West and northwest bus improvements

Route 115

The new route 115 will run:

• between Westgate and Whenuapai village via Trig Road
• every 30 minutes from 5:30am to 11pm on weekdays
• every 30 minutes from 6am to 11pm on weekends.

Route 15

Route 15 replaces most of 154 but runs:

• more often — every 15 minutes from 7am to 7pm and every 30 minutes at other times
• weekdays from 4:30am to 11:30pm
• on Saturday from 5am to 11:30pm
• on Sunday from 5:30am to 11:30pm.

It no longer runs on Solar Road, Pisces Road or Sunvue Road.

Route 17

Route 17 replaces 172 but runs more often. It will run:

• every 15 minutes from 7am to 7pm and every 30 minutes at other times
• from 5:30am to 11:40pm weekdays
• from 6am to 11:40pm weekends.

Route 152

Route 152 will run more often. It will run:

• every 15 minutes at peak times on weekdays and every 30 minutes at other times
• on Pisces Road, Solar Road and Sunvue Road
• weekdays from 5:20am to 11:20pm
• weekends from 6:15am to 11:40pm.

It no longer runs on part of Glengarry Road.

Route 111

Route 111 runs more often. The weekend frequency increases to every 30 minutes, instead of hourly.

The last weekend trip will be 30 minutes later, at 10:35pm (from 10:05pm now).

Route 114

Route 114 runs:

• later on weekdays
• Saturdays to 11:02pm (from 8:22pm) to better connect with the ferry.

The later trips will be in an outbound direction only (from the ferry terminal towards Hobsonville village, Whenuapai and Westgate). It will connect with the last 2 ferries from the city.

Route 122

Route 122 runs more often. The weekend frequency increases from every 2 hours to hourly.

It starts slightly earlier and ends slightly later on weekends. It starts at 6:10am instead of 7am and ends 8:40pm instead of 8:30pm.

Route 123

Route 123 runs more often. The weekend frequency increases from every 2 hours to hourly

The weekend service starts earlier at 5:50am instead of 7:30am. It ends slightly later, at 8:30pm instead of 8pm.

Route 125

Route 125 runs slightly later on weekdays to align with weekend hours. The last trip is 9pm instead of 8:30pm.

Route 126

Route 126 runs:

• more often at peak times – the weekday frequency increases to every 30 minutes at peak times in the peak direction (from Westgate to Albany in the morning, and from Albany to Westgate in the evening)
• hourly out of peak.
• more on weekends – there is one additional trip from Albany at 8pm on weekends.

Route 13

Route 13 runs slightly later on weekdays. The service will start at 5:11am instead of 5am. It ends at 12:25am instead of 12:15am.

Route 143

Route 143 will have more trips in the evenings. The weekday and weekend frequency will increase to 30 minutes all day till the end of service at 10:45pm. Before, it was every 30 minutes till 7pm, then hourly.

Route 148

Route 148 runs more often. The weekend frequency increases to every 30 minutes, all day. Before, it was every 40 minutes, all day.

Route 161

Route 161 will:

• run every 30 minutes (instead of hourly)
• end later in the evenings
• start sightly later in the mornings.

Route 162

Route 162 increases to every 30 minutes after 7pm.

Route 186

Route 186 runs later in evenings and earlier on weekends.

Route 191

We planned to change route 191. However, this has been delayed.

Route 195

Route 195 has extra trips at peak times.

Route 170

Route 170 has slight timetable changes. The service will end at 11:20pm instead of 11:10pm on weekdays and Saturdays. On Sundays service will end at 9:20pm instead of 9:10pm.

These improvements are funded by Auckland’s Climate Action Transport Targeted Rate (CATTR), which funds initiatives contributing to the goals of Te Tāruke-ā-Tāwhiri: Auckland’s Climate Action Plan (opens in a new tab). 

This plan sets out Auckland’s path to net zero emissions by 2050 while also adapting to the impacts of climate change.