Fifty Auckland bus services cancelled during Thursday's morning rush

Tuesday, 26 November 2019

Some of Auckland's major bus routes will be disrupted during peak morning travel on Thursday.

Fifty bus routes operating between 8.15am and 2.45pm on Thursday have been cancelled while more than 700 NZ Bus drivers meet to discuss their collective agreement, Auckland Transport said.

Those routes included the major City, Inner, Outer and Tāmaki Link services and an array of services from the suburbs into central Auckland.

Other disrupted routes included 14T, 14W, 18, 20, 22A, 22N, 22R, 24B, 24R, 24W, 25B, 25L, 27T, 27W, 27H, 30, 68, 75, 82, 105, 106, 110, 122, 125, 128, 129, 162, 252, 295, 321, 650, 670, 751, 755, 762, 774, 775, 781, 801, 806, 807, 814, 843, 871, 923, and 924.

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NZ Bus operates some of Auckland Transport's busiest services across the region, including on Dominion, Sandringham, Mt Eden and Manukau Rds.

Bus services run by other operators, ferries, school buses and trains would run as normal, an Auckland Transport spokesman said.

Auckland Transport was working with NZ Bus to minimise disruption, manager of bus services Darek Koper said.

'We understand that our customers will find this frustrating and apologise for the inconvenience.

'Drivers will return to work as soon as possible after the meeting.'