new plymouth public transport locale new zealand service area new plymouth district service type public transport in new plymouth destinations route 1 moturoa route 2 whalers gate route 3 lynmouth marfell route 4 westown hurdon route 5 frankleigh park ferndale route 6 vogletown brooklands route 7 welbourn highlands park route 8 merrilands highland park route 9 fitzroy the valley glen avon route 20 bell block waitara route 40 oakura hubs new plymouth cbd fuel type diesel electricity historic petrol historic operator tranzit coachlines website taranakibus.info public transport in new plymouth the main city in the west coast of the north island is undergoing a revival after many years of minimal council support since the early 1990s . the system covers new plymouth city as well as services to waitara inglewood oakura and recently stratford . 1 major changes were introduced on 31 may 2010 . new routes were introduced and service levels greatly expanded . funding from the council and nzta for the expanded service was provided on a trial basis for two years and was subject to the services performing satisfactorily . 2 these services became permanent in 2012 . contents 1 system 1.1 administration 2 types of vehicles used 2.1 trams 2.2 trolley buses 2.3 buses 3 references 4 external links system edit administration edit public transport in new plymouth primarily consists of diesel buses operating over eleven regular routes during the week plus a reduced weekend service and regular school runs . limited shopper services run south east of the city to inglewood and stratford . new plymouth has also historically operated both trolleybuses and trams . despite having had stations at the breakwater elliot street fitzroy egmont road and bell block suburban rail services have never operated in the city . buses in the city are privately owned and subsidised with the infrastructure such as bus stops and shelters owned by the new plymouth district council . planning and subsidising public transport are in turn the responsibility of the taranaki regional council . the district s transport services are marketed under the name citylink . 3 types of vehicles used edit trams edit new plymouth s electric tramway system proposed as early as 1906 4 began operations on 10 march 1916 between fitzroy and weymouth street a short distance past the railway station . 5 in the first week of operation 18 213 passengers rode the trams . 6 weymouth street to the breakwater opened on 21 april 1916 and egmont street to morley street followed on 20 may 1916 . further extensions opened from morley street to david street in westown on 29 november 1923 and a final line to pukekura park and gilbert street opened in july 1924 . 7 further proposals were for extensions to vogletown and frankleigh park 8 but these were not successful . new plymouth corporation tramways was reputedly the smallest municipality in the world to operate trams on the overhead electricity system . the original fleet consisted of 6 cars . no 1 4 were single truck trams built in 1915 by boon and company of christchurch . no 5 6 were larger double bogie vehicles also from boon & co. no 7 9 were birney safety cars introduced in 1921 nicknamed tin lizzies and were purchased for the westown extension . finally no 10 was a double bogie tram from boon & co. almost identical to no5 & 6 . all vehicles survived until the closure of the system on 23 july 1954 . bodies were auctioned off and one tram body survives birney no 8 and is currently stored in wanganui awaiting restoration . trolley buses edit in 1950 the westown route was replaced with a fleet of 4 crossley trolleybuses in 1950 in turn being replaced with diesel buses in october 1967 . the port fitzroy route was replaced directly by diesel buses in 1954 . buses edit new plymouth city council first started operating buses from 1918 two years after starting its bus service . the council s preference when purchasng new vehicles was to tag its orders onto those of larger cities resulting in a fleet of top specification . it could be described as being a microcosm of the fleets of auckland wellington christchurch and dunedin . 9 council continued operating these until the end of 1991 when the fleet was sold to gold star buses a hamilton company that failed a few months later . references edit stratford bus run trialled . stuff.co.nz . taranaki daily news . retrieved 23 july 2013 . regional public transport plan for taranaki 2012 2022 pdf . taranaki regional council website . taranaki regional council . retrieved 22 july 2013 . citylink routes . taranaki regional council website . taranaki regional council . retrieved 23 july 2013 . electric trams for new plymouth . taranaki herald . 10 april 1906 . p. 2 . retrieved 25 july 2013 . rudd don 2010 . new plymouth tramways 1916 1954 . paraparaumu n.z. d.h. rudd . p. 9 . isbn 978 0 473 17432 3 . heazlewood kathy . new plymouth trams 1916 1954 . pukeariki website . retrieved 22 july 2013 . rudd don 2010 . new plymouth tramways 1916 1954 . paraparaumu n.z. d.h. rudd . p. 17 . isbn 978 0 473 17432 3 . rudd don 2010 . new plymouth tramways 1916 1954 . paraparaumu n.z. d.h. rudd . p. 21 . isbn 978 0 473 17432 3 . jones david 1992 . northern city transport municipal buses of eastbourne gisborne new plymouth palmerston north upper hutt waikanae wanganui . wellington n.z. omnibus bulletin . isbn 0908732090 . external links edit bus timetable information v t e 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 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 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