Detours & closures
Planned disruptions are subject to change due to weather or other unforeseen circumstances. Updates will be posted as soon as possible. We recommend turning on notifications for service alerts in your Metlink app account.
The final day of surfacing on High Street North has been deferred due to bad weather. The road is now open in both directions. The final day of work will take place when possible. Refer to service alerts for updates.
High Street North is closed southbound at Somerset Road. Buses detour via Somerset Road, Carters Line and Park Road, returning to normal route on High Street North near Memorial Square, and do not pass stop 1937.
Routes affected
- 200 (inbound and outbound)
- 309: Makoura & Chanel Colleges - Carterton
- 313: Wairarapa College - Carterton - Greytown - Featherston
- 315: Masterton Intermediate School - Carterton - Greytown
- 366: Masterton Schools - Ponatahi & Martinborough
Closed stops
- 1937: High Street North (near 238)
Detour maps
Monday 24 June
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What has happened?
Due to the Taranaki Street Rising Main Project work, traffic and buses are unable to turn right from Taranaki Street into Courtenay Place.
Bus Impact
All Route 21 bus service travelling towards Courtenay Place will End Trip on Taranaki Street at stop #7910.
· stop #7910 Taranaki St at Courtenay Place (near 72)(external link)
Route 21 buses will not stop at #5514 on Courtenay Place outside Reading Cinema and stop #5516 on Courtenay Place – Stop C.
Rt 21 AM School Extension leaving Karori at 7:20am impact
This trip will continue with a detour via Cable Street, see detour map below.
Any students boarding the school bus from Courtenay Place will need to either make their way to Taranaki St or Elizabeth St.
Are Route 21 bus services toward Karori impacted?
No impact
What is the duration?
Works are 24 hours from Monday 24 June until approx. end of August -TBC
Map shows end trip for Rt 21
Rt 21 School Extension Map
From Tuesday 9 until Friday 12 July, All southbound services detour via Panama St and Featherston St between the hours of 7pm and 5am and do not pass 5508. From Wednesday 10 July, stop 5508 moves 80m north outside 203 Lambton Quay between the hours of 5am and 7pm.
This arrangement continues each night and day until works are complete.
Services affected:
- AX: Airport Express (Wellington - Airport)
- 1: Johnsonville West/Churton Park/Grenada Village - Island Bay
- 2: Karori - Wellington - Hataitai - Miramar/Seatoun
- 3: Wellington - Newtown - Kilbirnie - Lyall Bay/Rongotai
- 4: Mairangi - University - Wellington - Newtown - Strathmore
- 7: Wellington - Brooklyn - Kingston
- 14: Wilton - Wellington - Roseneath - Hataitai - Kilbirnie
- 17: Wellington - Brooklyn - Kowhai Park
- 20: Wellington Station - Mt Victoria - Kilbirnie
- 23: Wellington - Newtown - Houghton Bay
- 24: Johnsonville - Broadmeadows - Wellington - Miramar Heights
- 25: Khandallah - Wellington - Aro Valley - Highbury
- 27: Wellington - Vogeltown
- 29: Wellington - Newtown - Southgate - Island Bay - Owhiro Bay - Brooklyn
- 52: Johnsonville - Newlands - Wellington
- 83: Eastbourne - Lower Hutt - Petone - Wellington
Stops affected:
- 5508 - Lambton Quay at Hunter Street
Detour map:
Stop relocation map
Stop 9223 moved approx. 70m east outside 691 High St. Stop 8123 moved approx. 100m east outside Hutt Hospital parking lot. Temporary shelters are in place for the duration of the project. Buses will stop at these temporary shelters 24/7 until shelters are removed.
Routes affected:
- 110 (inbound and outbound)
- 120 (inbound and outbound)
- 121 (inbound and outbound)
- 823: Hutt Intermediate School, St Bernard's College, Chilton St James School & St Oran's College - Stokes Valley
- 842: Kelson - Hutt Central Schools
- 843: Hutt Central Schools - Kelson
- 951: Hutt International Boys’ School & St Patrick’s College - Avalon - Epuni - Melling - Belmont
- N22: After Midnight (Wellington - Naenae - Stokes Valley - Upper Hutt)
Stops affected:
- 8123 - Hutt Hospital - High Street
- 9223 - Hutt Hospital - High Street (opposite)
Relocation map:
Starts Tuesday 7 May 2024 until end of July 2024
What is happening?
Hutt City Council are undertaking safety improvements on Akatea Rd and London Road. Roading changes are required resulting in a one-way closure.
How will it impact buses?
This one-way traffic management and the lower Korokoro Road weight limit impacts all bus services.
Route 154 buses are replaced with 11-seater shuttles, these shuttles can travel the full one-way detour. Starting from Petone Station, these shuttles travel along London Rd to Akatea Rd to Maungaraki Rd to Korokoro Rd, continuing along the lower section of Korokoro Rd returning to Petone Station.
Scroll down for Route 154 shuttle map below and school extension detour map
Bus schedule and capacity limits?
Shuttles depart from Petone Station as per normal Route 154 regular departing times, see timetable below.
It is expected that the shuttle will take approximately 15/20 minutes to complete the loop. Passengers will be unable to track the shuttle as it makes its way around the one-way loop.
Limited capacity: due to the narrow work site along Akatea Rd and restricted weight limit on lower Korokoro Rd, we are only able to use 11-seater shuttle buses, resulting in limited capacity. Please take this into consideration when planning your travel.
Route 154 Shuttle Timetable departure times
Shuttles leave Petone Station at the following times,
Mondays to Fridays -
6:33am, 6:53am, 7:13am, 7:43am, 8:43am, 9:27am, 10:27am, 11:27am, 12:27pm, 1:27pm, 2:27pm, 3:47pm, 4:27pm, 5:07pm, 5:31pm, 5:51pm, 6:11pm, 6:31pm
Saturday -
7:36am, 8:36am, 9:36am, 10:36am, 11:36am, 12:36pm, 1:55pm, 2:55pm, 3:55pm, 4:55pm, 5:55pm, 6:55pm
What stops are closed?
All downhill bus stops on London Road (9090, 8092, 809, 8093) will remain closed throughout the work.
Passengers who normally use those stops will need to use the stops on the opposite of the road.
Impact to school students?
Students who normally catch the Route 154, school extension leaving Petone Station at 7:43am will continue to catch this Metlink bus.
This bus will make its way from Petone Station, picking students up as it makes its way up London Rd, along Korokoro Rd and return up Singers Rd, travelling up Maungaraki Rd. This morning bus will not return to Petone Station, this bus will continue past stop 8099 at Titiro Moana Rd, detouring via Maungaraki Rd toward Protea St to Acacia Ave to Dowse Drive, then onto St Oran’s College, Chilton St James, St Bernard’s College, Hutt Intermediate, St Peter and Paul, Sacred Heart College, and Hutt Valley High School.
(external link)
Students who normally catch this school extension on London Rd will need to use the stops on the opposite side of the road and be aware that they will need to board the bus earlier than they currently do.
Students who normally catch the bus at Akatea Rd at Maungaraki Rd stop 8094- must use the temporary stop located directly opposite.
Can students catch the 154-school extension as per normal at 805am at Petone Station?
Students who normally catch this school extension from Petone Station will not be able to catch this bus as it will be detouring via Dowse Drive. These students will need to catch the school bus 854 leaving Petone Station at 8am.
What is the impact to afternoon school buses?
Afternoon school buses 855 and 854 will continue as per normal. There will be a minor detour where students will be dropped off along Korokoro Rd first, before the bus makes it way up Maungaraki Rd.
Shuttle Route map below
Koro(external link)koro - shuttle map
Morning Route 154 School Extension - school students only, adjusted timetable
Route 154 - School extension, school bus detour map
Possible end date - we will resume normal services once the one-way detour has ended, possibly due to end sometime between Wednesday 3 July and Friday 5 July
Updated one-way times - between 9am to 6pm
Between 7am to 5pm, Monday to Friday, buses are unable to travel southbound on Wise Street.
Buses will follow the same loop from Wise Street to Wellington Road during the works.
(From Fitzherbert, buses will travel along Nelson Crescent, along Wise Street, along Norfolk Street and turn right into Wellington Road. Buses will travel along Wellington Road, complete a turnaround at Ipswich Grove and travel back down Wellington Road, turning right into Parkway.)
Bus passengers along Wise St and Wellington Road (between Norfolk and Parkway) are to use bus stops on the other side of the road.
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Affected services
- 160 - Lower Hutt > Waterloo > Wainuiomata
- 860 – Afternoon PM school route 860
- 868 - Afternoon PM school route 868
- 874 – Afternoon PM school route 874
See closed stops below, use stops on other side of the road
- 9982 Nelson Cres at Wise St (near 26)
- 9981 Wise St at Thirlmere St
- 9980 Wise St at Derwent St (near 30)
- 9979 Wise St at Russell Rd
- 9978 Wise St at Pencarrow Cres (near 124)
- 9977 Norfolk St (near 39)
- 9966 Wellington Road at Norfolk St (near 203)
- 9965 Wellington Road at Kent Street (near 171)
- 9964 Wellington Road at Dublin St
- 9963 Wellington Road at Dover Street (near 83)
- 9962 Wellington Road at Devon Street (near 53)
- 9961 Wellington Road (near 19)
Duration
- Works on Wise St expected to last approximately 6 weeks
- Works on Wellington Rd expected to last approximately 10 weeks
Last published: Wednesday, 7 February 2024 at 10:58 pm