Autopax is a wholly owned subsidiary of PRASA whose main objective and business is the long distance road transportation of passengers. The company operates two well established brands, Translux and City to City and has its origins in the passenger services provided by the former South African Road Transport Services, under the names of Transtate and Translux. During the period after 1990, these two businesses were consolidated into the Passenger Services Division of Autonet, a division of Transnet. Autonet was corporatized into the legal entity, Autopax Passenger Services (SOC) Ltd.