Proposed changes to the 020 bus service

Updated: Changes to the 020 Bus service from Tuesday 7 February

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Consultation on the proposed changes to the 020 bus service closed on Friday 4 November 2011.

What happens next?

Once we have analysed your feedback, we will produce a summary of the feedback and make it available on this website.

If the proposed changes are made they will be advertised in advance.

Why are we proposing the changes?

The proposed changes are to address feedback received on the recent changes to Western Bays and Freemans Bay bus services (which were implemented on 21 August 2011) and to address feedback received on the more recent change to the start and finish of the 020 route at the Westmere shops end.

Auckland Transport is investigating a possible revision of the 020 bus route through Freemans Bay.  Previous services such as the 015 and 017 cannot be reinstated at no or very little extra cost, however, a link to Karangahape Rd can be restored by changing the route of the 020.

The changes proposed here are to address immediate issues. Auckland Transport will still undertake a review of all Western Bays and LINK services in the first half of 2012 which may result in further refinements.

What are the proposed changes?

• Diverting the 020 via Howe St, K Rd and Vincent St to restore the connection from Westmere, Richmond Rd and Freemans Bay to K Rd.  This is likely to increase journey times to and from the central city by about 5 minutes.
  
• Providing a quicker peak option to/from the city centre for Westmere and Richmond Rd customers with five morning and five evening peak trips that would run via the Hopetoun St Bridge as an 020 Express (020X)
  
• Reinstating the start and finish of the route at the Westmere shops (on Garnet Rd, near Oban Rd and Faulder Ave)

Current 020 trips that would become 020 Express (020X) trips

• The 020 and 020X would continue to travel along Albert St instead of Queen St, and would not be extended to Three Lamps.

• Apart from the route changes, the current 020 scheduled timetable would stay the same with the same frequency of service.

See route maps below for further details.

020 Route Map

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020x Route Map

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Who is making the changes?

Auckland Transport is leading this project. Key stakeholders Auckland Council and NZ Bus, who operate Metrolink, have also been involved in developing this service proposal.

This consultation closed on Friday 4 November 2011