Contact Details:
Main Office
address
GPTC Kanifing
Tel: 4390105
(Brikama Terminal)
Tel: 4484946
(Switchboard) Kanifing
Tel: 4392501
Tel: (Switchboard) Kanifing
4392021
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Background Information:
An act passed by the Banjul based parliament created the Gambia / Libya Arab Public
Transport Corporation in 1976. This Act was amended during the 1987/1988
fiscal year and it brought about the establishment of the Gambia Public Transport Corporation (GPTC). The major
aims of the Corporation as prescribed by the legislation is
to "operate and maintain the public transport services of The Gambia
for the conveyance of passengers and goods".
The company started its operations with only one shareholder, the
Gambia Government with 3 million shares. The ownership remains the
same but the structure in terms of the number of shares has changed.
Following the merger of the former Gambia
Ferry Services Ltd with GPTC
in 1993, the company's authorised share capital increased to D50
million (5 million shares at D10 per share). The objectives of the
Corporation were amended to include “operating and maintaining ferry
services and in-land water-way transportation”.
In 2001 the Ferries Division of GPTC was hived off and transferred to
the Gambia Ports Authority.
Capacity Utilisation
The current means of bus transportation – the large bus with a minimum
of 50 passengers – used by GPTC, offers the opportunity for mass
transportation over long distances. But the GPTC presently has a fleet
size of 51 (fifty-one) buses only, which is approximately 50% below
the minimum number required to serve current demand.
Number of Employees
• The staff complement is at present 342 at five depots named
Kanifing, Essau, Brikama, Farafenni, soma and Basse
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