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 , 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.

Oxford Crescent School

Runciman school bus services that are not changing:

• 907 Gillespies Road – • 907 Timberlea (Mt Marua Drive) – Maidstone Intermediate • 907 Heretaunga College – Brown Owl (via Timberlea) • Ministry of Education services from Wainuiomata, , or Akatarawa

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

Service Alternative Public Transport Options Discontinued 907 • Passengers will be able to use: St Joseph’s School – o Public bus Route 110 to Emerald Hill Brown Owl departing Fergusson Drive at (This is an afternoon only Ebdentown Street at 3.26pm; or service). o Public bus Route 112 to Te Marua departing Fergusson Drive at Ebdentown Street at 3:03pm or 3.33pm. 925 • Passengers will be able to use school Totara Park – St Joseph’s bus route 935 Totara Park – Maidstone School Intermediate, departing in the morning from Totara Park Shops on California Drive at 8:30am, and departing from Oxford Crescent School at 3:05pm in the afternoon. School bus route 935 has been changed to include Oxford Crescent School as of 28th January 2013.