It’s the end of an era as Timaru’s Link bus service will run its last loop on Friday before being replaced by the regional council’s on-demand service.
Environment Canterbury’s community transport advisor Jess Pauling announced the Link service would be finishing on Friday and three new super low-floor MyWay vehicles will hit the roads on February 20.
In November, ECan announced its decision to stop the link service, Timaru’s last remaining fixed-route bus service, finding it was no longer sustainable after the successful introduction of MyWay.
“The Link represents the end of an era, as Timaru’s last remaining fixed-route bus service. Our three other routes were replaced in June 2020 by the on-demand service,” Ecan general manager public transport Stewart Gibbon had said.
