Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
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. [3] By the 1970s, NZRRS offered a nationwide service.
Dunedin's public transport system is based around buses, and formerly, trams, and the Dunedin cable car. There are 20 routes, covering the Dunedin area (including Mosgiel and Port Chalmers), plus a service to Waikouaiti and Palmerston. Services are operated privately by Ritchies and Go Bus, on routes and fares determined by Otago Regional ...
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.
An extra evening South Island Main Trunk (SIMT) passenger service for businessmen, to compete with the Starliner private buses on the Christchurch to Dunedin route, started in March 1953 with first-class, steam-heated NZR 56-foot carriages attached to overnight express freights 138 and 151 between Monday to Thursday, [7] departing Christchurch ...
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]
South Island Limited Overview Service type Express Status Replaced First service 1 August 1949 Last service 1 December 1970 Successor Southerner Former operator(s) New Zealand Railways Department (NZR) Route Termini Christchurch Invercargill Line(s) used Main South Line Technical Track gauge 1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in) The South Island Limited was a passenger express train operated by the New Zealand ...
InterCity is the direct successor to New Zealand Railways Road Services long-distance routes. New Zealand Railways' rail and road services were combined in 1985 as the Passenger Business Group of the New Zealand Railways Corporation. InterCity began in 1987 as the brand for long-distance rail and road services. [citation needed]
South Island rail network map (as of 2006) Shunting yard in Dunedin on the Main South Line portion of the SIMT. Locomotives visible are of the DC, DFT, and DSG classes.. The Main North Line between Picton and Christchurch and the Main South Line between Lyttelton and Invercargill, running down the east coast of the South Island of New Zealand, are sometimes together referred to collectively as ...