Fig 2: Types of bus routes in the study area
- Beach Haven / Auckland.
- Beach haven / Takapuna.
- Beach Haven / Highbury.
- Beach Haven / Wairau Park.
- Maritime Tce.
- Verbena Rd / Island bay / Chatswood.
- Berkenhead request bus.
2.1 Beach Haven / Auckland:
There are forty-seven bus trips that leave Beach Haven for Auckland on Mondays ?Fridays. Among these trips twenty-three trips run in the mornings whereas twenty-four trips run in the afternoons (Tables 2a & 2b). All these trips are performed by the 973 and 974 buses that start from Verrans Corner where they usually stay overnight. The 973 bus going to Auckland leaves Beach Haven and travels via Birkdale Rd back to verrans Corner. Then it departs Verrans Corner to Highbury shops and continue to Auckland City where it terminates in front of the Sky Tower on Victoria Street. Similarly, the 974 bus leaves Verrans Corner via Birkdale Rd to Beach Haven and departs Beach Haven via Rangatira Rd to Verrans Corner. From there buses continue to Highbury shops and then to Auckland City.
Table 2 a: Bus service from Beach Haven to Auckland City via Highbury shops (Monday ?Friday mornings)
Bus # Verrans Corner Via Depart Beach-Haven Via DepartVerransCorner DepartHighbury ArriveAucklandCity 974 5:45 B 5:50 R 5:55 6:00 6:15 974 6:00 B 6:10 R 6:15 6:25 6:40 973 6:25 R 6:35 W B 6:45 6:50 7:10 974 6:50 B 7:00 RZ 7:10 7:15 O 7:30 973 7:00 RA 7:10 BZ 7:20 7:25 O 7:45 974 -
