FHS Covid-19 Handbook

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Transport

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WITS BUS SERVICE PROTOCOL

The general campus bus service resumed on Monday 08 June 2020 for limited students currently on campus and require transport between Parktown Campus and Main Campus. Bus routes are transporting to Wits Hospitals as well as Wits Junction to Rosebank. The bus timetable is planned and published in line with the COVID-19 Lockdown Level 3 Regulations and Protocols. Students are requested to observe the protocols in place to ensure their safely and of others.

Click here for Wits Transport Bus Schedules

RESPONSIBILITY OF UNIVERSITY

  • Manage social distancing on the queue waiting for the bus
  • Hand Sanitizer dispensers installed at the entrance inside each bus
  • 65 seater with maximum 26 passengers seated in each bus
  • The seating arrangement or capacity is to comply and enable social distancing
  • Driver cubicle is installed to eliminate any form of contact
  • Disposable plastic bags on each bus at the entrance or exit
  • Buses to pick-up at AMIC Deck, the Wits Junction Residence and EOH Blackwood Ave
  • The drop-off for the Wits Junction will be the entrance to allow screening protocols
  • Buses to be decontaminated before commencing a route or trip and after a trip

RESPONSIBILITY OF PASSENGERS

  • Maintain social distancing when queuing for the bus
  • Must wear a face mask
  • Passengers to produce their student cards and permits before boarding
  • To use hand sanitizer before boarding and when exiting the bus
  • Maintain social distancing when seating in the bus
  • Please do not litter in the bus, use the disposable bags at the exist or entrance of the bus

For any queries related to Wits Transport, please contact  Transport.Services@wits.ac.za   or Timothy.Mudau@wits.ac.za

Standby number is 066 181 7780

Thank you and Travel Safe 

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