Many Queenstown bus users complaining about changes that have led to less frequent services, irregular arrivals and sometimes no buses not turning up at all. Those affected include school children, workers, tourists and Otago regional councillor Alexa Forbes.
The regional council is responsible for providing bus services and Forbes, who lives in Queenstown and is a regular bus user, is chairperson of the Otago regional transport committee.
She said she was “nice and early” to catch a bus to an event in Arrowtown from the Frankton bus hub, but it never arrived. \
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“Despite the website saying it was 10 minutes away, nothing happened.” \
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The next bus was running 40 minutes late because of congestion from skiers coming down from Coronet Peak, and she ended up getting a ride with a friend.
