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Fares in Dunedin and Queenstown are paid with either cash or a fare card called the Bee Card. In both cities, cash fares are more expensive than Bee; $4 in Queenstown and $3 in Dunedin. Additionally, fare concessions (reduced fare prices) only apply to Bee cards. All fares in both cities are flat fares, and transfers are free. [6]
Intercity rail in New Zealand is entirely composed of lines dedicated to tourists, and a single commuter only line between Auckland and Hamilton. [1] [2] New Zealand has one of the lowest rates of public transport use in the world, even lower than the United States in 2001, and 90% of urban trips were by private cars as of 2018.
The Bee Card is an electronic fare payment smart card that is used on bus services in ten regions of New Zealand, along with Queenstown Ferries and the Te Huia train service between Hamilton and Auckland. It is used as a tag-on tag-off card on buses, with paper tickets remaining available for use for each of the individual region's public ...
Public transport in Christchurch, New Zealand, consists primarily of bus services operated by two bus companies supported by a ferry, all jointly marketed as Metro, a division of Environment Canterbury (ECan). Metro also operates the MyWay on-demand bus service in Timaru, Canterbury. [2]
All Shotover operations in New Zealand were suspended on 1 January 2006 due to an engine fire on a boat. Operations resumed on 5 January. [15] In May 2009 Ngāi Tahu Tourism and Shotover Jet took Queenstown Water Taxis to court for using the well-known Shotover fleet colour of red on one of its jet boats causing confusion for tourists.
Ritchies is a significant shareholder in InterCity. Ritchies Transport is a New Zealand private bus operator, owned by KKR. [1] It was established in 1972 and describes itself as "the largest privately owned bus and coach transport operator in New Zealand" with a fleet of over 1500 vehicles spread across depots nationwide. [2]
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NZ Transport Agency Waka Kotahi (NZTA) [2] is a New Zealand Crown entity tasked with promoting safe and functional transport by land, including the responsibility for driver and vehicle licensing, and administering the New Zealand state highway network. [3]