The Wrong Side of my Car
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Wsomc’s handy old network to new network translator
And here comes the new public transport network for the North Shore. So, let’s have a look at the improvements around me, in the Kaipātiki area:
That looks familiar. Really familiar…
Because it is. With all the ridges and gullies in the area, there’s only so many places where we can have bus routes:
So, since the new network isn’t really that new, here’s a handy translation table:
| Old | New |
|---|---|
| 971 | 931 |
| 972 | 933 |
| 973 and 974 | 97B and 97R *1 |
| 975 and 976 | 942 *2 |
| 966 | 966 |
| 955 and 958 | 95B and 95C |
| 957 | 917 |
| That mothly bunch of lines around Northcote | That new mothly bunch of lines around Northcote |
If you want to go to Rangatira Road you should catch the ‘B’ variane and not the ‘R’ variant. The letter indicates where the bus terminates.
This bus doesn't loop back to Verrans Corner but terminates in Beachhaven. It also goes via Akoranga instead of Smales Farm. My guess: this avoids the debilitating congestion at peak hours on Northcote Road. Akoranga Drive has bus lanes.
There’s a few new things though:
- Subtle but important: the big lines now also run at a decent frequency on Sunday.
- 941 goes straight from Beachhaven to Glenfield.
But, disappointingly:
- Still no frequent cross-town route, meaning Kaipātiki remains isolated from Takapuna and the busway (for those without a car).
- The route of 95C could provide a frequent service to Constellation Drive station, where you can connect to the NEX and the new 83 line. But nope, it diverges from 95B after Glenfield.
As a side note, across the motorway, the east coast area gets a much simpler and probably more reliable service pattern. I lived in Milford for a while, and man, those services sucked.
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