Greater Wellington Regional Council has reviewed the Hutt Valley bus services and made some changes to make sure they meet people’s needs as much as possible, and that they’re being run as efficiently as possible. They found that some services are not able to meet high levels of demand, while others are not being used much at all.
As a result GWRC made some changes to meet demand, make travel times more reliable and improve connections between bus and train services. This is a part of their Public Transport Plan to make rail, bus and ferry services more efficient and more reliable.
The information below comes into effect on Sunday 20 November 2016. If you want to view and print the new timetables, visit metlink.org.nz from Monday 31 October.
If you have any further questions please contact Metlink on the details provided below or call our Contact Centre on 0800 801 700.
This information lets you know about the upcoming changes to bus services in your area.
Most of the changes are relatively minor schedule adjustments to make the service flow better and be more integrated.
However, in some cases we are altering routes to free up a bus for a high use area that is struggling to meet customer demand.
The new timetables can be viewed and printed by visiting metlink.org.nz.
A number of changes to the Hutt Valley bus services are being made. The changes are aimed at adding more services, improving timetable reliability and better reflecting actual journey times, due to changes in traffic conditions.
Most of the changes are relatively minor schedule adjustments to make the service flow better and be more integrated.
However, in some cases we are altering routes to free up a bus for a high use area that is struggling to meet customer demand.
The new timetables can be viewed and printed by visiting metlink.org.nz.
A number of changes to the Hutt Valley bus services are being made. The changes are aimed at adding more services, improving timetable reliability and better reflecting actual journey times, due to changes in traffic conditions.
The changes include:
- New and additional peak and Sunday evening services
- The Gillespies Road extension of the route will stop and the buses moved into other sections of the route to improve reliability.
Route 120 – Stokes Valley
An update to the timetable will improve bus connections with the train services at Taita Station.
Route 130 – Naenae and Moera
The Judd Crescent section of the route will stop and buses placed into other sections of the route to improve service reliability where passenger use is higher.
Route 145 – Belmont
Route 145 will change as follows:
- A new daytime* service to and from Lower Hutt will depart every hour in each direction
- The frequency of buses during peak* times will change from 20 minutes to 40 minutes. Timed connections with Melling Station will continue.
Route 154 – Korokoro
New peak and daytime buses between Korokoro and Petone Station (except school buses) will terminate at Petone Station. Passengers wishing to continue to Queensgate can transfer to Routes 110 and 130 at Petone Station or Route 83 at Jackson Street.
The school buses will continue to travel to schools and students will not need to change buses.
Route 160/170 – Wainuiomata
Buses from Wainuiomata will terminate at Queensgate. Customers wanting to continue to Hutt Hospital can use Routes 110,120 or 121 at Queensgate, these services provide frequent all-day trips. The timetable changes are being made to improve service reliability.
* Approximate times of the morning peak is 7:00am – 9:00am; afternoon peak is 4.30 – 6:00pm. Daytime refers to any trip made between morning and afternoon peak periods.