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Other bus & coach operators
There are a lot of small bus companies that operate scheduled services to regional New Zealand. Many of these companies operate door-to-door shuttle bus services that are often cheaper than the services offered by InterCity. Shuttle bus services are particularly widespread in the South Island.
Scheduled shuttle bus services on the North Island include:
Bay Xpress
Bay Xpress operate a daily coach service linking Wellington with Napier.
Tel 0800 4 BAYXPRESS (0800 422 997)
Website www.bayxpress.co.nz
Dalroy Express
This coach line runs express services between Auckland and the Taranaki region with daily buses in each direction between Auckland and Hawera via New Plymouth, and connecting services from Hamilton to Rotorua and Taupo and from Auckland to Paihia in the Bay of Islands.
Tel (06) 755 0009
Website www.dalroytours.co.nz/express.htm
Go Kiwi Shuttles
Go Kiwi operate door-to-door minibuses on the Coromandel Peninsula with connections to Auckland, Tauranga and Rotorua. They offer a 15% discount if you have a BBH, VIP or HI/YHA card.
Tel 0800 446 549
Website www.go-kiwi.co.nz
Scheduled shuttle bus services on the South Island include:
Akaroa Shuttle
The Akaroa Shuttle operates transport between Christchurch and Akaroa on the Banks Peninsula.
Tel 0800 500 929
Website www.akaroashuttle.co.nz
Astro Coachlines
Astro Coachlines operate a daily coach service from Christchurch to Akaroa and Hanmer Springs.
Tel 0800 800 575
Website www.akaroabus.co.nz
Backpacker Express
Backpacker Express run bus services between Queenstown and Glenorchy, although their main business is transporting people hiking the Greenstone, Caples and Rees/Dart Tracks but both minibus and boat.
Tel 03) 442 993
Website www.glenorchyinfocentre.co.nz
Citibus Newton
This Dunedin-based company runs a coach service that connects with the Taieri Gorge Railway at Middlemarch, making it possible to take the scenic train ride between Dunedin and Middlemarch and continue by coach to Queenstown.
Tel (03) 477 5577
Website www.transportplace.co.nz
The Cook Connection
The Cook Connection runs coach services between Lake Tekapo, Twizel and Aoraki/Mount Cook. They offer discounts if you have a backpackers’ or student card.
Tel 025 583 211
Website www.cookconnect.co.nz
Methven Travel
Methven Travel operates several daily shuttle services linking Methven with Christchurch and Christchurch Airport. They offer discounts if you have a backpackers card.
Tel (03) 302 8106
Website www.methventravel.co.nz
Mount Aspiring Express
Mount Aspiring Express run two daily services between Wanaka and Mount Aspiring National Park.
Tel (03) 443 8422
Website www.adventure.net.nz
Southern Link K Bus
Southern Link K Bus is one of the larger small bus operators with an extensive route network in the South Island. They have bus services linking Christchurch with Dunedin, Queenstown, Picton, Nelson, Golden Bay and the West Coast.
Tel (03) 358 8355
Website www.kbus.co.nz
Topline Tours
Topline Tours runs a daily coach service linking Queenstown and Te Anau.
Tel (03) 442 8178
Website www.toplinetours.co.nz
TrackNet
This company specialises mostly in transport to the main hiking tracks including the Kepler, Milford, Routeburn and Greenstone Tracks. They also operate several daily coach services linking Queenstown with Te Anau and Milford Sound.
Tel (03) 249 7777
Website www.tracknet.net
Wanaka Connexions
Wanaka Connexions run daily services linking Dunedin with Queenstown and Wanaka.
Tel (03) 43 9122
Website www.wanakaconnexions.co.nz
West Coast Shuttle
West Coast Shuttle operate daily coach services linking Greymouth and Christchurch with stops at Arthurs Pass and Christchurch Airport.
Tel (03) 768 0028
Website www.westcoastshuttle.co.nz
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