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How to plan your trip

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Planning your journey is as easy as choosing the way you prefer to do it!

Journey Planner

You can plan your journey by using the search on the homepage of our website. Put in your destination, and then follow the prompts to find the best trip for you.

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Please note: 

Our school bus network does not show in Journey Planner. You can still use the search to find a particular school bus timetable, or you can visit our Timetable pages to find your school bus.

Live tracking

Live tracking helps you find out how far away your bus is.

Find it on our individual Timetable pages.

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Please note

The following routes do not have live tracking.

  • Our school bus network
  • 15a Ruatahuna via Murupara
  • 85 Waihi Beach
  • 101 Whakatane to Tauranga
  • 102 Rotorua to Tauranga
  • 104 Murupara to Rotorua
  • 105 Tauranga to Rotorua
  • 131 Matata 
  • 150 Potaka

Transit App

Transit is a mobile app that shows real-time tracking and information relating to the city’s bus network in Tauranga, Whakatāne and Rotorua. 

Download Transit from the App Storeopen_in_new.

Download Transit from Google Playopen_in_new.