Out of the above-mentioned forty-seven trips, there are eleven trips depart from Beach Haven Wharf. All other Beach Haven departures are from Rangatira Rd near Sunnyhaven Rd (Beach Haven shops). There are six trips that travel through Highbury Bypass and then depart at top of Onewa Rd. All other Highbury departures are from Birkenhead Avenue near Hammond Place (Highbury shops). The 1st trip arrives to Auckland City at 6:15 in the morning, while the last trip arrives to Auckland City at 11:30 in the evening.
There are thirty-eight bus trips from Beach Haven to Auckland City via Highbury shops in the weekends and in the public holidays; 23 trips on Saturdays and 15 trips on Sundays and public holidays (Table3). The 973 and 974 buses are also the ones that run this service. The 1st trip arrives to Auckland at 6:30 in the morning on Saturdays and at 8:30 in the morning on Sundays and public holidays. The last trip arrives to Auckland at 11:30 in the evening on Saturdays and at 10:30 in the evening on Sundays and public holidays.
Table 3: Bus service from Beach Haven to Auckland City via Highbury shops in the weekend and public holidays
| Days | Number of Trips | Bus # | VerransCorner | Via | Beach Haven | Via | Verrans Corner | Highbury | AucklandCity | |
Saturday
Ist trip
last trip | 23 |
974
973 |
5:55
10:55 |
B
R |
6:05
11:05 |
R
B |
6:10
11:05 |
6:15
11:10 |
6:35
11:30 |
am
pm |
Sundays & publicholidays
1st trip
last trip | 15
|
973
973 |
7:50
9:50 |
R
R |
8:00
10:00 |
B
B |
8:05
10:05 |
8:13
10:13 |
8:30
10:30 |
am
pm |
Another 48 trips on Mondays – Fridays and another 38 trips on Saturdays, Sundays, and public holidays operate as a return bus service from Auckland City to Beach Haven via Highbury shops (Table 4). The final destination for all these trips is Verrans Corner. It is worthy of mentioning that the 1st trip arrives to Verrans corner at 6:55 in the morning on Mondays – Fridays, at 7:05 am on Satudays, and at 9:05 am on Sundays and public holidays. As for the last trip, buses arrive to Verrans Corner (where they stay overnight) at 12: 05 in the evening on Mondays – Fridays and Saturdays. They arrive to Verrans Corner at 11:05 pm on Sundays and public holidays.
Table 4: Summary of return bus service from Auckland To Beach Haven via Highbury shops
| Days | NumberOf Trips | Bus # | Auckland | Highbury | VerransCorner | Via | Beach Haven | Via | Verrans Corner | |
Monday –Friday
1st trip
last trip | 48
|
973
973 |
6:15
11:30 |
6:30
11:45 |
6:40
11:50 |
R
R |
6:50
12:00 |
B
B |
6:55
12:05 |
am
pm |
Saturday
1st trip
last trip | 23
|
974
974 |
6:35
11:30 |
6:50
11:45 |
6:55
11:50 |
B
B |
7:00
12:00 |
R
R |
7:05
12:05 |
am
pm |
Sunday & Public Holidays
1st trip
last trip |
15
|
973
974 |
8:30
10:30 |
8:45
10:45 |
8:50
10:50 |
R
B |
9:00
11:00 |
B
R |
9:05
11:05 |
am
pm |
2.2 Beach Haven / Takapuna:
Takapuna is considered to be the most important commercial suburb in the North Shore City. Therefore, the 975 and 976 buses travel to and from Takapuna early in the morning until late at night. There are twenty-five trips between Beach Haven and Takapuna Monday – Friday (Table 5). The 1st trip leaves Verrans Corner at 6:25 am and arrives Beach Haven via Rangatira Rd at 6:25 am. It arrives Verrans Corner via Birkdale Rd at 6:30 am, arrives Highbury shops at 6:35 am and Takapuna at 6:50 am. The last trip in the Monday – Friday schedule leaves Verrans Corner at 8:30 pm and travels via rangatira Rd to Beach Haven. It leaves Beach haven at 8:40 pm and travels via Birkdale Rd back to Verrans Corner. It departs Verans Corner at 8:45 pm to Highbury shops. It departs Highbury shops at 8:50 pm and arrives Takapuna at 9:10 pm.
Table 5: Summary of bus service from Beach Haven to Takapuna via Highbury shops
| Days | Number of Trips | Bus # | VerransCorner | Via | Beach Haven | Via | Verrans Corner | HighburyShops | Takapuna | |
Mon. – Fri. 1st trip
last trip | 25 |
975
975 |
6:20
8:30 |
R
R |
6:25
8:40 |
B
B |
6:30
8:45 |
6:35
8:50 |
6:50
9:10 |
am
pm |
Sat.
1st trip
last trip | 15 |
976
975 |
7:50
5:50 |
B
R |
8:00
6:00 |
R
B |
8:10
6:10 |
8:20
6:20 |
8:40
6:40 |
am
pm |
Sun. &holidays
Ist trip
Last trip | 9 |
976
976 |
9:20
5:20 |
B
B |
9:30
5:30 |
R
R |
9:35
5:35 |
9:43
5:43 |
10:00
6:00 |
am
pm |
From Beach Haven to Takapuna, there are fifteen trips on Saturdays and nine trips on Sundays and public holidays. Bus stops in the weekend and public holidays are the same as Monday – Friday. Departure and arrival time, however, is different. The 1st trip starts at 7:50 am on Saturdays and at 9:20 am onSundays and public holidays. The last trip leaves at 5:50 pm on Saturdays and at 5:20 pm on Sundays and public holidays.
Similar number of bus trips exists in the reverse service from Takapuna to Beach haven via Highbury shops i.e. 25 trips Mondays – Fridays; 15 trips on Saturdays, and 9 trips on Sundays and public holidays (Table 6).
Table 6: Summary of reverse bus service from Takapuna to Beach Haven via Highbury shops
| Days | Number of Trips | Bus # | Takapuna | HighburyShops | VerransCorner | Via | Beach Haven | Via | Verrans Corner | |
Monday –Friday
1st trip
last trip | 25 |
975
975 |
7:05
9:10 |
7:20
9:25 |
7:25
9:30 |
R
R |
7:35
9:40 |
B
B |
7:40
9:45 |
am
pm |
Saturday
1st trip
last trip | 15 |
976
976 |
8:40
6:40 |
9:00
7:00 |
9:10
7:05 |
B
B |
9:20
7:10w |
R
R |
9:30
7:20 |
am
pm |
Sunday & Public Holidays
1st trip
last trip | 9 |
976
976 |
10:00
6:00 |
10:15
6:15 |
10:20
6:20 |
B
B |
10:30
6:30 |
R
R |
10:35
6:35 |
am
pm |
2.3 Beach Haven / Highbury:
Birkenhead Transport Ltd. provides 116 trips from Beach Haven to Highbury as part of bus service travelling either to Auckland City or Takapuna. Among these trips, 54 trips are in the weekdays and 62 trips are on Saturdays, Sundays and public holidays (Table 7). More trips are provided between Highbury shops and Beach Haven than any other service in the study area. Buses that run this service are numbered: 973, 974, 975, and 976.
Table 7: Number of trips for bus service from Beach Haven to Highbury shops and vice versa (Bus # 973, 974, 975, and 976)
| Days | Destination on bus | Beach Haven to Highbury shops | Highbury shops toBeach Haven |
| | (total) | (total) |
| Mon. – Fri. |
City
Takapuna |
39
15 | 54 | 61 |
| Saturday |
City
Takapuna |
23
15 | 38 | 38 |
| Sunday & Holidays |
City
Takapuna |
15
9 | 24 | 23 |
| Grand total | | | 116 | 122 |
2.4 Beach Haven / Wairau Park:
There are four trips operating between beach haven and wairau Park (Link Drive) via Beach Haven shops and Glenfiels shops. The 1st trip leaves corner of Beach haven Rd and Birkdale Rd at 9:15 am, Beach Haven shops at 9:23 am, Glenfield shops at 9:35 am and arrives to Wairau Park at 9:45 am. The 2 nd trip departs corner of Beach Haven Rd and Birkdale rd 10:15 am, the 3rd trip at 1:15 pm, and the 4th trip at 2:15 pm. Each of these four trips takes thirty minutes to travel between departure and destination stations (Table 8).