Keeping you up to date with detours and changes happening as a major Queenstown roading project is underway. Otago Regional Council is working with the New Zealand Transport Agency Waka Kotahi to keep Queenstown bus passengers moving while this infrastructure work happens. Please check back to keep up with changes to bus routes.
Key points
- Between 10pm and 6am Queenstown buses may be following detours
- Detours will change as the night works progress – but no bus stops will be missed
- Changing buses at the Frankton Bus Hub? Let your driver know so they can tell the other drivers if buses are delayed.
Buses stopping at the Frankton Bus Hub after 10pm may follow detours due to road closures during this time. Detours will depend on where the road works are happening. Find out which routes are affected on which dates below.
No bus stops will be missed, and the usual routes will resume after 6am.
Please let your bus driver know if you are transferring to another bus at the Frankton Bus Hub so they can communicate with the other driver if buses are running behind schedule.
While most of this work will be done at night, travel times may also be affected during the day so please plan ahead. If you have to be somewhere at a specific time you may want to consider catching an earlier bus.
Route 1 – Fernhill to Remarkables Park. Detour through McBride and Ross Streets to Frankton Bus Hub.
Route 1 – Remarkables Park to Fernhill. Detour through Ross and McBride Streets after Frankton Bus Hub.
Route 2 – Arthur’s Point to Arrowtown. Detour through McBride and Ross Streets to Frankton Bus Hub then onto Arrowtown via Hawthorne Drive.
Route 2 – Arrowtown to Arthur’s Point. Detour through Hawthorne Drive to Frankton Bus Hub then onto Arthur’s Point via Ross and McBride Streets.
Route 3 – Kelvin Heights to Quail Rise. Detour through Hawthorne Drive to Grant Road bus stop.
Route 3 – Quail Rise to Kelvin Heights. Detour through Central Street and Hawthorne Drive to Frankton Bus Hub.
Route 4 – NO SERVICES AFFECTED.
Route 5 – Queenstown to Lake Hayes Estate. Detour through McBride and Ross Streets to Frankton Bus Hub, then via Hawthorne Drive.
Route 5 – Lake Hayes Estate to Queenstown. Detour through McBride and Ross Streets to Frankton Bus Hub, then back again to resume usual route.
Route 1 – Fernhill to Remarkables Park. Detour through McBride and Gray Streets to Frankton Bus Hub then back along McBride St and up Kawarau Road to Lucas Place roundabout where usual route resumes.
Route 1 – Remarkables Park to Fernhill. Detour through McBride and Gray Streets to Frankton Bus Hub and back again to resume usual route.
Route 2 – NO SERVICES AFFECTED.
Route 3 – Kelvin Heights to Quail Rise. Detour through McBride and Gray Streets to Frankton Bus Hub and back again to resume usual route.
Route 3 – Quail Rise to Kelvin Heights. Detour through McBride and Gray Streets after Frankton Bus Hub, then via Kawarau Road to Lucas Place roundabout to resume usual route.
Route 4 – Frankton Bus Hub to Jack’s Point. Detour through Gray and McBride Streets after Frankton Bus Hub.
Route 4 – Jack’s Point to Frankton Bus Hub. Detour through McBride and Gray Streets to Frankton Bus Hub.
Route 5 – NO SERVICES AFFECTED.
Ladies Mile to Joe O'Connell Drive fully closed
Ladies Mile to Joe O'Connell Drive resident's only
Route 1 – NO SERVICES AFFECTED.
Route 2 – Arthur’s Point to Arrowtown. Detour through Hawthorne Drive after Frankton Bus Hub.
Route 2 – Arrowtown to Arthur’s Point. Detour through Hawthorne Drive to Frankton Bus Hub.
Route 3 – Kelvin Heights to Quail Rise. Detour through Kawarau Road, Hawthorne Drive and Central Street to Grant Road bus stop.
Route 3 – Quail Rise to Kelvin Heights. Detour through Central Street and Hawthorne Drive to Frankton Bus Hub, then back along Kawarau Road to the intersection of Humphrey Street to resume usual route.
Route 4 - NO SERVICES AFFECTED.
Route 5 – Queenstown to Lake Hayes Estate. Detour through Hawthorne Drive and Central Street to Grant Road bus stop.
Route 5 – Lake Hayes Estate to Queenstown. Detour through Central St and Hawthorne Drive to Frankton Bus Hub.
Route 1 – Fernhill to Remarkables Park. Detour through McBride and Gray Streets to Frankton Bus Hub.
Route 1 – Remarkables Park to Fernhill. Detour through Gray and McBride Streets after Frankton Bus Hub.
Route 2 – Arthur’s Point to Arrowtown. Detour through McBride and Gray Streets to Frankton Bus Hub.
Route 2 – Arrowtown to Arthur’s Point. Detour through Gray and McBride Streets after Frankton Bus Hub.
Route 3 – NO SERVICES AFFECTED.
Route 4 – NO SERVICES AFFECTED.
Route 5 – Queenstown to Lake Hayes Estate. Detour through McBride and Gray Streets to Frankton Bus Hub.
Route 5 – Lake Hayes Estate to Queenstown. Detour through Gray and McBride Streets after Frankton Bus Hub.
We apologise for any inconvenience this may cause our passengers. This work is part of NZ Transport Agency Waka Kotahi (NZTA)’s State Highway 6 and 6A Frankton Intersection and Bus Hub Improvements Project, managed by Kā Huanui a Tāhuna. Contractors will be working to minimise disruption as much as possible.
Roadworks in this area will be ongoing for four years. Stay up to date via NZTA’s website or sign up for Kā Huanui a Tāhuna’s monthly newsletter Huanui pānui.
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The New Zealand Transport Agency Waka Kotahi is delivering improvements to SH6 and SH6A as a Road of Regional Significance project via the *Kā Huanui a Tāhuna Alliance. Find out more on the NZTA website.
*Kā Huanui a Tāhuna is an alliance partnership between NZ Transport Agency Waka Kotahi (NZTA) and Queenstown Lakes District Council (QLDC) along with four design and construction companies, Beca, WSP, Downer and Fulton Hogan.
Page last updated 2 August 2024.
