Leopard Coachlines

Leopard Coachlines
Locale New Zealand
Service area Christchurch, Auckland
Service type Bus service
Fuel type Diesel, Biodiesel[1]
Web site www.leopard.co.nz

Leopard Coachlines is a bus service in Christchurch, New Zealand, with a depot in Auckland. They operate Metro routes for Environment Canterbury, Charter services to Mt Hutt ski field for schools and groups. The company has about 100 buses.

Leopard Coachlines has received praise from the Energy Efficiency and Conservation Authority for being the first bus company in New Zealand to run their entire fleet on a five percent biodiesel blend;[2] some buses run on a higher proportion of biodiesel.[3]

Contents

Routes

Leopard Coachlines operate the following services under the Metro brand:
(Key: Buses on route fitted with bike racks)

# Route Origin Destination Timetable Notes
O Orbiter Circuit route through suburbs and key destinations [1]
5 Hornby/Southshore Hornby via City Southshore [2]
8 Casebrook/Hoon Hay Belfast via City Halswell [3]
12 Northwood/Murray Aynsley Northwood via City Murray Aynsley [4]
15 Bishopdale/Beckenham Bishopdale Mall via City Major Aitken Drive [5]
18 St Albans/Huntsbury Northlands via City Huntsbury [6]
21 Ilam/Mt Pleasant Ilam via City Mount Pleasant [7]
23 Hyde Park/Woolston Hyde Park via City Woolston [8]
535 Linwood/Lyttelton Eastgate via Heathcote Lyttelton [9]
81 Lincoln City via Riccarton Lincoln University [10] Selwyn Star
88 Rolleston City via Riccarton & Templeton Rolleston [11]
820 Burnham/Lincoln via Rolleston Burnham via Rolleston Lincoln

Operation Otautahi Waka

In a widely publicised vehicle check on buses, conducted by the New Zealand Police on 18 November 2010[4] and dubbed 'Operation Otautahi Waka"[5] Leopard Coachlines had two buses ordered off the road.

References

  1. ^ Leopard Coachlines website
  2. ^ "EECA congratulates Leopard Coachlines". Energy Efficiency and Conservation Authority. May 18, 2007. http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO0705/S00369.htm. 
  3. ^ "Metro - The Biodiesel Trial". 2010-07-12. http://www.metroinfo.org.nz/biodiesel_results_update.html. Retrieved 2010-10-04. 
  4. ^ 'Safety paramount for bus services' - Environment Canterbury Website
  5. ^ Gates, Charlie (19 November 2010). "Police take 28 Christchurch buses off the road". The Press. http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/4362202/Police-take-28-Christchurch-buses-off-the-road. Retrieved 14 October 2011. 

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