School Bus service

Please find outlined below details of the Hutt Valley and Paremata bus routes and costs. We are delighted to be able to provide this efficient service, ensuring that students arrive safely to begin their school day.

The information is divided into three sections:

•    General information relevant to both bus services
•    Information relevant only to Paremata bus run
•    Information relevant only to Hutt Valley bus run

General Information relevant to both the Hutt Valley and Paremata bus runs.

Marsden Whitby has contracted NZ Coach Service to provide transport to our students during the school year. NZ Coach Service is once again very keen to work with the school to establish the most effective bus route for students. Should you have a preferred bus stop along either route that would be more convenient to you, please notify the school office so that we can accommodate your request if possible.

On each route, the bus will collect Marsden Whitby students only and then only those who are in our school uniform unless we inform them of a planned mufti day. They will be delivered to the front door of the school. For your peace of mind, please know that no member of the public will be permitted to travel on either bus.

In the event of buses or connecting trains being delayed at the end of the day due to weather, road accidents etc the school will attempt to contact each parent notifying them of such delays. For this purpose, please provide the school office with your cell phone number/s by emailing jenny.monk@marsden.school.nz or phoning 234 1070.

NZ Coach Service has endeavoured to be as accurate as possible with pickup times. However it is possible these times may vary slightly to the times outlined in the timetables as the routes are new to them and the numbers of students using the services have increased. With this in mind, they have requested that students arrive at each bus stop allowing extra time either side of the pick up times given below as a precaution. This is only as a precaution as they do not anticipate big time variations.

Towards the end of each term bus charges will be disbursed to your account as follows:

Students who require transport between the school and Paremata station will be issued with a 10 trip ticket from the school office, the cost will be disbursed to your account.

Paremata Bus

Timetable

Pickups in following order:

The bus collects students who travel by train from the Paremata Railway Station at 8.35a.m.  Should the trains be delayed, the bus will not leave the station to travel to school until both trains have arrived to Paremata. Students will be collected from the school at the end of the school day to travel to the Paremata Railway station arriving there just prior to 3.30pm to catch their trains to return home.

Hutt Valley Bus

Timetable

• Bus departs Upper Hutt Railway Station at 7.40am travelling the whole of Fergusson Drive down to Silverstream (staying on Fergusson Drive)
• Departs Silverstream Railway Station at 7.50am.
• Bus then travels to Manor Park, arriving there about 7.55am.
• Bus then goes to Fairway Drive / Daysh Street / Cambridge Terrace  arriving at Waterloo Station 8.10am.
• Then to Oxford Terrace, back on to Fairway Drive picking up at Old National Film Unit at 8.15am.
• Then to Judgeford intersection for a 8.30am pick up.
• Then to Pauatahanui Village 8.35am, to Whitby on to Joseph Banks Drive, on to Navigation Drive and Samwell Drive.
• The bus then goes back on to Joseph Banks Drive down to James Cook Drive arriving at Samuel Marsden about 8.40am.

If you have any questions or concerns regarding your son/daughter’s transport to school, please feel free to contact NZ Coach Services 0800 634572 or Jenny Monk in the school office,  (04) 234 1070.