Valley Flyer (bus company)

Valley Flyer is the trading name of Cityline New Zealand Ltd, a subsidiary of NZ Bus, an Infratil company. It was part of the Stagecoach Group of companies, trading as Cityline Hutt Valley, and also operated services out of Papakura in Auckland before amalgamation with Stagecoach Auckland. Prior to this, the greater part of the operation was part of New Zealand Railways Road Services.

Current operations

Valley Flyer's operations are centered around the Waterloo depot, adjacent to Waterloo Interchange, with satellite depots at Eastbourne, Wainuiomata, Stokes Valley and Upper Hutt. Valley Flyer operates scheduled services and some school runs in the Hutt Valley under contract to Greater Wellington Regional Council as part of its Metlink network.

Fleet

At 1 June 2012

18 x Mercedes-Benz 709D 25-seat buses, numbered between 37 and 57 (52 was transferred to Waiheke Bus Company)
18 x Volvo B6LE buses seating 30-37 ex-Hong Kong, numbered between 62 and 78
3 x MAN 11.190 LF 39-seat buses, numbered 527, 553, 554
12 x MAN 11.190 SLF 39-seat buses, numbered 601-612, 615-617 and 621
20 x MAN 12.223 single-door 45-seat buses, 901-920
13 x MAN SL243 53-seat bus, numbered 1106-1111, 1113, 1116, 1117, 1125, 1128-1130
9 x MAN 12.223 39-seat buses, numbered 1301-1310
10 x Scania K280UB 48-seat buses for Valley Flyer (mainly on route 110), numbered 2201-2210
3 x MAN 17.223 43-seat buses, numbered 2494-2496
3 x MAN 17.223 51-seat buses for the Eastbourne Connector, numbered 2489-2491
11 x Scania K280UB 48-seat buses for Airport Flyer, numbered 2501-2511

Metlink Services operated by Valley Flyer

Route	Start	Via	End	Service Type/ Comments
80	Courtenay Place	Petone Seaview	Wainuiomata	Wainuiomata Commuter Mon-Fri peak
81	Courtenay Place	Motorway Petone Seaview	Eastbourne	Mon-Fri peak Weekend full-time
83	Courtenay Place	Thorndon Quay/Hutt Rd Petone Queensgate Seaview	Eastbourne	Eastbourne Connector Daily full-time
84	Courtenay Place	Motorway Petone	Seaview	Mon-Fri peak
85	Courtenay Place	Motorway to Petone Express from Wellington Station to Waione St Seaview	Eastbourne	Eastbourne Express Mon-Fri peak
90	Courtenay Place	Motorway to Avalon Express from Wellington Station to Stokes Valley Entrance	Stokes Valley	Stokes Valley Commuter Mon-Fri peak
91	Wellington International Airport	Kilbirnie Shops Hataitai Village Courtenay Place Wellington Station Motorway Petone Alicetown Queensgate	Queensgate	Airport Flyer Daily full-time High Frequency (10 min to Wellington Railway 20 min to Queensgate no longer runs to Upper Hutt)
110	Emerald Hill	Upper Hutt Station Silverstream Fraser Park Hutt Hospital Queensgate	Petone Station	Daily full-time High Frequency (daytime 15 min Mon-Sat, 30 min Sun)
111	Totara Park		Upper Hutt Station	Mon-Sat peak to peak
112	Te Marua	Timberlea Maoribank	Upper Hutt Station	Mon-Sat peak to peak
114	Upper Hutt Station	Eldersea Poets Block Brentwood	Trentham	Mon-Fri peak to peak
115	Upper Hutt Station	Wallaceville Trentham Silverstream	Pinehaven	Mon-Fri peak to peak
120	Stokes Valley	Taita Station Hutt Hospital	Queensgate	Daily full-time High Frequency (daytime 15 min Mon-Sat, 30 min Sun)
121	Stokes Valley Heights	Holborn Naenae Lower Hutt Waterloo Waiwhetu Gracefield	Seaview	Mon-Fri peak to peak
130	Naenae Station	Waterloo Queensgate Moera	Petone Station	Daily full-time High Frequency (daytime 15 min Mon-Sat, 30 min Sun)
145	Belmont	Melling Station	Queensgate	Mon-Fri peak
150	Kelson	Avalon Park Epuni Waterloo Queensgate Normandale Maungaraki	Petone Station	Daily full-time
154	Korokoro	Petone Alicetown	Queensgate	Mon-Fri limited peak time
160	Wainuiomata North	Waiwhetu Waterloo	Queensgate	Daily full-time
170	Wainuiomata South	Waiwhetu Waterloo	Queensgate	Daily full-time

Bus transport in New Zealand

Urban bus companies	Go Bus Transport Go Bus Christchurch NZ Bus GO West North Star Link Metrolink Waka Pacific GO Wellington Valley Flyer Highland Global Transport Howick & Eastern Mana Coach Services Newlands Coach Services Red Bus Ritchies Transport Tranzit Group

Long distance bus companies	Intercity ManaBus.com Nakedbus.com

Tourism bus companies	Great Sights & Newmans Kiwi Experience nakedpassport.com

Bus manufacturers	DesignLine International Kiwi Bus Builders

Government and regulation	New Zealand Transport Agency AT (Auckland) Citylink (New Plymouth) Metlink (Wellington) Metro (Christchurch) ORC (Dunedin/Queenstown) Bus Smart (Invercargill)

History	Invercargill Passenger Transport Mount Cook Group New Zealand Railways Road Services

Infrastructure	Central Connector, Auckland Northern Busway, Auckland Wellington trolleybuses

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