The Campaign For Better Transport

Point Chevalier residents can now catch a direct bus to Newmarket between 7 – 9am and back again between 3pm – 6.10pm on weekdays, starting on the 1st November.

The service is in addition to its regular hourly service operating between 9.15am – 5.45pm on Saturdays.

Scott Macarthur, the director of Macarthur Buslines, says the changes are primarily directed at students so that they can use the existing service to travel to and from school. The new 3.10pm and 3.50pm service will however offer a further option for employees or shoppers in Newmarket who are wanting to get back to Kingsland or Pt Chevalier.

The move is supported by the Newmarket Business Association.

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Scott Macarthur’s Pt Chev to Newmarket service is now running week days.
In the morning services leave to Pt Chevalier at 7.05am, 7.45am, 8.30am.
In the afternoon services leave Newmarket at 4.30pm, 5.18pm, 6.10pm.

Those wanting to travel from Point Chevalier to Newmarket currently need to catch the 045 service and then transfer at Karangahape Road. The total cost of such a journey is $4.80. Macarthur Buslines offers a direct route to Newmarket for $3.20 – saving you time and money!

More at http://www.mbl.net.nz/

As reported in the Herald, Scott Macarthur has started a weekend only bus service between Pt Chev and Newmarket.  From Pt Chev, the service runs Pt Chev / Meola / Moa / Gt North Road, before crossing under the motorway to run along Levona / Fourth Ave / New North Rd / View Rd / Mountain Rd / Khyber Pass / Broadway.

The east-bound timetable is here in PDF form: Pt Chev – Newmarket East Timetable.  The west-bound timetable is here.  We wish Scott all the best with this service, it is great to see an independent giving it a go.