Māngere bus changes

We're changing bus services in Māngere. These changes will provide better connections to:

• Middlemore Hospital
• train stations
• the airport industrial area.

They will also make it easier to make local trips using buses.

These changes are funded by Auckland’s Climate Action Transport Targeted Rate (CATTR).

Why we are making these changes

Whether people choose to drive, walk, cycle, bus, train or ferry, Auckland Transport is making trips quicker, easier and safer.

This will enable what matters most to Aucklanders – a convenient, well-connected, accessible transport system.

Transport choices will meet the needs of Aucklanders. They can live their lives and enjoy our region now and into the future as we grow.

To achieve the vision, we need:

• great public transport
• an efficient and sustainable transport network
• safe and seamless journeys for everyone.

There will be more trains when City Rail Link opens. These bus services will allow more people to get to more places more often.

The changes

From 2 November 2025

Route 309X will be reduced to two morning and two afternoon trips on weekdays. These services will operate until the City Rail Link opens at which point they will be reviewed. These trips will depart:

• Māngere in the morning at: 6.55am & 7.33am. Arriving at Newmarket at approximately 7.35am & 8.18am. Arriving at the Civic at approximately 7.55am & 8.43am
• the city centre in the afternoon at: 4.57pm & 5.27pm. Arriving at Newmarket at approximately 5.10pm & 5.40pm. Arriving at Māngere town centre at approximately 6.12pm & 6.42pm

Route 309 will get more trips.

A new Route 311 will run between Māngere Bridge and Ōtāhuhu Station through Mahunga Drive. It runs from 5:15am to 11:45pm every 15 to 30 minutes.

A new route layout for Route 326 creates a better connection between Māngere and Middlemore. It will loop around Gray Avenue and sections of Portage Road where there aren’t any buses now. These streets will get new bus stops and pedestrian crossings. It will no longer travel on Māngere Road between Ōtāhuhu College and Ōtāhuhu town centre and train station but there are other options available nearby. It will now run until midnight.

We are making services more frequent on weekends and evenings on routes 31, 32, 33 and 325.

From 12 April 2026

The existing Route 324 will be extended from Māngere town centre to the airport industrial area. For the first time, Buses will be travelling on:

• Westney Road
• Timberly Road
• Verissimo Drive
• Te Kapua Drive
• Landing Drive.

The existing Route 324 route through Seaside Park will be replaced with a new Route 327 beginning and ending at Ōtāhuhu Station. If you are travelling between Seaside Park and Māngere you will need to transfer at Ōtāhuhu.

Timetable improvements

Existing bus services will run more often to make them easier to use.

Routes 31, 32 and 325 will run every 30 minutes in the evening until their last trip. They will start a little earlier and finish about 30 minutes later all week. The Sunday timetable will now be the same as the Saturday timetable.

Route 309 gets an extra morning trip towards the city centre and five afternoon and evening trips from the city centre.

Route 313 gets some timetable changes for better connections with trains.

Route 326 will now run until midnight.

From 12 April 2026, Route 33 will run every 15 minutes after 7pm and every 15 to 20 minutes before 7am.

Changes to N10 night buses

We’re simplifying and improving late night Friday and Saturday bus services.

From Friday 7 November 2025, we will replace the current N10 with a new extended version of Route 30 from the city centre. This will provide a simpler, more frequent bus service. Trips leaving the city centre at 1am, 2am and 3am on Friday and Saturday nights will follow the same route as the N10 all the way to Ōtara.

New bus stops

We need to build new bus stops on:

• Mahunga Drive (Favona)
• Gray Avenue (Māngere East)
• Portage Road (Māngere East)
• Wallace Road (Māngere Bridge)
• Verissimo Drive (Māngere)
• Kirkbride Road (Māngere)
• Timberly Road (Māngere)
• Westney Road (Māngere).

Consultation on these new bus stop and pedestrian crossing facilities took place in July and August 2025. For information on these new bus stops, go to our consultation pages:

Drop-in sessions

Find out more about your new bus services at one of our drop-in information sessions:

Thursday 9 October, 3pm to 7pm, Ōtāhuhu Station

Saturday 11 October, 9am to 12pm, Māngere bus interchange, Bader Drive, Māngere Town Centre

Sunday 12 October, 10am to 1pm, Māngere Bridge Village, Coronation Road, Māngere Bridge