Major disruptions to Metro routes on Friday 7 November

Due to a driver union meeting, Ōtautahi Christchurch residents may experience bus service disruptions on Friday 7 November.

Routes affected

The following routes will be affected from 9:10am to 2:30pm:

•  1 Rangiora-Cashmere
•  5 Rolleston-New Brighton
• 7 Halswell-Queenspark
• 27 Northwood-Huntsbury
• 44 Shirley-Westmortland
• 60 Hillmorton-Southshore
• 80 Lincoln-Parklands
• 95 Waikuku and Pegasus-City
• 97 Rangiora-Pegasus
• 100 Wigram-The Palms via Riccarton
• 107 Styx Mill-Northlands Mall
• 120 Burnside-Spreydon
• 125 Redwood-Westlake
• 130 Hei Hei-Avonhead
• 135 New Brighton-The Palms
• 820 Burnham/Lincoln via Rolleston
• and the Orbiter

School services will not be affected.

Customers should be aware some trips may end at the city bus interchange from around 9:10am as drivers prepare to attend the meeting.

Kinetic, the operator whose drivers are involved in this meeting, has worked to ensure the remaining routes it services will be unaffected. We expect affected routes to be operating as usual by 2:30pm.

Bus driver union meetings

Each operator’s bus drivers can attend up to two annual union meetings a year, as per their collective agreement, and this is one of them.  

We apologise for the inconvenience and recommend customers plan ahead if they are travelling on public transport on this day.

Thank you for your patience. Affected trips will be removed from our live information on go.metro.co.nz and at bus stops.

Find out more: Updates will be posted to the Metro Facebook page or metro.co.nz.