Route 40 at Welcome Bay now goes down Ranginui Rd to improve the accessibility for some residents.

Outbound: Tauranga CBD (Stand C), Willow Street, Spring St, Grey St, Elizabeth St, Cameron Rd, 15th Ave, Turret Rd, SH 29A, Welcome Bay Rd (Hairni Interchange Welcome Bay Rd Stand D), James Cook Dr, Victory St, Osprey Dr, Waitaha Rd, Welcome Bay Rd, Esmeralda St, Arawata Ave, Corinna St, Ranginui Rd, Welcome Bay Rd, Waikite Rd, Ballintoy Park Drive opposite Antrim Glade (Anticlockwise around Ballintoy Park Dr).

This service into the Tauranga CBD uses the Hairini bus lane.

Inbound: Ballintoy Park Drive opposite Antrim Glade, Waikite Rd, Welcome Bay Rd, Ranginui Rd, Corinna St, Arawata Ave, Esmeralda St, Welcome Bay Rd, Waitaha Rd, Osprey Dr, Victory St, James Cook Dr, Welcome Bay Rd (Hairini Interchange Welcome Bay Rd Stand C), Hairini St bus lane, SH 29A, Turret Rd, 15th Ave, Cameron Rd, Wharf St, Willow St, Tauranga CBD (Stand C)

Route variation: The 14:40 and 15:00 inbound trips will detour off 15th Ave at Fraser St. This allows Tauranga Boys Students to board without crossing Cameron Road. Detour Route is 15th Ave, Fraser St, Thirteenth Ave (Bus Stop), Cameron Rd. This variation may affect some bus users intending on catching the bus at the stops on Cameron Rd/15th Avenue between 13th and Fraser St.

List of bus stops

Tauranga CBD to Welcome Bay

Welcome Bay to Tauranga CBD

Tauranga CBD - Stand A Tauranga CBD - Stand C Grey Street - Fronting No. 62 Cameron Road - Fronting No. 292 Cameron Road - Fronting No. 340 Cameron Road - Fronting Tauranga Primary School Cameron Road - Fronting No. 408 Cameron Road - Fronting Pak N Save Supermarket Cameron Road - Fronting No. 610 Cameron Road - Fronting Countdown Cameron Road - Tauranga Boys College Fifteenth Avenue - Fronting 165b Fifteenth Avenue - Fronting No. 93 Fifteenth Avenue - Fronting No. 31 Turret Road - Fronting Rest Area Welcome Bay Road - Stand D Opposite Greenwood Park Lane Welcome Bay Road - Fronting No. 43 Welcome Bay Road - Fronting No. 111 Welcome Bay Road - Fronting No. 167 James Cook Drive - Fronting No. 79 Victory Street - Fronting No. 47 Victory Street - Fronting No. 81 Osprey Drive - Fronting No. 15 Osprey Drive - Fronting No. 41 Osprey Drive - Fronting No. 73 Osprey Drive - before Bateleur Close Waitaha Road - Fronting No. 159 Waitaha Road - Fronting No. 13 Welcome Bay Road - Fronting No. 279 Esmeralda Street - Fronting No. 15 Arawata Avenue - Fronting No. 22 Corinna Street - Fronting No. 10 Corinna Street - Fronting No. 40 Ranginui Street - Opposite No. 16 Waikite Road - Utopia Park Heights Waikite Road - Fronting No. 51 Waikite Road - Opposite Flight Valley Way Waikite Road - Fronting No. 135 Ballintoy Park Drive - Fronting No. 5 Ballintoy Park Drive - Opposite Antrim Glade Ballintoy Park Drive - Fronting Reserve

Ballintoy Park Drive - Fronting Reserve Waikite Road - Fronting No. 136 Waikite Road - Opposite Oceana Drive Waikite Road - Fronting No. 36 Waikite Road - Fronting No. 2 Welcome Bay Road - Fronting No. 407 Ranginui Road - Fronting No. 10 Corinna Street - Fronting No. 47 Corinna Street - Fronting No. 1 Arawata Avenue - Fronting No. 27 Esmeralda Street - Fronting No. 24 Esmeralda Street - Fronting No. 6 Welcome Bay Hall Waitaha Road - Opposite No. 111 Osprey Drive - Fronting No. 130 Osprey Drive - Fronting No. 74 Osprey Drive - Opposite No. 15 Victory Street - Fronting No. 20 James Cook Drive - Fronting No. 72 Welcome Bay Road - Opposite No. 133 Welcome Bay Road - Fronting No. 68 Welcome Bay Road - Stand A Fronting Greenwood Park Village Hairini Street Fifteenth Avenue - Fronting No. 30 Fifteenth Avenue - Fronting No. 86 Fifteenth Avenue - Adjacent To Devonport Road Cameron Road - Fronting No. 697 (Opposite Tauranga Boys’ College) Cameron Road - Fronting No. 607 Cameron Road - Fronting No. 525 Cameron Road - Fronting No. 483 Cameron Road - Fronting No. 409 Cameron Road - Fronting No. 389 Cameron Road - Fronting No. 349 Cameron Road - Fronting No. 265 Cameron Road - Fronting No. 171 Tauranga CBD - Stand A