WESTLAKE GIRLS HIGH SCHOOL

AFTERNOON SCHOOL BUSES – 2020

For morning school bus times and stops, and any information about the afternoon school buses contact
the bus company concerned or contact Auckland Transport ph (09) 355 3553 or go to https://at.govt.nz/
click on ‘Bus Train Ferry’ on the top left side of screen. This is their Journey Planner and it will give
you all the closest public transport options for a journey. If you want to see only school bus timetables,
just lick on ‘Timetables’ on the left, then click on ‘school timetables’ and scroll down and click on
‘Westlake Girls’. The direct link for Westlake Girls buses is: https://at.govt.nz/bus-train-
ferry/timetables/school-timetables/westlake-girls/

All this information is on the school website, www.westlakegirls.school.nz

Ritchies Transport = RT, phone = 415-9138 NZ Buses = NZB, phone = 444-4408

GB = Go Bus, phone = 275-8811

1. TOP SCHOOL BUS BAY on Shakespeare Rd extension

Bus Numbers 009, 023, 025, 026, 045, 052, 055, 057, 073, 074

009 Diana Drive (RT)

St Josephs, Rosmini College, Dominion, Puriri, Karaka, Taharoto, Takapuna Intermediate, Carmel College,
Westlake Girls High, Forrest Hill, Westlake Boys High, Forrest Hill, Tristram, Wairau, Archers, Sunnybrae,
Coronation, Lynden, Mountbatten, Hume, Monarch, Betsland, McDowell, Moore, Tilden, Pupuke, Glenfield,
Chivalry to Diana Drive
Leaves the bus bay at 3.25pm

023 Totara Grove (NZB)

Carmel College, Shakespeare, Westlake Girls High, Forrest Hill, East Coast, Sunnynook, Sycamore, Juniper,
Sunset to Target Road opposite Cheval Drive
Leaves the bus bay at 3.25pm

025 Torbay (RT)

Carmel College, Shakespeare, Taharoto, Westlake Girls High, Forrest Hill, Westlake Boys High, East Coast
Road, Rangitoto College, Carlisle, Firth, Deep Creek, Weatherley, Geoffrey, Glamorgan, Marina, Stredwick,
Awaruka, County to Torbay Shops. (First stop is Kowhai Road.)
Leaves the bus bay at 3.30pm
N.B. Two and three stage fare passengers only. One stage passengers take public bus 875 from the
public stop by Columbus Coffee (Smales Farm). This leaves the bus stop at 3.25pm.

026 Pinehill (RT)

Westlake Girls High, Shakespeare, East Coast, Aberdeen, Beach Rd to Mairangi Bay, Rothesay Bay, Browns
Bay, Glencoe to Oaktree corner East Coast Road
Leaves the bus bay at 3.25pm

036 East Coast Rd to Aberdeen Rd (new afternoon only route starting in 2020) (RT)
Westlake Girls High, Shakespeare, East Coast, to the start of Aberdeen Rd
Leaves the bus bay at 3.25pm

042 Albany (RT)

Carmel College Shakespeare Extension Westlake Girls, Wairau, Albany Highway, Rosedale, Bush, Albany
Expressway, The Avenue to Hobson Road
Leaves the bus bay at 3.25pm
045 Silverdale (GB)
Shakespeare (for Carmel College), Shakespeare Extension (for Westlake Girls), Wairau, Forest Hill (for
Westlake Boys), Tristram, Tristram Avenue on-ramp, Northern Motorway, Greville Road off-ramp, Albany
Expressway, Bush (for Pinehurst School), Rosedale, Albany Highway, Albany Expressway, Main North
Highway, Wainui, Silverdale
Leaves bus bay at 3.25pm

046 Glenfield (NZB)

Carmel College, Shakespeare extension, Westlake Girls High, Wairau, Porana, Sunnybrae, Coronation,
Lynden, Sylvia, Eban, Moore, Glenfield, Chivalry to Diana Drive
Leaves the bus bay at 3.25pm

052 Sunnynook (NZB)

Carmel College, Shakespeare Westlake Girls, Forrest Hill, Havelock, Becroft, Sunnynook, Sycamore,
Salamanca, Laurina, Sycamore.
Leaves the bus bay at 3.25pm

055 Unsworth (RT)

Carmel College, Shakespeare, Wairau, Westlake Girls High, Westlake Boys High, Tristram, Croftfield,
Target, Caribbean, Devonshire, Meadowood, Barbados, Unsworth, Glenfield Rd, Wairau (to Diana Drive)
Leaves the bus bay at 3.30pm

056 Glenfield (RT)

Carmel College, Shakespeare Extension, Westlake Girls High, Wairau, Archers, Coronation, Glenfield,
Kaipatiki, Glenfield College, Kaipatiki, Glenfield, Chivalry, Diana, Wairau, Target, Sunnynook, Sycamore,
Sunset to Glenfield Rd, Wairau Rd
Leaves the bus bay at 3.25pm

057 Glenfield (NZB)

Taharoto, Wairau, Forrest Hill, Havelock, Becroft, Sunnynook, Totaravale, Trias, Athena, Trias, Sunset,
Caribbean, Devonshire, Meadowood, Barbados, Unsworth, Albany Highway, to Glenfield Rd corner
Ellice/Wairau Rd.
Leaves the bus bay at 3.25pm

073 Target Road (NZB)

Rosmini College, St Josephs, Dominion, Puriri, Karaka Taharoto, Westlake Girls High, Wairau, Forrest
Hill, Westlake Boys High, Sunnynook, Sycamore, Juniper, Sunset to Target Road.
Leaves the bus bay at 3.30pm

074 Glenfield (RT)

Rosmini College, Puriri, Karaka, Taharoto (for Takapuna Normal Intermediate), Shakespeare Extension (for
Westlake Girls at ‘soundwall’ stop), Taharoto (for Carmel College & Westlake Boys at stop near corner
Shakespeare Rd), Northcote, Lake, Raleigh, Pupuke, Tilden, Moore, McDowell, Betsland, Monarch, Hume,
Mountbatten, Lynden, Coronation, Glenfield, Roberts, Stanley, Seaview, Tamahere, Contessa, Stanley,
Kaipatiki, Glenfield to Glenfield Shops.
Leaves the bus bay at 3.25pm

3. BUS STOP ON WAIRAU ROAD (Atlas Concrete side of Wairau Rd)

Bus Number 053 (NZB)

053 Campbells Bay

Westlake Boys, Forrest Hill Rd, Westlake Girls, Shakespeare Rd, Kitchener Rd, Milford Rd, Graig Rd,
Omana Rd, Inga, Beach Rd (to the corner of Ramsgate & Hastings Rd)
Leaves this bus stop at 3.25pm
4. BUS STOP ON TAHAROTO ROAD Hospital side (opposite Subway)
Bus Numbers 017, 087

017 Bayswater and Devonport (NZB)

Westlake Boys High, Forrest Hill, Belmont, Nile, Waterloo, Shakespeare, Carmel College, Westlake
Girls High, Taharoto, Takapuna Intermediate, Rosmini College, Anzac, Lake, Takapuna Grammar,
King Edward Pde, to Bayswater then to Devonport
Leaves this bus stop at 3.35pm

087 Devonport and Stanley Bay (NZB)

Westlake Boys, Forrest Hill, Nile, Waterloo, Shakespeare, Carmel College, Shakespeare, Westlake Girls
High, Taharoto, Anzac, Lake, Takapuna Grammar, Old Lake, Vauxhall, Albert, Victoria, Stanley Bay and
Calliope back to Devonport (Ferry Terminal)
Leaves this bus stop at 3.35pm N.B. First stop Hauraki Corner

5. SMALES FARM BUS STATION PLATFORM 1

Bus Numbers 044, 047

044 Silverdale
Shakespeare, Taharoto, Smales Farm Bus Station, Silverdale off-ramp, Hibiscus Coast Highway, Wainui,
Silverdale
Leaves the bus station at 3.25pm

047 Gulf Harbour

Carmel College, Shakespeare, Smales Farm Station Platform 1, Northern Busway and Motorway to Silverdale
off-ramp, Hibiscus Coast Highway, Wainui, Silverdale, Whangaparaoa, Brightside, Kauri, Totara,
Whangaparaoa, Pacific Plaza, Whangaparaoa, Shakespear, Gulf Harbour Dr (to corner Whangaparaoa Rd)
Leaves the bus station at 3.25pm

BAYES BUSES (telephone 426-5504)

SMALES FARM BUS STATION PLATFORM 3

024 Manly
Westlake Boys, Nile, Alma, Shakespeare, Taharoto, Fred Thomas Drive, Northern Busway at Akoranga,
Smales Farm Bus Station, Oteha, East Coast, Silverdale Shops, Hibiscus Coast Highway
(Leaves Westlake Boys at 3.18pm)

RITCHIES TRANSPORT BIRKENHEAD (was

BIRKENHEAD BUSES = telephone 483-9119)

SMALES FARM BUS STATION PLATFORM 3a

003 Chatswood
Leaves the bus station at 3.25pm
Onto the Busway and exit Akoranga Station onto Akoranga Drive, College Rd, , into Raleigh Rd, Pupuke Rd,
Birkenhead Ave, Onewa Bypass, Porritt Ave, Chelsea View Drive, Onetaunga Rd, Balmain Rd
009 Verrans corner
Leaves the bus station at 3.25pm
Onto the Busway and exit Akoranga Station onto Akoranga Drive, Northcote Rd, Lake Rd, Onewa Rd,
Mokoia Rd, Waipa St, Verrans Corner
010 Beachhaven
Leaves the bus station at 3.25pm
Onto the Busway and exit Akoranga Station onto Akoranga Drive, College Rd, Exmouth, Raleigh Rd, Pupuke
Rd, Birkenhead Ave, Onewa Bypass, Verrans Corner, Birkdale Rd, Beachhaven Rd, Rangatira Rd.

SCHOOL BUS BAY ON SHAKESPEARE ROAD EXTENSION

15M Bayview/Manuka Rd
Leaves this stop at 3.20pm
Westlake Girls (Shakespeare Rd Extension), Wairau Rd, Archers, Chivalry, Chartwell, Bentley,
Downing, Glenfield, Glenfield Mall, James, Spinella, Bayview, Lynn, Manuka. Finish at the
intersection of Manuka and Glenfield Roads.

015G Glenfield Shops

Leaves this stop at 3.25pm
Westlake Girls (Shakespeare Rd Extension), Wairau Rd, Archers, Chivalry, Glenfield, finish at
Glenfield Mall.

SMALES FARM BUS STATION PLATFORM 1

028, 029, 031 (RITCHIES BUS COMPANY West Auckland, telephone 833 6053)

028 North Shore Schools to Greenhithe, Herald Island & Whenuapai

Departure Time: 15.15
Route Description: Westlake Boys (opposite 53 Forrest Hill Rd), Forrest Hill Rd, Belmont Tce, Nile
Rd, Alma Rd, Shakespeare Rd, Carmel Girls, Shakespeare Rd, (pick up Westlake Girls from Smales Farm
Bus station platform 1), via Northern Busway, Constellation Station, Parkway Dr, Constellation Dr, Upper
Harbour Dr (S.H.18), Greenhithe Rd, Tauhinu Rd, onto Upper Harbour Motorway (S.H.18), Brigham Creek
Rd, Kauri Rd, Kingsway Rd, The Terrace, Ferry Parade, Kingsway Rd, Puriri Rd, Waimarie, Totara
Rd, Brigham Creek Rd, Airport Rd, Finish outside Whenuapai School.

029 North Shore Schools to Massey and West Harbour

Departure Time: 15.20
Route Description: 14 Taharoto Rd, Shakespeare Rd, (pick up Westlake Girls from Smales Farm Bus station
platform 1), Northern Busway, Parkway Dr, Constellation Dr, Upper Harbour Dr (S.H.18), Greenhithe
Rd, Tauhinu Rd, Upper Harbour Motorway, Squadron Dr, Hobsonville Point Rd, Hobsonville Rd, Marina
View Dr, Luckens Rd, Moire Rd, Royal Rd, Finish = 15 Royal Rd.

031 North Shore Schools to West Harbour and Greenhithe

Departure Time: 15:15
Route Description: 14 Taharoto Rd, Shakespeare Rd, (pick up Westlake Girls from Smales Farm Bus station
platform 1), Northern Busway, Constellation Station, Parkway Dr, Constellation Dr, Upper Harbour Dr,
Upper Harbour Motorway (S.H.18), Greenhithe Rd, Tauhinu Rd, onto Upper Harbour Motorway, Squadron
Dr, Hobsonville Point Rd, Hobsonville Rd, Marina View Dr, Finish opposite Marina View School.

Ritchies Transport (taken over the PBC/Party Bus routes from 2020
2020) Buses)
(RITCHIES BUS COMPANY West Auckland, telephone 833 6053)

On the 19th of December 2019, Ritchies Transport emailed all North Shore Schools who have Party Bus
(PBC) services to their schools to inform them that they have bought the Party Bus school routes off
PBC and will be running them from 2020. On 23 January 2020 they provided information about the
new services.
Ritchies have supplied detailed morning bus route information but only a map to show the afterschool return
route (although it appears to be the reverse of the morning routes).

The link to their website for these routes is:

https://www.ritchies.co.nz/auckland-school-bus-services

ROUTE 326: KUMEU TO WESTLAKE SCHOOLS

Fare $55 (10 ride ticket)

7:00am Cnr Tawa Rd & Station Rd Kumeu
Tawa Road, Pomona Rd, Hanham Rd, Waitakere Rd
7:10am Taupaki Rd

Fare $50 (10 ride ticket)

State Highway 16
Coatesville Riverhead Hwy
7:20am Shell Riverhead Coatesville Riverhead Highway

Fare $45 (10 ride ticket)

Wake Road
Ridge Rd, Brookdale Rd, Paremoremo Rd
7:35am Corner Paremoremo Rd & Attwood Rd
The Avenue , Dairy Flat Highway, Albany Expressway

Transfers for 205

Northern Motorway,
Constellation Dr, Northern Busway
8:05am Westlake Girls
Taharoto Rd, Forest Hill Rd
8:10am Westlake Boys
Belmont Tce, Nile Rd, Alma Rd, Shakespeare Rd
8:15am Carmel College
Shakespeare Rd, Taharoto Rd
8:20am Rosmini

Click here to see morning route map

Return

Route 326: Westlake Schools to Kumeu via Coatesville and Taupaki Depart 3.20pm

**Students for the afternoon 326 bus will be picked up at the bus stop by Columbus Coffee (Smales
Farm) on Taharoto Rd

Click here to see return route map

ROUTE 327: WAIMAUKU TO WESTLAKE SCHOOLS

Fare $55 (10 ride ticket)

7:15am Waimauku Station Road,
Factory Rd, State Highway 16

Fare $50 (10 Ride Ticket)

7:20am Tapu Road,
Matua Rd, Oraha Rd, Old North Rd, Riverhead Road, Coatesville Riverhead Highway, Riverhead Road,
Coatesville Riverhead Highway

Fare $40 (10 Ride Ticket)

7:40am Coatesville Store,
Dairy Flat Highway, onto Albany Expressway, Northern Busway
8:05am Westlake Girls Shakespeare Road bus stop
Taharoto Rd, Forest Hill Rd
8:10am Westlake Boys
Belmont Tce, Nile Rd, Alma Road, Shakespeare Rd
8:15am Carmel College
Shakespeare Road, Taharoto Road
8:20am Rosmini bus stop outside KFC

Click here to see morning route map

Return

Route 327 Westlake Schools to Waimauku via Dairy Flat and Riverhead Depart 3.20pm

**Students for the afternoon 327 bus will be picked up at the bus stop on Shakespeare Rd opposite
Brooke St, just before the intersection to North Shore Hospital (public bus stop 3310)

Click here to see return route map

TICKETS

Tickets will be on sale from Monday 20 January 2020 at the following locations.

Party Bus Office, 84 Old Railway Road Kumeu from 20 January 2020 until 31 January 2020 between
10am and 2pm.

Ritchies Swanson, 572 Swanson Road, Ranui Swanson hours for selling the tickets are Monday – Friday
8.30am – 7.30pm. Sunday 9.00am - 1.00pm