Red Bus Ltd
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Red Bus Ltd is a bus operator in Christchurch, New Zealand. Red Bus provides bus services around Christchurch with a fleet of 200 buses, which mainly consists of Designline super low floor buses.
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[edit] Routes
Red Bus operate most of the routes radiating from the central city to the inner suburbs:
- 3 - Avonhead-Sumner
- 5 - Hornby-Southshore
- 5X - Southshore Express
- 7 - Halswell
- 10 - Cashmere-Airport Via Harewood
- 12 - Northwood
- 14 - Nunweek
- 16 - Belfast
- 17 - Barrington - Bryndwr
- 18 - St Albans-Huntsbury
- 19 - Burnside-Spreydon
- 28 - Lyttelton / Rapaki
- 40 - New Brighton Via Wainoni
- 46 - The Palms Via Shirley
- 49 - Northshore
- 51 - New Brighton Via Aranui
- 67 - Dyers Pass Road
- 77 - Kennedy's Bush
- 81 - Lincoln
- 83 - Hei Hei/Burwood
- 84 - Russley/Avondale
- 520 - Hornby - Rolleston / Burnham Military Camp (Shuttle)
- 521 - Hornby - Templeton / Christchurch Men's and Women's Prisons (Shuttle)
- B - City - Burnham Express
Red Bus also operates
- The Shuttle inner city hybrid electric bus
- After Midnight Express night service
- City Flyer airport service
- Metrostar cross-suburban service
[edit] Vehicle fleet
Red Bus has a fleet of around 220 vehicles, made up of about 100 Super Low Floor buses, 80 High Floor buses, 30 Super Low Floor tag buses, and 10 High Floor tag buses. The company also owns 4 electric shuttles.
[edit] Company history
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Red Bus Ltd evolved from the Christchurch Transport Board.
The company is now owned by Christchurch City Holdings, a holding company of the Christchurch City Council.
