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The Dunedin City Council operated and managed most public transport until 1986 including the Dunedin cable tramway system (similar to the famous San Francisco cable car system) between 1881 and 1957, electric trams from 1900 to 1956, trolleybuses from 1950 to 1982 and motor buses from 22 April 1925 [16] to 1986. From 1986, management of bus ...
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 ...
The O class engines were transferred to the North Island between 1898 and 1902. The P class engines were still working the line as late as 1915. The ten U B class locomotives were all allocated to Dunedin and were the mainstay of the line from the 1900s to the 1930s and B and B A class engines were used occasionally.
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]
Ritchies is a significant shareholder in InterCity. Ritchies Transport is a New Zealand private bus operator, owned by KKR. [1] It was established in 1972 and describes itself as "the largest privately owned bus and coach transport operator in New Zealand" with a fleet of over 1500 vehicles spread across depots nationwide. [2]
Nearly 72.88 million Americans rely on Social Security for monthly income. The vast majority, about 65.5 million, collect Social Security benefits. Another 4.88 million receive Supplemental ...
Passenger Transport Citibus buses at the Dunedin depot. Invercargill Passenger Transport Ltd was a bus company which operated public transport routes in Dunedin and Invercargill as well as school transport services in those cities as well as Queenstown and leisure and tourism transport services throughout the South Island of New Zealand
The highways that meet at the junction are the main routes to the Clutha valley for travellers from Dunedin and Invercargill respectively. Raes Junction is 62 kilometres (39 mi) by road from Milton, 67 kilometres (42 mi) from Gore, and 72 kilometres (45 mi) from Alexandra. The junction lies 3 kilometres (1.9 mi) to the south of the Clutha River.