GO Wellington

GO Wellington

Bus in GO Wellington livery
Parent	NZ Bus (Infratil)
Locale	New Zealand
Service area	Wellington
Service type	Public transport in Wellington
Fuel type	Diesel, electricity
Website	gowellingtonbus.co.nz

GO Wellington is the brand name of Wellington City Transport Ltd, the Wellington subsidiary of NZ Bus, in New Zealand. The company was branded Stagecoach Wellington by its previous owner, the Stagecoach Group. The current name and a new livery were announced in November 2006 by NZ Bus owner Infratil. It is an operator of bus routes in Greater Wellington Regional Council's Metlink network.

History

Wellington City Transport operated trams, buses, a cable car and trolley buses, tracing its history back to 1904. It built and operated the first municipal electric tramway system in New Zealand. Later the department acquired the cable car company.

Fleet

As at February 2010:

Designline trolleybus 344

• 16 x MAN 12.223 39-seat buses, numbered between 1310 and 1324 (in service 2002) and 1361 (Ex-Otago Road Services 31)
• 29 x MAN 17.223 51-seat buses, numbered in the 14xx (in service 2004) and 24xx ranges (in service 2005)
• 2 x MAN 10.160 30-seat buses ex-Stagecoach Auckland Link in 2003, numbered 1296, 1297
• 36 x MAN 11.190 39-seat buses in service between 1996 & 1997, numbered between 622-639 and 641-658
• 24 x MAN 11.190 39-seat buses in service 1999, numbered between 757 and 780
• 10 x MAN 16.200 39-seat buses in service between 1989 & 1991, numbered between 171 and 180
• 1 x MAN 16.240 41-seat bus in service 1991, was Wellington City Transport sightseeing bus 181
• 3 x MAN SL243 53-seat buses transferred from Stagecoach Auckland in 2001, numbered 1131, 1132, 1133
• 2 x MAN SL200 45-seat buses ex-Stagecoach Auckland in 2007, used as temporary trolleybus replacement, numbered 1686, 1687
• 25 x MAN SL202 45-seat buses numbered between 141 and 170 (in service 1987-1989; 150, 158, 161, 165, 169 were transferred to Cityline Auckland in 1995, later part of Stagecoach Auckland)
• 2 x Mercedes-Benz 709D 25-seat buses numbered 39 and 40, transferred from Cityline Hutt Valley in 2002
• 2 x Volvo B10M 41-seat single door buses numbered 25 and 26 (ex Stagecoach Flyer, transferred from Stagecoach in Hong Kong)
• 2 x Volvo B10M 45-seat buses numbered 1299 and 1300 (ex Yellow Bus Company in Auckland via Cityline Hutt Valley)
• 1 x Leyland Leopard 4-seat bus numbered 480 utilised as a mobile stage
• 3 x Designline SLF 39-seat trolleybuses 301 (rebuild of 206), 302, 303
• 56 x Designline SLF 42-seat trolleybuses numbered 331-387.
• 13 x Scania K270UB 6x2 49-seat buses numbered between 2111 and 2123.

Proposed re-powering

In April 2016, NZ Bus announced that it would repower several buses with Wrightspeed gas-turbine hybrid powertrains.^[1]

Metlink routes

Route	Start	Via	End	Service Type/ Comments
1	Railway Station	Courtenay Place Wellington Hospital	Island Bay	Daily full-time High frequency (daytime 12 mins Mon-Sat, 15 mins Sun) Trolleybus
2	Railway Station	Courtenay Place Hataitai Kilbirnie	Miramar	Daily full-time High frequency (daytime 15 mins Mon-Sat, 20 mins Sun) Trolleybus
3	Karori Park	Glenmore St Courtenay Place Wellington Hospital Kilbirnie	Lyall Bay	Daily full-time High frequency (daytime 10 mins Mon-Fri, 15 mins weekend) Trolleybus
3	Courtenay Place	Glenmore St	Karori West	Mon-Fri peak
3	Courtenay Place	Glenmore St	South Karori	Mon-Fri peak
4	Railway Station	Courtenay Place Adelaide Rd Island Bay	Happy Valley	Mon-Fri peak
5	Railway Station	Courtenay Place Hataitai	Hataitai School	Mon-Fri peak Trolleybus
6	Railway Station	Courtenay Place Hataitai Kilbirnie	Lyall Bay	Mon-Fri peak Trolleybus
7	Railway Station	Willis St/ Victoria St Brooklyn	Kingston	Daily full-time Trolleybus
8	Railway Station	Willis St/ Victoria St Brooklyn	Kowhai Park	Mon-Fri peak to peak
9	Railway Station	Willis St/ Victoria St Brooklyn	Aro Street	Mon-Fri peak to peak Trolleybus
10	Railway Station	Massey University Wellington Hospital	Newtown Park Zoo	Mon-Fri peak to peak Trolleybus
11	Railway Station	Massey University Wellington Hospital Kilbirnie	Seatoun	Daily full-time High frequency (daytime 15 mins Mon-Sat, 30 mins Sun) Trolleybus
13	Courtenay Place	Glenmore St Northland	Mairangi	Mon-Fri peak
14	Wilton	Wadestown Molesworth St/ Murphy St Courtenay Place Roseneath Hataitai	Kilbirnie	Daily full-time
17	Railway Station	Victoria University	Karori Park	Mon-Fri peak to peak
18	Karori Park	Victoria University Ghuznee St Massey University Wellington Hospital Kilbirnie	Miramar	Campus Connection Mon-Fri peak to peak
20	Highbury	Victoria University Courtenay Place	Mount Victoria Lookout	Mon-Fri peak to peak
21	Karori Mall (displays Wrights Hill)	Wrights Hill Glenmore St Massey University Vogeltown	Kingston (displays Vogeltown)	Mon-Fri peak to peak
22	Mairangi	Victoria University Courtenay Place Wellington Hospital National Hockey Stadium Southgate	Island Bay (displays Southgate)	Mon-Fri peak to peak
23	Mairangi	Victoria University Courtenay Place Wellington Hospital Newtown Park Zoo	Southgate/Houghton Bay	Daily full-time
24	Railway Station	Te Papa/ Courtenay Place Oriental Bay Evans Bay Kilbirnie Maupuia	Miramar Shops (displays Miramar Heights)	Mon-Fri peak to peak
25	Railway Station	Courtenay Place Hataitai Kilbirnie Devonshire Rd	Strathmore	Mon-Fri am peak (inbound only)
28	Miramar (Ira Street)		Strathmore (Sidlaw St)	Beacon Hill Shuttle Mon-Fri peak Connects with route 30 Seatoun Express
29	Newtown (John Street)	Kingston Brooklyn Island Bay Shops Happy Valley	Island Bay (Dover St)	Southern Shopper Mon-Fri interpeak
30	Railway Station	Courtenay Place Non-stop via Hataitai Caledonia St Seatoun	Scorching Bay Moa Point (displays Breaker Bay)	Seatoun Express Mon-Fri peak
31	Railway Station	Courtenay Place Non-stop via Hataitai Miramar Cutting Miramar Shops	Miramar North	Miramar North Express Mon-Fri peak
32	Railway Station	Courtenay Place Non-stop Adelaide Rd Island Bay	Houghton Bay	Island Bay Express Mon-Fri peak
43	Strathmore	Miramar Cutting Kilbirnie Wellington Hospital Courtenay Place Thorndon Quay Ngaio Gorge Rd Khandallah Homebush Rd Thorndon Quay Courtenay Place Wellington Hospital Kilbirnie Miramar Cutting	Strathmore	Mon-Sat full-time Sun full-time, Strathmore to Khandallah only
44	Strathmore	Miramar Cutting Kilbirnie Wellington Hospital Courtenay Place Thorndon Quay Homebush Rd Khandallah Ngaio Gorge Rd Thorndon Quay Courtenay Place Wellington Hospital Kilbirnie Miramar Cutting	Strathmore	Mon-Sat full-time Sun full-time, Khandallah to Strathmore only
45	Brandon Street	Thorndon Quay Ngaio Gorge Rd Ngaio	Khandallah	Mon-Fri peak
46	Courtenay Place	Thorndon Quay Homebush Rd Khandallah Station	Broadmeadows	Mon-Fri peak
47	Newtown	Wellington Ngaio Khandallah	Johnsonville	Mon-Fri during university terms

See also

• Trolleybuses in Wellington
• Public transport in the Wellington Region
• Transport in New Zealand
• 2008 GO Wellington dispute

References

1. New Zealand Adopts Wrightspeed Jet And Battery Power For Buses, Forbes 2016-04-22, viewed 2016-05-22

External links

• Official website