From Monday 5th February 2024, there will be some changes coming to the following bus services: No:10 Hillcrest and No:17 Hamilton Gardens University

What are the changes?

Both routes will see an increase of frequency (30-40 minutes) at peak times, and hourly off-peak times.

10 Hillcrest bus route will be changed to provide a quicker service to/from town.

• This service will NO longer serve the Jellicoe Drive area. Instead, this area will be serviced by the 17 Hamilton Gardens Uni bus. The 10 Hillcrest will now travel along Grey and along Naylor Street
• Remove the Masters Ave loop now this will be covered by the Meteor high frequency service, though access to the Hillcrest Shopping Centre is removed

17 Hamilton Gardens Uni bus will be re-routed to service the Jellicoe Drive area.

• Travel down Jellicoe Drive to service Hayes Paddock area, instead of travelling along Macfarlane Street
• This service will travel to Hamilton Gardens every trip including hourly on the weekends
• Trips before and after school will connect with Morrinsville Road to help get students to Berkely
• This is to ensure that Hamilton Gardens staff and visitors, Wintec staff and students, and Berkley Middle School students can still access their place of work/school
• This service will travel along Knighton Road towards the University of Waikato, coming along the south end of Knighton Road to the University, instead of going along Cambridge Rd, Hillcrest Rd, Silverdale Rd and the northeast end of Knighton

For more information: https://www.busit.co.nz/bus-alerts/alert/257

Why are these changes happening?

These changes went to public consultation in June 2022 via the ‘BUSIT Refresh’ project, and the BUSIT team now has the opportunity to implement these recommendations.

Timetables and Information

New timetables will be available on www.busit.co.nz in January 2024 – you can also follow BUSIT on Facebook and Instagram with further updates.

For real time information, please download the free Transit App (allow notifications and pin your favourite routes to get the latest news updates).

With the recent introduction of the Meteor high-frequency bus, these changes will further improve bus services in your area and give you more options to help you connect to different places across Hamilton.

We do welcome any feedback, please use the feedback form on the BUSIT website (https://www.busit.co.nz/feedback), email busit@waikatoregion.govt.nz or call us on 0800 205 305 to discuss.