COACHLINE BUS TIMETABLE
Main Couchline Bus (North to South Island)
(Te Awamutu - Hamilton - Auckland - BOP - Taupo - Hawkes Bay - Sanson - Wellington - South Island)
PLEASE NOTE:
ALL TIMES THAT ARE GIVEN ARE ONLY ESTIMATED
The times given below are only an ESTIMATE, and we will be in contact the night before with an update of arrival time. Also use our tracker located on one website tabs or you can select the below link. This is a live GPS and is up-to-date throughout the whole journey, we recommend to use this link to see where the bus is located and how far it is away from your meeting point: www.petbus.co.nz/petbus-tracker.html
DUE TO OUR SIZE AND OUR FOCUS ON GETTING PETS TO DESTINATIONS AS FAST AS POSSIBLE WE ARE NOT A DOOR TO DOOR SERVICE WE HAVE MEETING POINTS, TIMES AND DATES THROUGHOUT OUR ROUTE. PLEASE REFER TO OUR TIMETABLE FOR DETAILS
(Te Awamutu - Hamilton - Auckland - BOP - Taupo - Hawkes Bay - Sanson - Wellington - South Island)
PLEASE NOTE:
ALL TIMES THAT ARE GIVEN ARE ONLY ESTIMATED
The times given below are only an ESTIMATE, and we will be in contact the night before with an update of arrival time. Also use our tracker located on one website tabs or you can select the below link. This is a live GPS and is up-to-date throughout the whole journey, we recommend to use this link to see where the bus is located and how far it is away from your meeting point: www.petbus.co.nz/petbus-tracker.html
DUE TO OUR SIZE AND OUR FOCUS ON GETTING PETS TO DESTINATIONS AS FAST AS POSSIBLE WE ARE NOT A DOOR TO DOOR SERVICE WE HAVE MEETING POINTS, TIMES AND DATES THROUGHOUT OUR ROUTE. PLEASE REFER TO OUR TIMETABLE FOR DETAILS
OCTOBER
Day One START - 23rd of October
Depart Te Awamutu 6:30 am
6.20 am - Te Awamutu Mobil Service Station - Arawata Street
7.20 am - Hamilton - Animates 787 Te Rapa Road, Te Rapa Straight
8.15 am - Huntly River Haven Carpark - 160 Great South Road
8.30 am - Te Kauwhata (roundabout were old fruit shop was)
8.45 am - Mercer Mobil Truck stop Main Road
8.50 am - Pokeno by RV bus sales - Go past toilets around corner rv sales on left
9.00 am - Bombays BP truck stop - 203 Mill Rd - (All Pukekohe people)
10.00am - Auckland Manukau Sports Bowl carpark Te Irirangi Drive Clover Park (the carpark between then Greyhound racing track & the Manukau Tennis Centre)
Link for map/image: manukau_carpark.png
11.30am - Ngatea Hall - Main Road
12.00pm - Paeroa - By Mexican Motel northern end of township
12.30pm - Waihi - Past BP Service station on main road on left under oak trees
1.00 pm - Katikati opp Robert Harris coffee shop at park area
2.00 pm - Tauranga - Pyes Pa Cemetery Carpark, Pyes Pa Road, Gate 2
3.15 pm - Rotorua Caltex Truck Stop on the right driving past Waipa State Mill Road
4.30 - 5.00 pm - Taupo Z Service Station Carpark by Mega Mitre 10 at 138 Thermal Explorer Highway, Hilltop
7.00 pm - Napier - Mobil Truck Stop Bayview Main Road
7.30 pm - Napier Albatross Motel Meeanne Quay
Day Two - 24th of October
7.00 am - Napier opposite comfort inn on meeanne quay in large carpark area
7:30am - 7:40am - Hastings Stockyards Carpark (Stortford Lodge Saleyards) next to Vets One. 480 Maraekakaho Road, St Leonards, Hastings.
8.00 am - Te Aute Pub on main road -
8.30 am - Waipawa - at weigh station between Waipawa and Waipukurau
9.00 am - Waipukurau at public toilets by railway station cafe
9.45 am - Norsewood - Sock Factory on Main Road
10.00 am - Dannevirke Mangatera dog Park North end of town opposite Mangatera Hotel 2 High Street
11.30 am - Woodville behind the Caltex Service Station
12.15 pm - Palmerston North Memorial park Entrance - Main Street East, Terrace End, Palmerston North
1.30 pm - Sanson carpark by Junction Motel Corner of State Highway 1 and 3
3:00pm - Levin opposite Travel Lodge Main south road
3:30pm - Otaki Outside the New World supermarket stop
4:00 pm - Waikanae opposite Lumino dentist main road
4:20 pm - Paraparaumu at old Mobil Service Station
5:00 pm - Weigh station between Pukerua Bay and Porirua. Also known as the Plimmerton Weigh Station, however we park on the opposite side of the road south bound into Wellington. (only option for Wellington People).
Link for map/image: plimmerton_weight_station.png
Day Three - 25th of October
Depart Blenheim 9:20am
9:00 am - Blenheim Lansdowne Park - Lansdowne Street
9:45 am - Seddon opposite toilets on main road
10:10am - Ward at petrol pumps
12:30pm - Kaikoura at Caves Cafe South of Township
1:30 pm - Cheviot by baths opposite toilets on main road
2:00 pm Waipara Turnoff (Culverton people) Opposite Grape Statue
2:30 pm - Amberley Caltex truck stop
3:30 pm - Woodend - Gull Service Station (Opposite BP)
5:00 pm - Christchurch - Highway Inn, 527 Sawyers Arms Road
6:30 - 7:00 pm Rolleston - Just before NPD station on right
Day Four - 26th of October
Depart Rolleston 6:00 am
7.00 am - Rakaia by Big Fish Statue and Toilets
8.00 am - Ashburton opposite the old Bunnings BP truck stop Main road
8.10 am - Hinds by workshop past deer statues
8.30 am - Winchester by service station main road
8.45 am - Temuka by Vets opposite sale yards
9.15 am - Timaru on the left past Browne Street by Anzac Square Park Roadside
9.35 am - St Andrews opposite Hotel Main road
9.50 am - Waimate Turnoff - Opposite Nosh Cafe on main road
10.30am - Oamaru Waitaki Industrial Park Carpark next to the Z Truck Stop Northend of Town
11.30am - Palmerston - toilets main road
12.00pm - Waikouaiti opposite Service station on main road
1.00 pm - Dunedin south - Bathgate Park Helena street near Rugby club
2.30 pm - Milton - white horse Inn carpark 161 Union Street
3.00 pm - Balcultha - by Wrightson's on main Road
3.30 pm - Clinton - opposite horse statues on main road
4.15 pm - Gore - 35 Broughton street by motor camp on roadside
5.00 pm - Edendale Opposite School Roadside
6.00 pm - Invercargill - Ascot Park Hotel Carpark, Corner of Tay Street &, Racecourse Road, Invercargill
Day Five - 27th of October
Depart Invercargill 11.00am
Cleaning and sterilizing Bus and Trailer from 7 - 10.30am
10:45am - Invercargill - Ascot Park Hotel Carpark, Corner of Tay Street &, Racecourse Road, Invercargill
12:00pm - 12.30 pm - Gore - 35 Broughton street by motor camp
1.00 pm - Clinton - by Horses statue main road
1.30 pm - Balcultha - by PGG Wrightsons
2.00 pm - Milton - White Horse Inn car park 161 Union Street Main road
2.20 pm - Waihola Black Swan Motel By fish takeaway shop
3:30 pm - Dunedin south - Bathgate Park Helena street near Rugby club
4:00 pm - Waikouaiti - By Service station on main road
5.00 pm - Palmerston by Fish and chip Shop
6.00 pm Oamaru Waitaki Industrial Park Carpark next to the Z Truck Stop Northend of Town
6:30 - 6:45pm - Waimate Turnoff - Nosh Cafe on main road
7.30 pm - Timaru - NPD Service Station opposite Racecourse entrance way Pharlap statue
Day Six - 28th of October
7.00am depart Timaru
7.30 am - Temuka - by Vets opposite sale yards
8.00 am - Hinds - by workshop on left coming into town
8.30 am - Ashburton - by old Bunnings Main road
9.00 am - Winchester by service station main road
9.45 am pm - Rakaia - by Big Fish Statue and Toilets
9:30am - Rolleston - BP Service Station
10:30am Christchurch - Highway Inn, 527 Sawyers Arms Road
11.30am - 11:45am - Woodend - Gull Service Station (Opposite BP)
12:30 pm - Amberley Caltex Truck Stop Main Road
1.00 pm - Waipara Turnoff in pull area by Grape statue
2.00 pm - Cheviot by toilets
3:00 pm - Kaikoura at Caves cafe south of township across road
4.00pm Ward by service station cafe
4.30pm - Seddon by toilets
6.00pm - 6:30pm - Blenheim Lansdowne park, Lansdowne Road
Day Seven - 29th of October
5:30am - Picton - Opposite school on roadside
11:45am - Wellington - Plimmerton Weigh Station, State Highway 53 (only option for Wellington People).
12:30pm - Paraparumu Jade Property Management/Real Estate (Roadside). 158A Main Road South, Raumati South
12:45pm - Wiakanae - Luminos dentist on road side
1:05pm - Otaki - on roadside before New World
1:30pm - Levin - opposite Travel lodge main south road
2:30pm - Sanson in carpark Corner state hwy 1 and State hwy 3 by Junction Motel behind Gull Station
3:15pm - Palmerston North - by the Terrace End Cemetery
4:00pm - Woodville - behind Caltex Service Station main road
4:45pm - Dannevirke - dog park car park north end of town opposite hotel
5:15pm - Norsewood - by the dairy on main road
6:00pm - Waipukurau - in carpark by Railway station public toilets and cafe
7:00pm - Hastings Stockyards Carpark (Stortford Lodge Saleyards) next to Vets One. 480 Maraekakaho Road, St Leonards, Hastings.
7:30pm - Napier - BP Service Station Bayview
Day Eight - 30th of October
8:30am - Taupo Z Service Station Carpark by Mega Mitre 10 at 138 Thermal Explorer Highway, Hilltop
9:30am - Tokoroa - by Subway
10:00am- Putaruru - by Z service station
10:20am - Tirau - BP service station Main Road
11:00am - Cambridge - Golf Course, 112 Tirau Road, Cambridge
12:00pm - Huntly - River Haven carpark 160 Great South Road
12:30pm - Mercer - Mobil truck stop Main Road
12:35pm - Pokeno by RV bus sales - Go past toilets around corner rv sales on left
12:45pm - Bombays - BP Truck stop 203 Mill Road
1:30pm - 2:00pm - Auckland Manukau Sports Bowl carpark Te Irirangi Drive Clover Park (the carpark between then Greyhound racing track & the Manukau Tennis Centre)
3:00pm - Hamilton - Animates 787 Te Rapa Road, Te Rapa Straight
4.30 pm - Te Awamutu - opposite Mobil Service Station Arawata Street, Te Awamutu
FINSIHED
Depart Te Awamutu 6:30 am
6.20 am - Te Awamutu Mobil Service Station - Arawata Street
7.20 am - Hamilton - Animates 787 Te Rapa Road, Te Rapa Straight
8.15 am - Huntly River Haven Carpark - 160 Great South Road
8.30 am - Te Kauwhata (roundabout were old fruit shop was)
8.45 am - Mercer Mobil Truck stop Main Road
8.50 am - Pokeno by RV bus sales - Go past toilets around corner rv sales on left
9.00 am - Bombays BP truck stop - 203 Mill Rd - (All Pukekohe people)
10.00am - Auckland Manukau Sports Bowl carpark Te Irirangi Drive Clover Park (the carpark between then Greyhound racing track & the Manukau Tennis Centre)
Link for map/image: manukau_carpark.png
11.30am - Ngatea Hall - Main Road
12.00pm - Paeroa - By Mexican Motel northern end of township
12.30pm - Waihi - Past BP Service station on main road on left under oak trees
1.00 pm - Katikati opp Robert Harris coffee shop at park area
2.00 pm - Tauranga - Pyes Pa Cemetery Carpark, Pyes Pa Road, Gate 2
3.15 pm - Rotorua Caltex Truck Stop on the right driving past Waipa State Mill Road
4.30 - 5.00 pm - Taupo Z Service Station Carpark by Mega Mitre 10 at 138 Thermal Explorer Highway, Hilltop
7.00 pm - Napier - Mobil Truck Stop Bayview Main Road
7.30 pm - Napier Albatross Motel Meeanne Quay
Day Two - 24th of October
7.00 am - Napier opposite comfort inn on meeanne quay in large carpark area
7:30am - 7:40am - Hastings Stockyards Carpark (Stortford Lodge Saleyards) next to Vets One. 480 Maraekakaho Road, St Leonards, Hastings.
8.00 am - Te Aute Pub on main road -
8.30 am - Waipawa - at weigh station between Waipawa and Waipukurau
9.00 am - Waipukurau at public toilets by railway station cafe
9.45 am - Norsewood - Sock Factory on Main Road
10.00 am - Dannevirke Mangatera dog Park North end of town opposite Mangatera Hotel 2 High Street
11.30 am - Woodville behind the Caltex Service Station
12.15 pm - Palmerston North Memorial park Entrance - Main Street East, Terrace End, Palmerston North
1.30 pm - Sanson carpark by Junction Motel Corner of State Highway 1 and 3
3:00pm - Levin opposite Travel Lodge Main south road
3:30pm - Otaki Outside the New World supermarket stop
4:00 pm - Waikanae opposite Lumino dentist main road
4:20 pm - Paraparaumu at old Mobil Service Station
5:00 pm - Weigh station between Pukerua Bay and Porirua. Also known as the Plimmerton Weigh Station, however we park on the opposite side of the road south bound into Wellington. (only option for Wellington People).
Link for map/image: plimmerton_weight_station.png
Day Three - 25th of October
Depart Blenheim 9:20am
9:00 am - Blenheim Lansdowne Park - Lansdowne Street
9:45 am - Seddon opposite toilets on main road
10:10am - Ward at petrol pumps
12:30pm - Kaikoura at Caves Cafe South of Township
1:30 pm - Cheviot by baths opposite toilets on main road
2:00 pm Waipara Turnoff (Culverton people) Opposite Grape Statue
2:30 pm - Amberley Caltex truck stop
3:30 pm - Woodend - Gull Service Station (Opposite BP)
5:00 pm - Christchurch - Highway Inn, 527 Sawyers Arms Road
6:30 - 7:00 pm Rolleston - Just before NPD station on right
Day Four - 26th of October
Depart Rolleston 6:00 am
7.00 am - Rakaia by Big Fish Statue and Toilets
8.00 am - Ashburton opposite the old Bunnings BP truck stop Main road
8.10 am - Hinds by workshop past deer statues
8.30 am - Winchester by service station main road
8.45 am - Temuka by Vets opposite sale yards
9.15 am - Timaru on the left past Browne Street by Anzac Square Park Roadside
9.35 am - St Andrews opposite Hotel Main road
9.50 am - Waimate Turnoff - Opposite Nosh Cafe on main road
10.30am - Oamaru Waitaki Industrial Park Carpark next to the Z Truck Stop Northend of Town
11.30am - Palmerston - toilets main road
12.00pm - Waikouaiti opposite Service station on main road
1.00 pm - Dunedin south - Bathgate Park Helena street near Rugby club
2.30 pm - Milton - white horse Inn carpark 161 Union Street
3.00 pm - Balcultha - by Wrightson's on main Road
3.30 pm - Clinton - opposite horse statues on main road
4.15 pm - Gore - 35 Broughton street by motor camp on roadside
5.00 pm - Edendale Opposite School Roadside
6.00 pm - Invercargill - Ascot Park Hotel Carpark, Corner of Tay Street &, Racecourse Road, Invercargill
Day Five - 27th of October
Depart Invercargill 11.00am
Cleaning and sterilizing Bus and Trailer from 7 - 10.30am
10:45am - Invercargill - Ascot Park Hotel Carpark, Corner of Tay Street &, Racecourse Road, Invercargill
12:00pm - 12.30 pm - Gore - 35 Broughton street by motor camp
1.00 pm - Clinton - by Horses statue main road
1.30 pm - Balcultha - by PGG Wrightsons
2.00 pm - Milton - White Horse Inn car park 161 Union Street Main road
2.20 pm - Waihola Black Swan Motel By fish takeaway shop
3:30 pm - Dunedin south - Bathgate Park Helena street near Rugby club
4:00 pm - Waikouaiti - By Service station on main road
5.00 pm - Palmerston by Fish and chip Shop
6.00 pm Oamaru Waitaki Industrial Park Carpark next to the Z Truck Stop Northend of Town
6:30 - 6:45pm - Waimate Turnoff - Nosh Cafe on main road
7.30 pm - Timaru - NPD Service Station opposite Racecourse entrance way Pharlap statue
Day Six - 28th of October
7.00am depart Timaru
7.30 am - Temuka - by Vets opposite sale yards
8.00 am - Hinds - by workshop on left coming into town
8.30 am - Ashburton - by old Bunnings Main road
9.00 am - Winchester by service station main road
9.45 am pm - Rakaia - by Big Fish Statue and Toilets
9:30am - Rolleston - BP Service Station
10:30am Christchurch - Highway Inn, 527 Sawyers Arms Road
11.30am - 11:45am - Woodend - Gull Service Station (Opposite BP)
12:30 pm - Amberley Caltex Truck Stop Main Road
1.00 pm - Waipara Turnoff in pull area by Grape statue
2.00 pm - Cheviot by toilets
3:00 pm - Kaikoura at Caves cafe south of township across road
4.00pm Ward by service station cafe
4.30pm - Seddon by toilets
6.00pm - 6:30pm - Blenheim Lansdowne park, Lansdowne Road
Day Seven - 29th of October
5:30am - Picton - Opposite school on roadside
11:45am - Wellington - Plimmerton Weigh Station, State Highway 53 (only option for Wellington People).
12:30pm - Paraparumu Jade Property Management/Real Estate (Roadside). 158A Main Road South, Raumati South
12:45pm - Wiakanae - Luminos dentist on road side
1:05pm - Otaki - on roadside before New World
1:30pm - Levin - opposite Travel lodge main south road
2:30pm - Sanson in carpark Corner state hwy 1 and State hwy 3 by Junction Motel behind Gull Station
3:15pm - Palmerston North - by the Terrace End Cemetery
4:00pm - Woodville - behind Caltex Service Station main road
4:45pm - Dannevirke - dog park car park north end of town opposite hotel
5:15pm - Norsewood - by the dairy on main road
6:00pm - Waipukurau - in carpark by Railway station public toilets and cafe
7:00pm - Hastings Stockyards Carpark (Stortford Lodge Saleyards) next to Vets One. 480 Maraekakaho Road, St Leonards, Hastings.
7:30pm - Napier - BP Service Station Bayview
Day Eight - 30th of October
8:30am - Taupo Z Service Station Carpark by Mega Mitre 10 at 138 Thermal Explorer Highway, Hilltop
9:30am - Tokoroa - by Subway
10:00am- Putaruru - by Z service station
10:20am - Tirau - BP service station Main Road
11:00am - Cambridge - Golf Course, 112 Tirau Road, Cambridge
12:00pm - Huntly - River Haven carpark 160 Great South Road
12:30pm - Mercer - Mobil truck stop Main Road
12:35pm - Pokeno by RV bus sales - Go past toilets around corner rv sales on left
12:45pm - Bombays - BP Truck stop 203 Mill Road
1:30pm - 2:00pm - Auckland Manukau Sports Bowl carpark Te Irirangi Drive Clover Park (the carpark between then Greyhound racing track & the Manukau Tennis Centre)
3:00pm - Hamilton - Animates 787 Te Rapa Road, Te Rapa Straight
4.30 pm - Te Awamutu - opposite Mobil Service Station Arawata Street, Te Awamutu
FINSIHED