclining Seats
Onboard Entertainment
USB
Charging Ports
Seatbelts
We value
SAFETY
Big Sky Intercity recognises that passenger safety is at the core of our sustainability and is therefore a top priority. Big Sky Intercity not only adheres to, but exceeds the stringent safety standards required by the passenger transport industry. Big Sky Intercity operates seven technical depots throughout South Africa and safety checks are carried out before each and every departure. A voluntary three-monthly certificate of fitness is performed in terms of Big Sky Intercity standards, instead of the prescribed six-monthly one required by law.
Some of the latest technology and measures Big Sky Intercity utilises to enhance and assist safety measures include:
- Subjecting our fleet to A-Grade Certificate of Fitness tests, including brake tests on a continuous basis.
- State-of-the-art brake test stations have been installed at our major maintenance depots.
- Our professional drivers are trained and continuously re evaluated by our in-house TETA-accredited
- Training Academy.
- Satellite tracking devices are fitted to all vehicles and monitored on a 24/7 basis.
- Drive Cam technology is installed on the coach windscreens to monitor and manage driver behaviour.
- A drivers must sign a declaration stating that they are fit and rested before commencement of a trip.
- Each professional driver has to undergo an alcohol breathalyzer test before and after each trip.
- Enforcing a strict driver-hour management programme to eliminate driver fatigue.
- Zero tolerance for speeding. Drivers are not allowed to exceed 95km/h where the prescribed speed limit is 100km/h for passenger transport vehicles.
- Additionally the Big Sky Intercity standard is 45km/h when driving on a mountain pass.
