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The Dunedin City Council operated and managed most public transport until 1986 including the Dunedin cable tramway system (similar to the famous San Francisco cable car system) between 1881 and 1957, electric trams from 1900 to 1956, trolleybuses from 1950 to 1982 and motor buses from 22 April 1925 [16] to 1986. From 1986, management of bus ...
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]
This further increased acquisitions by NZR of small bus companies. [2] By 1954 the bus routes covered 6,000 miles (9,700 km), but generally at higher fares than the railways. For example, the 230 miles (370 km) Christchurch-Dunedin return journey cost £2 13s 6d by rail, but £3 10s by bus and took 7hr 10min on the fastest train, but 9hr by bus ...
In early February 2014, Go Bus Transport agreed to purchase the urban, school, charter and special needs operations of Invercargill Passenger Transport, gaining around 200+ buses and depots in Christchurch, Queenstown, Dunedin, Invercargill and Gore. Go Bus took over Invercargill Passenger Transport on 1 April 2014. [citation needed]
Bee Card became available in Dunedin on 1 September 2020 and in Queenstown on 15 September 2020. The Bee Card led to increased bus passenger numbers in Dunedin due to its cheaper fares and simplified fare structure that was not zone-based. [25] [26] Bee Card was added to Otago's Queenstown Ferries on 26 October 2022. [27] [28] [29]
The current town was founded as Pembroke during the gold rush of the 19th century, and renamed to Wanaka in 1940. [3] Along with the rest of the Queenstown-Lakes District , Wānaka is growing rapidly, with the population increasing by 50% between 2005 and 2015.
InterCity has been the only New Zealand-owned long-distance bus service since Nakedbus was acquired by foreign-owned ManaBus [1] in 2015; ManaBus ceased operating in 2018. [2] In November 2018, InterCity started a new express bus service, SKIP, [3] [4] offering affordable, reliable and faster connections between major North Island cities ...
The Octagon is a major hub for public transport in Dunedin; the bus stops are actually mostly on approaching streets with one main stop in the southwestern quadrant, outside Reading cinema. In 2018, a new bus hub was created close to the corner of Moray Place and Great King Street (one block to the east of George Street), which reduced some of ...