Industrial action means NZ Bus services are not operating.
Bus routes operated by NZ Bus that will be impacted
CityLink, InnerLink, OuterLink, TāmakiLink, 14T, 14W, 18, 20, 22A, 22N, 22R, 24B, 24R, 24W, 25B, 25L, 27T, 27W, 27H, 30, 68, 75, 82, 101, 105, 106, 110, 122, 125, 125X, 128, 129, 162, 252, 253, 221X, 223X, 243X, 248X, 295, 321, 650, 670, 751, 755, 762, 774, 775, 781, 801, 802, 806, 807, 814, 842, 843, 871, 923, and 924.
This includes school buses operated by NZ Bus.
Bus services run by other operators are not affected and train and ferry services will run as normal
Limited services
Limited buses services will operate along Dominion Road and Mt Eden Road from Monday 9 December, operated by Ritchies
Dominion Road, Route 25
From Mt Roskill Shops:
- First bus 6.30am approximately every 15 minutes until 10am
- From 10am approximately every 30 minutes until 4pm
- From 4pm approximately every 15 minutes until last bus 6.15pm.
From Civic Centre, Route 25
- First bus 7.15am approximately every 15 minutes until 8.45am
- From 8.45am approximately every 30 minutes until 3.45pm
- From 3.45pm approximately every 15 minutes until last bus 7pm.
Mt Eden Road, Route 27
From Three Kings
- First bus 6.30am approximately every 15 minutes until 10am
- From 10am approximately every 30 minutes until 4pm
- From 4pm approximately every 15 minutes until last bus 6.15pm.
From Britomart (Commerce Street), Route 27
- First bus 7.15am approximately every 15 minutes until 9.45am
- From 9.45am approximately every 30 minutes until 3.45pm
- From 3.45pm approximately every 15 minutes until last bus 7pm.
A full list of impacted services is available on the Auckland Transport website, Facebook, Twitter and real-time updates are on AT Mobile. Please check before you travel and plan your journey in advance.
Bus services operated by companies other than NZ Bus will continue as scheduled, as will train and ferry services. There will be some buses operated on affected routes but this service will be limited.
If your service is affected, AT encourages customers to plan alternative travel arrangements including possibly other routes. The train may be an option for some commuters.
Industrial action
The industrial action follows the rejection by First Union and Tramways Union of a pay offer from the bus company NZ Bus for drivers. The industrial action included non-operation of some services and drivers not collecting fares via the AT HOP ticketing system.
Auckland Transport purchases full-service provision from bus companies such as NZ Bus via service contracts, including employment of bus drivers and the collection of fares on behalf of AT. Normally AT would bear any change in fare revenue and passenger demand, but not when employees are carrying out industrial action and not collecting any fares, which falls on the bus company as the employer of drivers. AT does not own buses or employ drivers.
AT understands that NZ Bus received notification on Tuesday evening from First Union and Tramways for the continued non-collection of fares. In response, NZ Bus has suspended drivers who are not collecting fares, and suspended those resulting services. NZ Bus is unable to pay drivers to operate if fares are not being collected.
NZ Bus operates 30 to 35 per cent of Auckland’s bus services and around 70,000 passenger trips could be affected. NZ Bus operates some of the busiest routes along Dominion, Sandringham, Mt Eden and Manukau Roads, as well as other routes across the wider Auckland region and the LINK services.
Auckland Transport apologises for any inconvenience and will have ambassadors at key locations tomorrow to assist commuters.
