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The Christchurch Central Recovery Plan of the Canterbury Earthquake Recovery Authority (CERA) was unveiled on 30 July 2012, [9] which had an indicative time-frame for a new Bus Interchange building to be open by June 2014. [10]
Little River is approximately 30 minutes drive from Akaroa, a tourist destination on Banks Peninsula, and 45 minutes drive from Christchurch. It is on State Highway 75, which links Christchurch and Akaroa. The road from Christchurch is at sea level but once past Little River, the road rises steeply to the top of the summit road.
When SH 1 was re-routed to the west of Christchurch, SH 75 was altered to its current route, terminating with the Christchurch Arterial Motorway (now the Christchurch Southern Motorway). The motorway at the same time became the new route for SH 73. SH 75 used to travel down Rue Lavaud and Beach Road, terminating in the township of Akaroa.
It is located approximately 10 kilometres (6 mi) from the main town on the Banks Peninsula, Akaroa. It is 86km (90 minutes drive) from Christchurch. The sandy beach is popular with tourists and has a river estuary emptying into the bay. The settlement itself contains the Okains Bay Maori and Colonial Museum. [1]
The use of public transport in New Zealand is low. According to the 2013 New Zealand census, 4.2% of those who worked travelled to work by bus, 1.6% travelled by train, and more than 70% travelled to work in a vehicle they drove themselves. [9]
This further increased acquisitions by NZR of small bus companies. [2] By 1954 the bus routes covered 6,000 miles (9,700 km), but generally at higher fares than the railways. For example, the 230 miles (370 km) Christchurch-Dunedin return journey cost £2 13s 6d by rail, but £3 10s by bus and took 7hr 10min on the fastest train, but 9hr by bus ...
Little Akaloa is a small settlement and bay on Banks Peninsula, in the South Island of New Zealand.. The settlement is sited at the end of the bay, a long, finger-shaped indentation in the northeastern coast of the peninsula, some 35 kilometres (22 mi) southeast of Christchurch and 12 kilometres (7.5 mi) north of the near-namesake town of Akaroa.
A route connecting Christchurch to Hokitika was fully completed in 1866, with the first Cobb & Co coach began operating that same year for the burgeoning gold rush. SH 73 through Arthur's Pass Construction of a rail link had started in 1890, and the Midland Line between Canterbury and the West Coast was finally completed on 4 August 1923, with ...