Go Bus Christchurch

Go Bus Christchurch
Founded	1 December 2010
Headquarters	Middleton, Christchurch
Locale	New Zealand
Service area	Christchurch, New Zealand
Service type	Bus service
Routes	1, 5, 7, 27, 44, 60, 80, 85, 87 , 95, 100, 107, 120, 125, 130, 135, 820 and The Orbiter
Destinations	Belfast, Rangiora, Princess Margaret Hospital, Cashmere, Dallington, Hillmorton, Aidanfield, Southshore, Lincoln, Parklands, Waikuku, Pegasus, Redwood, Westlake, Christchurch Airport, Hei Hei, Hornby, Avonhead, Russley, Mount Pleasant, The Palms, Spencerville, Kaiapoi, Burnham, Rolleston, New Brighton
Hubs	Christchurch Bus Interchange
Fleet	MAN (Designline), Volvo B7RLE (Designline), MAN (Kiwi Bus Builders),Yutong Electric, GBV Electric
Fuel type	Diesel
Operator	Kinetic Group
Website	Go Bus Christchurch

Go Bus Christchurch Ltd.^[1] is a bus company owned by Go Bus Transport Ltd. The company started off as Christchurch Bus Services Ltd in 2004.

In November 2010, it was sold to Go Bus Ltd after it was found that Christchurch Bus Services had failed to maintain vehicles and put commuters in danger.^[2]

Routes[edit]

Go Bus Christchurch operate all routes previously operated by Christchurch Bus Services under the Metro brand:

#	Route	Origin	Via	Destination
1	Rangiora and Cashmere	Princess Margaret Hospital & Cashmere	via City	Belfast & Rangiora
7	Halswell and Queenspark	Halswell	via City	Queenspark
5	Rolleston and New Brighton	New Brighton	via City	Hornby & Rolleston
44	Shirley & Dallington	City	Shirley	Dallington
60	Hillmorton/Southshore	Hillmorton	via Barrington	Southshore
80	Lincoln/Parklands	Lincoln	via City	Parklands
95	ARA	City	Pegasus	Waikuku
130	Hei Hei/Avonhead	Hei Hei	via Hornby & Westfield Riccarton	Avonhead
140	Russley/Mt Pleasant	Russley	via Westfield Riccarton & Eastgate	Mt Pleasant

History[edit]

Christchurch Bus Services[edit]

Christchurch Bus Services Ltd operated Metro routes for Environment Canterbury, and private charter services for groups and schools. It was purchased in December 2010 by Go Bus Transport, of Hamilton, New Zealand.

Timaru operations[edit]

Christchurch Bus Services previously operated in Timaru, South Canterbury through its subsidiary Timaru Bus Services, before terminating the contract with 18 months left, due to financial issues. Ritchies Transport gained the five Timaru routes.^[3]

Operation Otautahi Waka[edit]

Operation Otautahi Waka ('Christchurch transport')^[2] was a commercial vehicle check on buses conducted by the New Zealand Police on 18 November 2010.^[4] Christchurch Bus Services Ltd had four buses ordered off the road, which resulted in it being unable to operate a number of routes. These buses returned to duty the following day after repairs. Redbus and Leopard also had buses ordered off the road. Environment Canterbury gave Christchurch Bus Services until 5pm, 19 November 2010 to complete sale negotiations or lose their contracts for a number of routes. After CBS was sold, it was ruled an illegal action on the part of Environment Canterbury by the Courts and CBS owners received the money owed.^{[citation needed]}

Purchase of Leopard urban bus[edit]

In July 2013 Gobus Transport took over the urban operations of Leopard Coachlines, gaining around 90 buses.^[5]

References[edit]

^ "'Christchurch Bus Services Sold' – Environment Canterbury Website". Archived from the original on 22 November 2010. Retrieved 29 December 2010.
^ ^a ^b Gates, Charlie (19 November 2010). "Police take 28 Christchurch buses off the road". The Press. Archived from the original on 21 November 2010. Retrieved 1 October 2011.
^ "'Change in service provider for Timaru Metro services' – Environment Canterbury Website". Archived from the original on 17 June 2011. Retrieved 12 January 2011.
^ 'Safety paramount for bus services' – Environment Canterbury Website Archived 15 December 2010 at the Wayback Machine
^ "Christchurch-based Leopard Coachlines is selling its city bus routes and commuter buses to Hamilton's Go Bus..." Archived 3 September 2014 at the Wayback Machine, stuff.co.nz

External links[edit]

[1] "'Christchurch Bus Services Sold' – Environment Canterbury Website". Archived from the original on 22 November 2010. Retrieved 29 December 2010.

[Stuff.co.nz_4362202-2] Gates, Charlie (19 November 2010). "Police take 28 Christchurch buses off the road". The Press. Archived from the original on 21 November 2010. Retrieved 1 October 2011.

[3] "'Change in service provider for Timaru Metro services' – Environment Canterbury Website". Archived from the original on 17 June 2011. Retrieved 12 January 2011.

[4] 'Safety paramount for bus services' – Environment Canterbury Website Archived 15 December 2010 at the Wayback Machine

[go-5] "Christchurch-based Leopard Coachlines is selling its city bus routes and commuter buses to Hamilton's Go Bus..." Archived 3 September 2014 at the Wayback Machine, stuff.co.nz

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