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Revised School Bus Routes for St Thomas’s School

17 December 2018

The parents of St Thomas’s School have spoken and Auckland Transport have listened – new school bus services will be in place for the start of term 1 2019. Auckland Transport will operate one bus on a revised morning service #549, one bus on a revised afternoon service #549, and one bus on a new afternoon service #550. Maps and timetables for the new services are available on our website.
As a result of the changes more bus stops in St Johns will be served, both in the morning and in the afternoon. No bus stops that are in-zone will lose service. The majority of students using the current service will be unaffected.
The new routes will not serve Stonefields.  Auckland Transport is inviting customers currently using the 549 to or from Stonefields to refer to our online Journey Planner (AT.govt.nz/journeyplanner) in January 2019 or call our contact centre in January on 09 366 6400 to find out about alternatives.  Current school route #547 (Panmure – Stonefields – St Johns – Selwyn College) will not be changing so will remain an option for students travelling from Stonefields to St Thomas’s.
Route 549 (one bus) mornings
Route: 20 Norman Lesser Dr (stop 7722), Norman Lesser Dr, (R) Panapa Dr (at the second intersection of Norman Lesser Dr and Panapa Dr – buses travel north on Panapa Dr and clockwise round the loop), (L) Norman Lesser Dr, (R) Truman St, (L) St Johns Rd, (R) Dorchester St, Gowing Dr, (L) St Johns Rd, Kohimarama Rd, (R) Allum St, 113 Allum St (stop 1442).
Timetable  for Route 549
20 Norman Lesser Dr – 7722 08:10
113 Allum St – 1442 08:40
Route 549 (one bus) afternoons
Route : Opp 255 Kohimarama Rd (stop 1422), Kohimarama Rd, St Johns Rd, (R) Gowing Dr, Dorchester St, (L) St Johns Rd, (R) Truman St, (L) Norman Lesser Dr, (R) Panapa Dr (at the first intersection of Norman Lesser Dr and Panapa Dr – buses travel south on Panapa Dr and anticlockwise round the loop), (L) Norman Lesser Dr, 79 Norman Lesser Dr (stop 7725).
Timetable  for Route 549
Opp 255 Kohimarama Rd – 1422 15:10
79 Norman Lesser Dr – 7725 15:35

 

Route 550 (one bus) afternoon
Route: Opp 255 Kohimarama Rd (stop 1422), Kohimarama Rd, St Johns Rd, (R) Gowing Dr, Dorchester St, (R) St Johns Rd, (L) Gerard Way, (L) Norman Lesser Dr, 56 Norman Lesser Dr (stop 1408).
Timetable for Route 550
Opp 255 Kohimarama Rd – 1422 15:10
56 Norman Lesser Dr – 1408 15:30

Dissatisfaction at changes to school busses

31 August 2018

After implementing the New Bus Network, and Auckland Transport’s kind offer to present at our AGM, a group of parents ran a survey on changes to the #549 afternoon school bus. The results – from 60 respondents – are graphed below. Spoiler alert – they don’t love it. We are not only pleased to assist residents to use their voice, but very interested in one of the key priorities coming out of the survey. The top priority was to implement safe crossing opportunities across St Johns Road – possibly near Dorchester St. We’ve been making initial inquiries on this topic for a while now, and look forward to hear AT’s forthcoming response. More on this when we have it, but in the meantime send us any thoughts you might have or join in the Facebook conversation.