Cityline Hutt Valley
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Valley Flyer is the trading name of Cityline New Zealand Ltd, a subsidiary of NZ Bus, an Infratil
Infratil
Infratil Limited is a New Zealand-based infrastructure investment company. It owns several airports, electricity generators and retailers, and a public transport business, with operations in New Zealand, Australia and Europe. Infratil was founded by Lloyd Morrison, a Wellington-based merchant...

 company. It was part of the Stagecoach Group
Stagecoach Group
Stagecoach Group plc is an international transport group operating buses, trains, trams, express coaches and ferries. The group was founded in 1980 by the current chairman, Sir Brian Souter, his sister, Ann Gloag, and her former husband Robin...

 of companies, trading as Cityline Hutt Valley, and also operated services out of Papakura in Auckland before amalgamation with Stagecoach Auckland. Prior to this, the greater part of the operation was part of New Zealand Railways Road Services
New Zealand Railways Road Services
The New Zealand Railways Road Services was a branch of the New Zealand Railways Department and later the New Zealand Railways Corporation. It operated long-distance, tourist and suburban bus services and freight trucking and parcel services.-History:...

.

Current operations

Valley Flyer's operations are centered around the Waterloo depot, adjacent to Waterloo Interchange, with satellite depots at Eastbourne, Wainuiomata, Stokes Valley and Upper Hutt. Valley Flyer operates scheduled services and some school runs in the Hutt Valley under contract to Greater Wellington Regional Council as part of its Metlink network.

Fleet

At 1 November 2009
  • 18 x Mercedes-Benz
    Mercedes-Benz
    Mercedes-Benz is a German manufacturer of automobiles, buses, coaches, and trucks. Mercedes-Benz is a division of its parent company, Daimler AG...

     709D 25-seat buses, numbered between 37 and 57 (52 was transferred to Waiheke Bus Company)
  • 18 x Volvo B6LE buses seating 30-37 ex Hong Kong, numbered between 62 and 78
  • 3 x MAN 11.190 LF 39-seat buses, numbered 527, 553, 554
  • 12 x MAN 11.190 SLF 39-seat buses, numbered 601-612, 615-617 and 621
  • 20 x MAN 12.223 single-door 45-seat buses, 901-920
  • 1 x MAN SL243 53-seat bus, numbered 1125
  • 9 x MAN 12.223 39-seat buses, numbered 1301-1309
  • 3 x MAN 17.223 43-seat buses, numbered 2494-2496(2492 and 2493 were operated in Airport Flyer bus, transferred to North Star bus in Auckland also they were converted to 48.5-seat)
  • 3 x MAN 17.223 51-seat buses for the Eastbourne Connector, numbered 2489-2491
  • 1 x Hino
    Hino Motors
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     RK176 45-seat bus, numbered 7193
  • 12 x Hino
    Hino Motors
    -External links:Global* * * Overseas offices****.*.***.*.* - Philippines**...

     RK177 47-seat buses, numbered in the 72xx series and 7532-7534, 7536 and 7539
  • 11 x Scania
    Scania
    Scania is the southernmost of the 25 traditional non-administrative provinces of Sweden, constituting a peninsula on the southern tip of the Scandinavian peninsula, and some adjacent islands. The modern administrative subdivision Skåne County is almost, but not totally, congruent with the...

    K280 48-seat buses for Airport Flyer, numbered 2501-2511

Metlink Services operated by Valley Flyer

Route Start Via End Service Type/ Comments
80 Courtenay Place Petone
Seaview
Wainuiomata Wainuiomata Commuter
Mon-Fri peak
81 Courtenay Place Motorway
Petone
Seaview
Eastbourne Mon-Fri peak
Weekend full-time
83 Courtenay Place Thorndon Quay/Hutt Rd
Petone
Queensgate
Seaview
Eastbourne Eastbourne Connector
Daily full-time
84 Courtenay Place Motorway
Petone
Seaview Mon-Fri peak
85 Courtenay Place Motorway to Petone
Express from Wellington Station
to Waione St

Seaview
Eastbourne Eastbourne Express
Mon-Fri peak
90 Courtenay Place Motorway to Avalon
Express from Wellington Station
to Stokes Valley Entrance
Stokes Valley Stokes Valley Commuter
Mon-Fri peak
91 Wellington International Airport Kilbirnie Shops
Hataitai Village
Courtenay Place
Wellington Station
Motorway
Petone
Alicetown
Queensgate
Hutt Hospital
Hutt Hospital
Taita Station
Stokes Valley Entrance
Silverstream Station
Barton Rd
Trentham School
Upper Hutt Station Airport Flyer
Daily full-time
High Frequency (15 min to Queensgate, hourly to Upper Hutt)
110 Emerald Hill Upper Hutt Station
Silverstream
Fraser Park
Hutt Hospital
Queensgate
Petone Station Daily full-time
High Frequency (daytime 15 min Mon-Sat, 30 min Sun)
111 Totara Park Upper Hutt Station Mon-Sat peak to peak
112 Te Marua Timberlea
Maoribank
Upper Hutt Station Mon-Sat peak to peak
114 Upper Hutt Station Eldersea
Poets Block
Brentwood
Trentham Mon-Fri peak to peak
115 Upper Hutt Station Wallaceville
Trentham
Silverstream
Pinehaven Mon-Fri peak to peak
120 Stokes Valley Taita Station
Hutt Hospital
Queensgate Daily full-time
High Frequency (daytime 15 min Mon-Sat, 30 min Sun)
121 Stokes Valley Heights Holborn
Naenae
Lower Hutt
Waterloo
Waiwhetu
Gracefield
Seaview Mon-Fri peak to peak
130 Naenae Station Waterloo
Queensgate
Moera
Petone Station Daily full-time
High Frequency (daytime 15 min Mon-Sat, 30 min Sun)
145 Belmont Melling Station Queensgate Mon-Fri peak
150 Kelson Avalon Park
Epuni
Waterloo
Queensgate
Normandale
Maungaraki
Petone Station Daily full-time
154 Korokoro Petone
Alicetown
Queensgate Mon-Fri limited peak time
160 Wainuiomata North Waiwhetu
Waterloo
Queensgate Daily full-time
170 Wainuiomata South Waiwhetu
Waterloo
Queensgate Daily full-time
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