This somewhat incomplete table shows the operators who became Stagecoach New Zealand. This is very much a work in progress so feedback to nzbusmueum@yahoo.co.nz is very much welcomed
14/1/08 Adams Travelines, Whangarei purchased by North City Bus Ltd
29/11/05 NZ Bus purchased by Infratil from Stagecoach
10/98 Fullers Auckland (controlling interest)
Waiheke Bus Company
1980 Oneroa-Surfdale Transport
199? Runciman Motors Ltd. North City Bus Ltd revived as the takeover vehicle
21/8/98 Transport Corporation Auckland Ltd (t/a Yellow Bus Company)
1997 Devonport Bus Co Ltd (North Shore Ferries bus operation)
1/4/96 Whenuapai Bus Travel Ltd. Sold to Ritchies 31/12/98
1/7/91 Auckland Regional Council re-organisation required by legislation
1/10/89 Auckland Regional Authority
1979 Fourways Coachlines (Pt Chevalier to Otahuhu licence - no buses)
19?? Shears Coachlines Ltd
16/4/77 Commercial Buses Ltd (Titirangi routes and 10 buses only)
Laingholm Route retained by Commercial Buses Ltd
1974 Auckland Bus Co 37 buses
31/3/72 North Shore Transport Ltd. Est 1927 From Auckland Transport Holdings Ltd 95 buses
Cheltenham Bus Co
Stanley Bay Bus Co
Tates Motors
Waitemata Bus & Transport Co.
(one of whom absorbed The United Motor-Omnibus Co Ltd Devonport)
31/3/72 Suburban Buses Est 1929 From Auckland Transport Holdings Ltd 26 buses
31/3/72 Passenger Transport Company 88 buses
1/11/64 Auckland Transport Board
10/50 LJ Keys
29/5/49 WJ Wheeler and Sons (Auckland-Penrose and 8 buses)
1/7/46 Hospital Bus Company
26/10/46 Transport Bus Services (ATB subsiduary to operate buses
est 7/10/33 re-absorbed 26/10/46)
15/1/29 Auckland City Council tram and bus operations
First Auckland City Council service 1/7/19
15/9/27 M Loregan
15/8/27 RH Heatt (t/a Progressive Bus Services)
15/8/27 Mt Eden Motor Bus Company Ltd
(General Omnibus Company Section)
29/3/27 Auckland Bell Bus Company Ltd
16/11/26 GH Gustafen
1/11/26 Gallagher and Sterling
1/11/26 Mt Eden Motor Bus Company Ltd (Mt Eden Section)
1/11/26 Peat and Mulligan
1/11/26 Reliance Bus Service
17/10/26 Royal Motor Bus Company Ltd
5/7/26 Northern Automobiles Ltd
28/10/92 Wellington City Transport Ltd. Cable car and Trolleybus overhead wiring
not included in the sale
Aug 1992 Cityline Hutt Valley Reorganisation of NZRRS in 198?
1994 Eastbourne Bus Service. Operated by Eastbourne Borough Council since 1927.
24/12/94 Stokes Valley Coaches (route 90 Stokes Valley-Wellington)
23/12/28 CE Bentley - 3 buses
12/4/28 GF Anyon - 2 buses
12/4/28 C StC Cecil - 3 buses
13/4/28 Hare & Sons - 3 buses
20/2/28 Barber & Whetton Ltd - 7 buses
20/2/28 Cottrell Bros - 9 buses
20/2/28 JW Sharpe Ltd - 8 buses
28/11/27 Ingham & Hunter Ltd - 6 buses
Aug 1992 Cityline Auckland reorganisation of NZRRS in 198?
28/11/48 WJ Wheeler and Sons (Auckland-Papakura-Paerata-Pukekohe) 13 buses
28/4/46 SA Loughin (Auckland-Pukekohe-Tuakau) 4 buses
28/10/45 PN Flexman (Auckland-Kingseat-Waiuku) 5 buses
1995? Cesta Travel - Wellington licences and 1 bus
1/7/91 Wellington City Council Transport Department. re-organised as Wellington
City Transport to meet de-regulation requirements. Known as Wellington
Tramways until 194?
c1990 NZRRS Ngaio/Khandallah routes
(North City Bus Ltd was established as a take over vehicle)
10/8/36 S. A. Chrichton (Wgtn-Jville) 5 buses
1/7/36 Bell Bus Co (Wgtn-Ngaio-Khandallah) 11 buses
1946 Kelburne-Karori Tramway Company. The Wellington Cable Car.
This was not part of the Wellington City Transport sale to Stagecoach
1946 Kelburne-Karori Motor Omnibus Co 4 buses
1939 NZRRS city sightseeing tour ex-Bell Bus Co
1925 Wellington Suburban Motor Co 14 buses
1900 Wellington Tramway Company Established 14/11/1877
First service Saturday 24/8/1878
Companies taken over by NZRRS from A.C. Bellamy "New Zealand Railway Road Services. A Pictorial History"
Southern Press Ltd 1981
Wellington City Transport history "Wellington City Transport Buses Through the Years"
Wellington City Council Transport Department 1987
Auckland City Council antecedants and dates of re-organisations Garth Stewart
Last Updated 13 July 2004