Route Updates

Detour for Dublin St road works (from 12/02/2026 until 13/02/2026)

From Thursday 12th February for 2 days there will be road works on Dublin St that will require the Route 155 service to detour from its usual route.

Buses travelling southbound towards Lyttelton will follow the normal route to Norwich Quay, continue on Norwich Quay, turn left on Canterbury St, and turn right on Winchester St to resume the normal route.

Buses travelling northbound towards Christchurch will not be impacted.

Several stops will be affected during this detour. Find out if your stop is affected by viewing the detour map.

155

Eastgate to Lyttelton

Eastgate Mall (Buckleys Rd) 10:30 am 12:00 pm 2:30 pm
Garlands Rd near Tanner St 10:47 am 12:17 pm 2:47 pm
Ferrymead Shops 10:51 am 12:21 pm 2:51 pm
Lyttelton Wharf 11:08 am 12:38 pm 3:08 pm

Please note

This service does not operate on weekends, public holidays or during the Christmas/NY period when the network runs to weekend timetables.

On public holidays bus and ferry services run to weekend timetables. Check the list of public holidays below to see which weekend timetables will be observed on those days.

Public holiday Date Services run to
Waitangi Day Friday 6 February 2026 Saturday timetable
Thursday 2 April Thursday 2 April 2026 Friday timetable
Good Friday Friday 3 April 2026 Sunday timetable 
Easter Monday Monday 6 April 2026 Saturday timetable
ANZAC Day Observed Monday 27 April 2026 Saturday timetable
King's Birthday Monday 1 June 2026 Saturday timetable
Thursday 9 July Thursday 9 July 2026 Friday timetable
Matariki Friday 10 July 2026 Saturday timetable
Labour Day Monday 26 October 2026 Saturday timetable
Thursday 12 November Thursday 12 November 2026 Friday timetable
Canterbury Anniversary
(Show Day)
Friday 13 November 2026 Saturday timetable
Christmas Day Friday 25 December 2026 Sunday timetable
All services stop at 6pm*
Boxing Day  Saturday 26 December 2026 Saturday timetable
Sunday 27 December Sunday 27 December 2026 Sunday timetable
Monday 28 December –
Thursday 31 December
Monday 28 December –
Thursday 31 December 2026
Saturday timetable
New Year's Day  Friday 1 January 2027 Saturday timetable
Day after New Year's Day Saturday 2 January 2027 Saturday timetable

 

*Service ends 6pm Christmas day, no trips will commence after 6pm and a number of trips will not travel their entire route.

155

Lyttelton to Eastgate

Lyttelton Wharf 9:30 am 11:20 am 12:45 pm
Ferrymead Shops 9:42 am 11:32 am 12:57 pm
Garlands Rd near Tanner St 9:46 am 11:36 am 1:01 pm
Eastgate Mall (Buckleys Rd) 10:03 am 11:53 am 1:18 pm

Please note

This service does not operate on weekends, public holidays or during the Christmas/NY period when the network runs to weekend timetables.

On public holidays bus and ferry services run to weekend timetables. Check the list of public holidays below to see which weekend timetables will be observed on those days.

Public holiday Date Services run to
Waitangi Day Friday 6 February 2026 Saturday timetable
Thursday 2 April Thursday 2 April 2026 Friday timetable
Good Friday Friday 3 April 2026 Sunday timetable 
Easter Monday Monday 6 April 2026 Saturday timetable
ANZAC Day Observed Monday 27 April 2026 Saturday timetable
King's Birthday Monday 1 June 2026 Saturday timetable
Thursday 9 July Thursday 9 July 2026 Friday timetable
Matariki Friday 10 July 2026 Saturday timetable
Labour Day Monday 26 October 2026 Saturday timetable
Thursday 12 November Thursday 12 November 2026 Friday timetable
Canterbury Anniversary
(Show Day)
Friday 13 November 2026 Saturday timetable
Christmas Day Friday 25 December 2026 Sunday timetable
All services stop at 6pm*
Boxing Day  Saturday 26 December 2026 Saturday timetable
Sunday 27 December Sunday 27 December 2026 Sunday timetable
Monday 28 December –
Thursday 31 December
Monday 28 December –
Thursday 31 December 2026
Saturday timetable
New Year's Day  Friday 1 January 2027 Saturday timetable
Day after New Year's Day Saturday 2 January 2027 Saturday timetable

 

*Service ends 6pm Christmas day, no trips will commence after 6pm and a number of trips will not travel their entire route.

Connecting Lyttelton and Christchurch

This weekday service connects Lyttelton through the tunnel to the services at the Ferrymead Shops, cinema and retail at The Tannery, and across to Eastgate Mall. It runs three times a day.