School bus routes 2021
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Bay Hopper School Buses under Alert Level 1.
Update 11/01/2021:
If your regular school bus is a blue Bayhopper school bus:
- No Bee Card required
- No loading restriction (will carry a full seated and standing load)
- No Face coverings are required for anyone aged 12 and over
- Schools are required to keep a bus roll
If your regular school bus is operated by a yellow Bayhopper vehicle:
- Bee Card required
- No loading restriction (will carry a full seated and standing load)
- No Face coverings are required for anyone aged 12 and over
- Schools are required to keep a bus roll
If your regular bus to school is a yellow Bayhopper urban bus (eg route 1, 36 etc.):
- Bee Card required
- No loading restriction (will carry a full seated and standing load)
- No Face coverings are required for anyone aged 12 and over
- Students are encouraged to record their travel via QR Codes or the Contact Tracing page on the Baybus website.
All vehicles operating school services will be thoroughly cleaned and sanitised daily which is additional to the “fogging” treatment that has occurred on all Council buses.
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In 2021 all students travelling on dedicated Bayhopper school buses or Tauranga urban routes can travel for free before 9am and between 2.30pm and 6.30pm. This trial has been extended to the end of the 2021 school year and applies to school days only.
Students are required to use a Bee card on some bus routes (see list here) – if using a Bee card make sure that you have had your concession loaded otherwise you will be charged an adult fare.
If you are a student and paying by cash, please either be in school uniform or present your student ID to the driver to have your concession applied.
FAQ about the school bus routes are here
Timetables are below
School bus route 701a for students who live in or near Mount Maunganui and Bayfair estate
School bus route 701b for students who live in or near Maungatapu and the Bayfair area
School bus route 702 for students who live in or near Otumoetai and Matua
School bus route 703 for students who live in or near Bethlehem
School bus route 704a for students who live in Welcome Bay
School bus route 704b for students who live in Ohauti and Windermere
School bus route 808a for students who live in or near Cambridge Road and Cameron Road
School bus route 808b for students who live in or near Fraser St and the Avenues
Please register each student's school bus usage with Bethlehem College directly
School bus route 810a for students who live in or near Mount Maunganui
School bus route 810b for students who live in or near Mount Maunganui
School bus route 811a for students who live in or near Welcome Bay- BEE card required
School bus route 811b for students who live in or near Welcome Bay
School bus route 812 for students who live in or near Ohauiti and Maungatapu- BEE card required
School bus route 813 for students who live in or near Pyes Pa and Cambridge Road
School bus route 814a for students who live in or near Outmoetai and Pillans Point
School bus route 814b for students who live in or near Brookfield and Bethlehem
School bus route 815 for students who live in or near Matua
School bus route 816 for students who live in or near Cameron Road and Bethlehem
School bus route 906 for students who live in or near The Lakes and Pyes Pa
School bus route 710a for students that live in or near in Papamoa East - BEE card required
School bus route 711a for students that live in or near Te Okuroa Drive - BEE card required
School bus route 712a for students that live in or near Palm Springs Boulevard and Golden Sands Drive- BEE card required
School bus route 713a for students that live in or near Domain Road- BEE card required
School bus route 720 for students who live in or near Welcome Bay
School bus route 710b for student that live in or near Papamoa East
School bus route 711b for students that live in or near Te Okuroa Drive
School bus route 712b for students that live in or near Palm Springs Boulevard and Golden Sands Drive- BEE card required
School bus route 713b for students that live in or near Domain Road- BEE card required
School bus route 720 for students who live in or near Welcome Bay
School bus route 904a for students who live in or near Welcome Bay- BEE card required
School bus route 904b for students who live in or near Ohauiti and Cheyne Rd
School bus route 905a for students who live in or near Bethlehem and Otumoetai
School bus route 905b for students who live in or near Bethlehem
School bus route 904a for students who live in or near Welcome Bay - Bee card required
School bus route 904b for students who live in or near Ohauiti and Cheyne Rd
School bus route 905a for students who live in or near Bethlehem and Otumoetai
School bus route 905b for students who live in or near Bethlehem
School bus route 714 for students who live in or near Papamoa (The Boulevard and Emerald Shores Drive)
School bus route 801b for students who live in or near Maungatapu and Ohauiti
School bus route 803a for students who live in or near Welcome Bay
School bus route 806c for students who live in or near The Lakes
School bus route 807 for students who live in or near Freeburn Rd
School bus route 903d for students who live in or near Pyes Pa
School bus route 905a for students who live in or near Bethlehem and Otumoetai
School bus route 802c for students who live in or near Ohauiti - BEE card required
School bus route 803a for students who live in or near Welcome Bay
School bus route 805 for students who live in or Maungatapu- BEE card required
School bus route 806a for students who live in or near The Lakes
School bus route 807 for students who live in or near Freeburn Rd
School bus route 808a for students who live in or ear Cameron Road and Cambridge Road
School bus route 902a for students who live in or near Welcome Bay- BEE card required
School bus route 902b for students who live in or near Welcome Bay- BEE card required
School bus route 903a for students who live in or near Pyes Pa
School bus route 903b for students who live in or near Pyes Pa
School bus route 802b for students who live in or near Ohauiti - BEE card required
School bus route 803b for students who live in or near Welcome Bay- BEE card required
School bus route 805 for students who live in or Maungatapu- BEE card required
School bus route 806b for students who live in or near The Lakes
School bus route 807 for students who live in or near Freeburn Rd
School bus route 808a for students who live in or near Cambridge Rd or Cameron Rd
School bus route 901a for students who live in or near Welcome Bay and Ohauiti- BEE card required
School bus route 901b for students who live in or near Welcome Bay- BEE card required
School bus route 903b for students who live in or near Pyes Pa
School bus route 903c for students who live in or near Pyes Pa
School bus route 801a for students who live in or near Windermere and Maungatapu
School bus route 802a for students who live in or near Ohauiti
School bus route 804a for students who live in Welcome Bay - Bee card required
School bus route 804b for students who live in Welcome Bay - Bee card required
School bus route 806c for students who live in or near The Lakes
School bus route 807 for students who live in or near Freeburn Rd
School bus route 808a for students who live in or near Cambridge Rd and Cameron Rd
School bus route 903d for students who live in or near Pyes Pa
School bus route 801b for those who live in or near Maungatapu and Ohauiti
School bus route 704b for those who live in or near The Lakes (AFTERNOON ONLY)
School bus route 814b for those who live in or near Bethlehem (AFTERNOON ONLY)
