Public transport in Dunedin

Public transport in Dunedin, New Zealand is mainly by bus. Three bus companies operate routes under their respective brands, co-branded with the Otago Regional Council as "GoBus". There are 18 weekday routes and 12 weekend/public holiday routes.

Bus fares are paid for by cash, or by the electronic ticketing system "GoCard" which replaced paper multi-trip tickets in November 2007.

Bus operators

The GoBus network is operated with over 55 low floor wheelchair-accessible buses, and a further 2-3 non-wheelchair accessible buses mainly used at peak hours. Bus route service contracts are often split between weekday services and weeknight-weekend-holiday services. There are currently (in 2011) three local bus companies:

• Passenger Transport-Citibus (also known under their pre-merger names: Dunedin Passenger Transport and Citibus) operates the great majority of weekday routes, and all evening/weekend/public holiday routes.
• Ritchies Transport operates weekday services to Pine Hill, Opoho, Lookout Point and Shiel Hill
• Mosgiel Coach Services operates one service to Kaikorai Valley and Concord

Routes

Designline-built low-floor suburban buses operated by Passenger Transport-Citibus at their Transport Place depot

Weekdays and Saturdays

Weekday and Saturday services run Monday to Friday from 6:30am to between 6:00pm and 7:00pm (depending on route), when the Weekday evening services take over, and from about 7am to 10pm on Saturdays.

Most bus routes from the north and west are interconnected with routes from the south, with buses continuing from one route through to the other, forming one long bus route. For example, buses from Pine Hill continue though the Octagon to Lookout Point, and vice versa. Buses are signed through to their destination, so a bus from Pine Hill will be signed "40 Lookout Point", not "5 Octagon" and then "40 Lookout Point" (unless the bus terminates at the Octagon).

All services except Ravensbourne Hill and Palmerston are required to accept wheelchairs, and some are required to accept bikes as indicated in the table; bike and wheelchair accepting buses may appear on other routes from time to time.

	Route numbers	Outer terminus	via	Central terminus	Interconnected route(s)	Notes
	1/2	Palmerston	Waikouaiti, Karitane, Waitati	Dunedin Cumberland Street	-	Special fares apply
	3/4	Garden Village	Glenleith, Gardens, University, George Street	Octagon	23/24 Ocean Grove
	5/6	Pine Hill	Gardens, George Street	Octagon	39/40 Lookout Point
	8/9	Normanby	Gardens, George Street	Octagon	28/29 St Clair
	10/11	Opoho	Gardens, George Street	Octagon	21/22 Shiel Hill
	13/14	Port Chalmers Harrington Street	Port Chalmers Central, Sawyers Bay, Roseneath, St Leonards, Burkes, Ravensbourne, Fertilizer Works, Logan Park, University (inbound), George Street (inbound), Octagon (inbound)	Countdown Cumberland Street	-
	17/18	Portobello	Edwards Bay, Turnbulls Bay, Broad Bay, Company Bay, Macandrew Bay, The Cove, Exchange	Centre City New World	-
	19/20	Highcliff	Waverley, Musselburgh (outbound), Exchange	Centre City New World	-
	21/22	Shiel Hill	Musselburgh, Exchange	Octagon	10/11 Opoho
	23/24	Ocean Grove	Bay Cemetery, Cargills Corner, Exchange	Octagon	3/4 Garden Village
	25/26	St Kilda	Cargills Corner, Exchange	Octagon	53/55 Brockville 57/58 Halfway Bush
	28/29	St Clair	Cargills Corner, Exchange	Octagon	8/9 Normanby
	32/34	Corstorphine	Kew, Cargills Corner, Exchange	Octagon
	33/35	Corstorphine	Caversham, Exchange	Octagon
	37/38	Concord	Kenmure, Bradford, Kaikorai, Moana Pool, Octagon (outbound), George Street (outbound)	University	-
	39/40	Lookout Point / Calton Hill Template:Ref	Caversham, Exchange	Octagon	5/6 Pine Hill
	50/51	Helensburgh	Wakari, Kaikorai, Moana Pool, Octagon George Street	University
	53/55	Brockville	Halfway Bush, Kaikorai, Moana Pool, George Street (inbound)	Octagon	25/26 St Kilda
	57/58	Halfway Bush	Brockville, Bradford, Kaikorai, Moana Pool, George Street (inbound)	Octagon	25/26 St Kilda
	59/60	Bradford	Belleknowles, Belgrave Crescent, City Rise, Octagon, George Street	University	-
	61/62	Kenmure	Mornington, Octagon, George Street	University	-
	63/64	Balaclava	Mornington, Octagon, George Street	University	-
	66/67	Belgrave Crescent	Roslyn, Maori Hill, Prospect Park, University, George Street	Octagon	-
	70/71	Brighton	Ocean View, Waldronville, Green Island, Burnside, Caversham, Cargills Corner (inbound), Exchange, Octagon	Centre City New World	-
	72/73	Abbotsford McKinlay Road	Abbotsford Central, Green Island, Burnside, Caversham, Cargills Corner (inbound), Exchange, Octagon	Centre City New World	-
	74/75	Green Island	Burnside, Caversham, Cargills Corner (inbound), Exchange, Octagon	Centre City New World	-
	76/77	Mosgiel Centre Street	Mosgiel Gordon Road, Fairfield, Sunnyvale, Green Island, Burnside, Caversham, Cargills Corner (inbound), Exchange, Octagon	Centre City New World	-
	78/79	Mosgiel Centre Street	Mosgiel Centre Road, Dunedin Southern Motorway, Exchange, Octagon	Centre City New World	-	Mosgiel Express
	80/81	Mosgiel Gordon Road	Mosgiel East, Gordon Road, Mosgiel West	Mosgiel Gordon Road	-	Mosgiel Loop

Key

• Template:Fontcolor Route operated by Passenger Transport Citibus
• Template:Fontcolor Route operated by Ritchies
• Template:Fontcolor Route operated by Mosgiel Coach Services
• All buses on route are required to be wheelchair-accessible
• Buses on route are required to be fitted with bike racks

Notes

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• Bike racks and wheelchair accessibility are available on many other routes in addition to those on which they are required

Weekday evenings, Sundays and Public Holidays

Weekday evenings services operate from about 6pm to 11pm and Sundays and Public Holidays services run from about 9am to 6pm. All services are operated by Passenger Transport Citibus, and they all accept wheelchairs and bikes.

Route numbers	From/returning to	via	Notes
7	Octagon	George Street, Gardens, Pine Hill, Opoho
8/9	Octagon	George Street, Gardens, Normanby	interconnects with 28/29 St Clair
13/14	Countdown Cumberland Street	Logan Park, Fertilizer Works, Ravensbourne, Burkes, St Leonards, Roseneath, Sawyers Bay, Port Chalmers, Harrington Street
17/18	Centre City New World	Exchange, The Cove, Macandrew Bay, Company Bay, Broad Bay, Turnbulls Bay, Edwards Bay, Portobello
27	Octagon	Exchange, Cargills Corner, St Kilda, Musselburgh, Shiel Hill	not Saturday daytimes
27B	Octagon	Exchange, Cargills Corner, St Kilda	Saturday daytime
27C	Octagon	Exchange, Cargills Corner (return only), Musselburgh, Shiel Hill	Saturday daytime
28/29	Octagon	Exchange, Cargills Corner, St Clair	interconnects with 8/9 Normanby
36	Octagon	Exchange, Cargills Corner, Kew, Corstorphine, Caversham
56	Octagon	George Street (return only), Moana Pool, Kaikorai, Brockville, Halfway Bush, Wakari Hospital
65	Octagon	Mornington, Balaclava, Lookout Point, Kenmure	continues to University Saturday daytime
68	Octagon	City Rise, Roslyn, Maori Hill, University, George Street
69	Octagon	Moana Pool, Kaikorai, Wakari, Helensburgh, Maori Hill, Gardens, University, George Street
70/71	Centre City New World	Octagon, Exchange, Cargills Corner (return only), Caversham, Burnside, Green Island, Waldronville, Ocean View, Brighton
72/73	Centre City New World	Octagon, Exchange, Cargills Corner (return only), Caversham, Burnside, Green Island, Abbotsford, McKinlay Road	not Sundays or Public holidays
74/75	Centre City New World	Octagon, Exchange, Cargills Corner (return only), Caversham, Burnside, Green Island
76/77	Centre City New World	Octagon, Exchange, Cargills Corner (return only), Caversham, Burnside, Green Island, Sunnyvale, Fairfield, Mosgiel, Centre Street

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Other transport services

A Super Shuttle service to Dunedin International Airport, operated by Tourism Transport, loads a passenger at Dunedin Railway Station

Taxi companies in Dunedin include the following:

• City Taxis
• Dunedin Taxis
• United Taxis Dunedin

There are no conventional bus services to Dunedin International Airport: this airport is served by a large fleet of shuttle vans provided by several operators including most of the local taxi companies. Airport shuttle vans typically travel non-stop to or from the airport and meander about the city and suburbs picking up or dropping passengers at each address.

Organising public transport in Dunedin

GoBus sticker

The vast majority of Dunedin's bus network is designed, specified, contracted and subsidised by the Otago Regional Council and funded by ratepayers. Buses use the individual companies' livery with Otago Regional Council GoBus stickers added. A couple of bus routes are operated commercially outside the Regional Council's control but still under the GoBus brand. All services are regulated by the New Zealand Transport Agency (NZTA). The Dunedin City Council has no administrative role other than as provider of the road infrastructure (with the exception of State Highways, for which NZTA is the provider), street furniture such as signs and seats and regulation of parking at bus stops. However, the city council is involved in discussions with the regional council over taking over the management of public transport.

Fares

All GoBus services except the Palmerston service operate on a zone-based fare scheme. There are seven concentric fare zones, with Zone 1 containing central Dunedin, and Zone 7 containing Mosgiel, Brighton, and Harington Point. The Palmerston service operates independently of the zone system.

Fares are either paid in cash to the driver of the bus, or by GoCard. The GoCard is a radio frequency identification stored value card, similar to London's Oyster Card and identical (except for branding) to the Metrocard used for public transport in Christchurch. GoCards can be bought from the bus driver, or from Otago Regional Council or Dunedin City Council offices for $5, with a minimum top-up value of $10.

From 1 October 2010, GoBus fares are:

Zones	Cash		GoCard
	Adult	Child	Adult	Concession	Child
One	$1.90	$1.30	$1.75	$1.46	$1.20
Two	$2.60	$1.60	$2.30	$1.92	$1.47
Three	$3.20	$1.90	$2.85	$2.38	$1.75
Four	$3.70	$2.40	$3.31	$2.76	$2.12
Five	$4.50	$2.60	$4.05	$3.37	$2.30
Six	$5.50	$3.20	$4.97	$4.14	$2.85
Seven	$6.40	$3.90	$5.80	$4.83	$3.50

History of public transport in Dunedin

The Dunedin City Council operated other forms of public transport — the Dunedin cable tramway system (similar to the famous San Francisco cable cars) operated between 1881 and 1957; electric trams operated on several routes from 1900 to 1956; and trolleybuses from 1950 to 1982.

New Zealand Government Railways Department operated Commuter trains from the Dunedin Railway Station to Wingatui and Mosgiel, and to Port Chalmers until 1982 and 1979, respectively. They also operated motor buses to the suburbs of Warrington, Cherry Farm, Brighton, Outram, Mosgiel.

In early times, there were ferries connecting the central city to Port Chalmers and Portobello, but these ceased in the 1930s when road connections along the harbour's edge were improved.

Former public transport operators companies in Dunedin include Turnbulls (Dunedin to Portobello); Newtons (Dunedin to Waverley), Otago Road Services (Dunedin to the suburbs of Green Island, Abbotsford and Fairfield) and Cesta Travel, later called Southeastern (a wide range of routes at various times).

The Taieri Gorge Railway has expressed interest in running a reinstated commuter rail service in Dunedin, but has no plans to proceed with the idea without funding. The Otago Regional Council is opposed, maintaining that Dunedin's passenger transport requirements are being adequately served by the bus system.

External links

• Otago Regional Council

• Otago Regional Council
• Citibus
• [getthetrain.blogspot.com Get the Train]