Sacred Heart College

Changes to some school services Effective from 28 January 2013, there are changes to some school bus services operated by Runcimans. These changes include discontinuing some school services, variations to some services and the introduction of some new services.

Please note that any school bus services to and from Riverstone Terraces, or Lower Hutt suburbs to Lower Hutt Schools operated by Valley Flyer are not affected by these changes.

Fares and Using Snapper on public bus routes Some of the changes detailed below require the use of public bus routes as an alternative to discontinued school bus services. The Runcimans term passes cannot be used on public bus routes, they can only be used on dedicated school buses operated by Runcimans. Credit can be loaded onto your Snapper card which can be used to transfer between Runcimans school routes and public bus routes at no additional cost, but you need to make sure that you tag on and tag off of each bus otherwise you will pay more than you need to. Transfer options are not available for the train, although monthly passes at significant discounts are available.

Planning your journey We have made some suggestions below as to which particular timetabled public bus services and transfers between them may best suit your travel needs. You should however plan your journey at www.metlink.org.nz, in case there are other options more suited to you. Journey Planner information in regards to new and changed services will be available from 7 January 2013.

Information on changed, new and discontinued school bus services The following information is presented by school, but in many cases school buses are shared between different schools. Where this is so the core information is duplicated but some details may be slightly different – therefore please make sure you look at information specific to your school.

Sacred Heart College

Please note that all Runcimans school bus routes to Sacred Heart College (except Ministry of Education services from Wainuiomata, Whitemans Valley, Mangaroa or Akatarawa) are affected in some way, as detailed below.

Routes to be discontinued at the end of the 2012 school year:

Route Alternative Public Transport Discontinued Options 910 • Passengers will be able to use Silverstream – Sacred school bus routes 924 or 931, which Heart College both depart in the morning from Silverstream Station – Fergusson Drive at approximately 8:07am, and return in the afternoon (924 departs Sacred Heart College – Laings Road at 3:30pm, while 931 departs Sacred Heart College – Hautana Street at 3:25pm), or school bus route 919 departing in the morning from Silverstream Station at 8:10am, and departing Sacred Heart College – Hautana Street at approximately 3:25pm in the afternoon.

932 • (Late afternoon service) Passengers Sacred Heart – Te Marua will be able to use public bus Route 110 to Emerald Hill, departing from Westfield Queensgate at 4.46pm or 5.03pm, with transfers at Upper Hutt Station to public bus Route 112 Te Marua at 6:00pm.

Routes to be changed at the beginning of the school year, from 28 January 2013:

Route Changes and Alternative Public Changed Transport Options 924 • Totara Park is no longer served by this Totara Park – route. Sacred Heart College • Passengers will be able to use public bus Route 111 to Upper Hutt, departing Totara Park at 7.45am then transferring to school Routes 924 or 931, which both depart from Upper Hutt Station at 7:57am to Sacred Heart College.

• Afternoon school routes 931, 919 & 924 will arrive at Upper Hutt Station at 3:55pm, 3:58pm and 4:00pm respectively, allowing a transfer to public bus Route 111 departing 4.00pm or 4.40pm.

931 • Te Marua, Maymorn and Birchville areas Maymorn – are no longer served by this route. Sacred Heart College • Passengers will be able to use public bus routes: o Route 112 departing Te Marua at 7.33am; and o Route 110 departing Emerald Hill at 7.35am; then transferring to:

• School bus routes 924 or 931, which both

depart from Upper Hutt Station at 7:57am to Sacred Heart College.

• Afternoon school routes 931, 919 & 924 will arrive at Upper Hutt Station at 3:55pm, 3:58pm and 4:00pm respectively, allowing transfers to public bus routes: o Route 110 to Emerald Hill departing at 4.14pm; and o Route 112 to Te Marua departing at 4.00pm or 4.40pm.

Routes to be introduced at the beginning of the school year, from 28 January 2013:

Route Description Introduced 919 • This will be a joint Sacred Heart/St Orans Morning: College service. Silverstream – Sacred Heart • The morning service will commence at Afternoon: Silverstream Station – Fergusson Drive at St Orans – 8:10 am and travel via SH2 and Kennedy Upper Hutt Good Bridge to St Orans College and then Sacred Heart College.

• The afternoon service will commence at St Orans College at 3:15pm, continue on to Sacred Heart College – Hautana Street, departing at approximately 3:25pm, and

then travelling to Upper Hutt Station via Kennedy Good Bridge, SH2 and Fergusson Drive (including Silverstream Station).