Southern View: October 23, 2018

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Westmorland route change next week
THE NO 45 Westmorland bus is
one of seven Metro services set
to change from next week.
Route 45 will travel from
Westmorland to the CBD, via
Barrington mall. It will also
take a longer route around
Westmorland, providing more
residents with access to the
service.
The current section between
St Martins and Eastgate will be
discontinued.
However, a
new shopper
service, the
155, will be
introduced, to
run between
Lyttelton and
Eastgate via
Stewart
Gibbon
Ferrymead,
The Tannery,
Woolston,
Bromley and Eastgate.
The shopper service will run
three times a day, Monday to
Friday, on a trial basis for 12
months.
There will also be a new
school service (route
641) to Cashmere High
and Christchurch South
Intermediate schools from
Woolston and St Martins.
Earlier this year, Environment
Canterbury consulted on
proposed changes for public
RE-ROUTE: Public transport-users are advised to check their bus routes as changes to some
Metro bus services come into effect on Monday.
transport as part of its Long
Term Plan 2018-28, to help
address a financial shortfall in
the public transport network.
Other routes affected by the
changes will be the 107, 108,
135, 145, 150 and 535, all of
which were originally set to be
axed to fill a $4 million funding
shortfall in February.
The routes had the lowest
patronage in the city, accounting
for 2.3 per cent of all bus travel
between them. After listening to
public feedback throughout the
Long Term Plan process, a final
package of changes was agreed,
and the routes spared.
ECan senior manager public
transport Stewart Gibbon
urged people to check the new
timetables.
“The new timetables are
available now at metroinfo.
co.nz. You can also collect
a timetable from the Bus
Interchange or by calling
Metroinfo on 03 366 8855,” said
Mr Gibbon.
Among the key changes, the
135 and 150 buses will form a
new combined route travelling
to New Brighton via the new
Taiora QE II, retaining the
current connection between
New Brighton and Burwood
Hospital and allowing for more
connections across the northeast
of Christchurch.
Local
News
Now
Fire rages, homes at risk
Free bus for
Linwood
College
students
• By Ashleigh Monk
A FREE bus service will be
provided for Linwood College
students when they move to
the former Avonside Girls’
High site while their school is
rebuilt.
Linwood College will occupy
the site from the middle of next
year until the rebuild is finished
in mid-2021.
The Ministry of Education
will pay for a free bus service
to shuttle students between
Linwood and Avonside.
Linwood College principal
Richard Edmundson said his
“heart gave a leap” when the
ministry offered to fund the
service. He was also excited
about the upcoming rebuild.
“The buildings are a vehicle for
the values and what is important
to the community – that’s what
is at the heart of it.”
Ministry of Education head of
education infrastructure service
Kim Shannon said the bus
service would help “minimise
the impact” of the relocation on
students.
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