Data trawl shows North Shore commuters short-changed

The top two most frequently cancelled bus services in Auckland are the 845 which travels between Milford and Takapuna, past schools and North Shore Hospital, and the 856 through Castor Bay to Milford.

A data survey by RNZ also showed the sixth-worst service was the 907 from

Campbells Bay through Sunnynook, with all three routes having more than a third of their services cancelled in February.

Of the city’s 20 worst services, 16 are in the north, RNZ found, with Ritchies, the main operator for these, citing staff shortages and sickness for most cancellations.

The detail follows a recent public meeting called by North Shore MP Simon Watts and his National Party colleague for East Coast Bays, Erica Stanford, which heard from frustrated commuters and from parents concerned about the difficulty children were having in getting to school on time.