Morning and Afternoon School Buses
Historically, school buses operate from Auckland Anniversary onwards. However, we advise students to check the AT website (details below) for up-to-date bus information.
Many of the public buses stop at Smales Farm, next to our school gate. Smales Farm does not allow parking for school drop off/collection and issues infringement tickets.
For morning school bus times and stops, and any information about the afternoon school buses contact the bus company concerned or contact Auckland Transport ph (09) 355 3553 or go to https://at.govt.nz/ click on ‘Bus Train Ferry’ on the top left side of the screen. This is their Journey Planner and it will give you all the closest public transport options for a journey. If you want to see only school bus timetables, just click on ‘Timetables’ on the left, then click on ‘school timetables’ and scroll down and click on ‘Westlake Girls’. The direct link for Westlake Girls buses is: https://at.govt.nz/bus-train-ferry/timetables/school-timetables/westlake-girls/
Ritchies Transport (RT)
Phone: 415-9138
NZ Buses (NZB)
Phone: 444-4408
Go Bus (GB)
Phone: 275-8811
Ritchies Transport = RT, phone = 415-9138 NZ Buses = NZB, phone = 444-4408
2026 Buses
GB = Go Bus, phone = 275-8811
NB: CHECK THE A.T. WEBSITE FOR THE MOST UP-TO-DATE BUS STOP INFORMATION
Bus Numbers 009, 023, 025, 026, 036, 042, 045, 052, 055, 057, 073, 074
009 Diana Drive (RT)
St Josephs, Rosmini College, Dominion, Puriri, Karaka, Taharoto, Takapuna Intermediate, Westlake Girls High, Forrest Hill, Westlake Boys High, Forrest Hill, Tristram, Wairau, Archers, Sunnybrae, Coronation, Lynden, Mountbatten, Hume, Monarch, Betsland, McDowell, Moore, Tilden, Pupuke, Glenfield, Chivalry to Diana Drive
Leaves the bus bay at 3.25pm
15M Bayview/Manuka Rd
Leaves this stop at 3.20pm
Westlake Girls (Shakespeare Rd Extension), Wairau Rd, Archers, Chivalry, Chartwell, Bentley, Downing, Glenfield, Glenfield Mall, James, Spinella, Bayview, Lynn, Manuka. Finish at the intersection of Manuka and Glenfield Roads.
015G Glenfield Shops
Leaves this stop at 3.25pm
Westlake Girls (Shakespeare Rd Extension), Wairau Rd, Archers, Chivalry, Glenfield, finish at Glenfield Mall.
023 Totara Grove (NZB)
Carmel College, Shakespeare, Westlake Girls High, Forrest Hill, East Coast, Sunnynook, Sycamore, Juniper, Sunset to Target Road opposite Cheval Drive
Leaves the bus bay at 3.25pm
025 Torbay (RT)
Carmel College, Shakespeare, Taharoto, Westlake Girls High, Forrest Hill, Westlake Boys High, East Coast Road, Rangitoto College, Carlisle, Firth, Deep Creek, Weatherley, Geoffrey, Glamorgan, Marina, Stredwick, Awaruka, County to Torbay Shops. (First stop is Kowhai Road.)
Leaves the bus bay at 3.30pm
N.B. Two and three stage fare passengers only. One stage passengers take public bus 875 from the public stop by Columbus Coffee (Smales Farm). This leaves the bus stop at 3.25pm.
026 Pinehill (RT)
Westlake Girls High, Shakespeare, East Coast, Aberdeen, Beach Rd to Mairangi Bay, Rothesay Bay, Browns Bay, Glencoe to Oaktree corner East Coast Road
Leaves the bus bay at 3.25pm
036 East Coast Rd to Aberdeen Rd (new afternoon only route starting in 2020) (RT)
Westlake Girls High, Shakespeare, East Coast, to the start of Aberdeen Rd
Leaves the bus bay at 3.25pm
042 Albany (RT)
Carmel College Shakespeare Extension Westlake Girls, Wairau, Albany Highway, Rosedale, Bush, Albany Expressway, The Avenue to Hobson Road
Leaves the bus bay at 3.25pm
045 Silverdale (GB)
Shakespeare (for Carmel College), Shakespeare Extension (for Westlake Girls), Wairau, Forest Hill (for Westlake Boys), Tristram, Tristram Avenue on-ramp, Northern Motorway, Greville Road off-ramp, Albany Expressway, Bush (for Pinehurst School), Rosedale, Albany Highway, Albany Expressway, Main North Highway, Wainui, Silverdale
Leaves bus bay at 3.25pm
046 Glenfield (NZB)
Carmel College, Shakespeare extension, Westlake Girls High, Wairau, Porana, Sunnybrae, Coronation, Lynden, Sylvia, Eban, Moore, Glenfield, Chivalry to Diana Drive
Leaves the bus bay at 3.25pm
052 Sunnynook (NZB)
Carmel College, Shakespeare Westlake Girls, Forrest Hill, Havelock, Becroft, Sunnynook, Sycamore, Salamanca, Laurina, Sycamore.
Leaves the bus bay at 3.25pm
055 Unsworth (RT)
Carmel College, Shakespeare, Wairau, Westlake Girls High, Westlake Boys High, Tristram, Croftfield, Target, Caribbean, Devonshire, Meadowood, Barbados, Unsworth, Glenfield Rd, Wairau (to Diana Drive)
Leaves the bus bay at 3.30pm
056 Glenfield (RT)
Carmel College, Shakespeare Extension, Westlake Girls High, Wairau, Archers, Coronation, Glenfield, Kaipatiki, Glenfield College, Kaipatiki, Glenfield, Chivalry, Diana, Wairau, Target, Sunnynook, Sycamore, Sunset to Glenfield Rd, Wairau Rd
Leaves the bus bay at 3.25pm
057 Glenfield (NZB)
Taharoto, Wairau, Forrest Hill, Havelock, Becroft, Sunnynook, Totaravale, Trias, Athena, Trias, Sunset, Caribbean, Devonshire, Meadowood, Barbados, Unsworth, Albany Highway, to Glenfield Rd corner Ellice/Wairau Rd.
Leaves the bus bay at 3.25pm
073 Target Road (NZB)
Rosmini College, St Josephs, Dominion, Puriri, Karaka Taharoto, Westlake Girls High, Wairau, Forrest Hill, Westlake Boys High, Sunnynook, Sycamore, Juniper, Sunset to Target Road.
Leaves the bus bay at 3.30pm
074 Glenfield (RT)
Rosmini College, Puriri, Karaka, Taharoto (for Takapuna Normal Intermediate), Shakespeare Extension (for Westlake Girls at ‘soundwall’ stop), Taharoto (for Carmel College & Westlake Boys at stop near corner Shakespeare Rd), Northcote, Lake, Raleigh, Pupuke, Tilden, Moore, McDowell, Betsland, Monarch, Hume, Mountbatten, Lynden, Coronation, Glenfield, Roberts, Stanley, Seaview, Tamahere, Contessa, Stanley, Kaipatiki, Glenfield to Glenfield Shops.
Leaves the bus bay at 3.25pm
3. BUS STOP 3343 ON WAIRAU ROAD (Atlas Concrete side of Wairau Rd)
Bus Number 053 (NZB)
053 Campbells Bay
Westlake Boys, Forrest Hill Rd, Westlake Girls, Shakespeare Rd, Kitchener Rd, Milford Rd, Graig Rd, Omana Rd, Inga, Beach Rd (to the corner of Ramsgate & Hastings Rd)
Leaves this bus stop at 3.25pm
4. BUS STOP 3345 ON TAHAROTO ROAD Hospital side (opposite Subway)
Bus Numbers 017, 087
017 Bayswater and Devonport (NZB)
Westlake Boys High, Forrest Hill, Nile, Alma, Waterloo, Shakespeare, Carmel College, Westlake Girls High, Taharoto, Takapuna Intermediate, Rosmini College, Anzac, Lake, Takapuna Grammar, Bayswater, Williamson, Seacliffe, Hamana, Old Lake, Vauxhall, Church, King Edward Pde, to Bayswater then to Devonport
Leaves this bus stop at 3.35pm
087 Devonport and Stanley Bay (NZB)
Westlake Boys, Forrest Hill, Nile, Waterloo, Shakespeare, Carmel College, Shakespeare, Westlake Girls High, Taharoto, Anzac, Lake, Takapuna Grammar, Old Lake, Vauxhall, Albert, Victoria, Stanley Bay and Calliope back to Devonport (Ferry Terminal)
Leaves this bus stop at 3.35pm N.B. First stop Hauraki Corner
5. SMALES FARM BUS STATION PLATFORM B
Bus Number 047
047 Silverdale (Go Bus)
Shakespeare, Smales Farm Bus Station, Sunnynook Station, Constellation, Hibiscus Coast Highway, Silverdale
Leaves the bus station at 3.25pm
047 Gulf Harbour (Go Bus)
Carmel College, Shakespeare, Smales Farm Station Platform 1, Northern Busway and Motorway to Silverdale off-ramp, Hibiscus Coast Highway, Wainui, Silverdale, Whangaparaoa, Brightside, Kauri, Totara, Whangaparaoa, Pacific Plaza, Whangaparaoa, Shakespear, Gulf Harbour Dr (to corner Whangaparaoa Rd)
Leaves the bus station at 3.25pm
BAYES BUSES (telephone 426-5504)
BUS STOP 3306 ON TAHAROTO ROAD by Subway side
049 Manly
Westlake Boys, Nile, Alma, Shakespeare, Taharoto, Fred Thomas Drive, Northern Busway at Akoranga, Smales Farm Bus Station, Oteha, East Coast, Silverdale Shops, Hibiscus Coast Highway
(Leaves Westlake Boys at 3.18pm)
RITCHIES TRANSPORT BIRKENHEAD (was BIRKENHEAD BUSES = telephone 483-9119)
SMALES FARM BUS STATION PLATFORM C
003 Chatswood
Leaves the bus station at 3.25pm
Onto the Busway and exit Akoranga Station onto Akoranga Drive, College Rd,, into Raleigh Rd, Pupuke Rd, Birkenhead Ave, Onewa Bypass, Porritt Ave, Chelsea View Drive, Onetaunga Rd, Balmain Rd
009 Verrans corner
Leaves the bus station at 3.25pm
Onto the Busway and exit Akoranga Station onto Akoranga Drive, Northcote Rd, Lake Rd, Onewa Rd, Mokoia Rd, Waipa St, Verrans Corner
010 Beachhaven
Leaves the bus station at 3.25pm
Onto the Busway and exit Akoranga Station onto Akoranga Drive, College Rd, Exmouth, Raleigh Rd, Pupuke Rd, Birkenhead Ave, Onewa Bypass, Verrans Corner, Birkdale Rd, Beachhaven Rd, Rangatira Rd.
SMALES FARM BUS STATION PLATFORM B
028, 029, 031 (RITCHIES Transport West Auckland, telephone 833 6053)
028 North Shore Schools to Greenhithe, Herald Island & Whenuapai
Departure Time: 15.15
Route Description: Westlake Boys (opposite 53 Forrest Hill Rd), Forrest Hill Rd, Belmont Tce, Nile Rd, Alma Rd, Shakespeare Rd, Carmel Girls, Shakespeare Rd, (pick up Westlake Girls from Smales Farm Bus station platform 1), via Northern Busway, Constellation Station, Parkway Dr, Constellation Dr, Upper Harbour Dr (S.H.18), Greenhithe Rd, Tauhinu Rd, onto Upper Harbour Motorway (S.H.18), Brigham Creek Rd, Kauri Rd, Kingsway Rd, The Terrace, Ferry Parade, Kingsway Rd, Puriri Rd, Waimarie, Totara Rd, Brigham Creek Rd, Airport Rd, Finish outside Whenuapai School.
029 North Shore Schools to Massey and West Harbour
Departure Time: 15.20
Route Description: 14 Taharoto Rd, Shakespeare Rd, (pick up Westlake Girls from Smales Farm Bus station platform 1), Northern Busway, Parkway Dr, Constellation Dr, Upper Harbour Dr (S.H.18), Greenhithe Rd, Tauhinu Rd, Upper Harbour Motorway, Squadron Dr, Hobsonville Point Rd, Hobsonville Rd, Marina View Dr, Luckens Rd, Moire Rd, Royal Rd, Finish = 15 Royal Rd.
031 North Shore Schools to West Harbour and Greenhithe
Departure Time: 15:15
Route Description: 14 Taharoto Rd, Shakespeare Rd, (pick up Westlake Girls from Smales Farm Bus station platform 1), Northern Busway, Constellation Station, Parkway Dr, Constellation Dr, Upper Harbour Dr, Upper Harbour Motorway (S.H.18), Greenhithe Rd, Tauhinu Rd, onto Upper Harbour Motorway, Squadron Dr, Hobsonville Point Rd, Hobsonville Rd, Marina View Dr, Finish opposite Marina View School.
Ritchies Transport 2020 (West Auckland, telephone 833 6053)
Ritchies have supplied detailed morning bus route information but only a map to show the afterschool return route (although it appears to be the reverse of the morning routes).
The link to their website for these routes is:
https://www.ritchies.co.nz/auckland-school-bus-services
ROUTE 327: WAIMAUKU TO WESTLAKE SCHOOLS
Fare $55 (10 ride ticket)
7:05am Waimauku Station Road,
Factory Rd, State Highway 16
Fare $50 (10 Ride Ticket)
7:10am Tapu Road,
Matua Rd, Oraha Rd, Old North Rd, Riverhead Road, Coatesville Riverhead Highway, Riverhead Road, Coatesville Riverhead Highway
Fare $40 (10 Ride Ticket)
7:30am Coatesville Store,
Dairy Flat Highway, onto Albany Expressway, Northern Busway
7:55am Westlake Girls Shakespeare Road bus stop
Taharoto Rd, Forest Hill Rd
8:00am Westlake Boys
Belmont Tce, Nile Rd, Alma Road, Shakespeare Rd
8:05am Carmel College
Shakespeare Road, Taharoto Road
8:10am Rosmini bus stop outside KFC
Click here to see morning route map
Return
Rte 327 Westlake Schools to Waimauku via Dairy Flat and Riverhead Depart 3.20pm
**Students for the afternoon 327 bus will be picked up at the bus stop on Shakespeare Rd opposite Brooke St, just before the intersection to North Shore Hospital (public bus stop 3310)
Click here to see return route map
TICKETS
Tickets can be purchased at the following locations.
Ritchies Swanson, 572 Swanson Road, Ranui. Hours for ticket sales are Monday – Friday 9.00am – 6.30pm. Sunday 9.00am – 1.00pm
Ritchies Albany, 9 Henry Rose Place, Albany.
Hours for ticket sales are Monday – Friday 9.00am – 6.30pm. Sunday 9.00am – 1.00pm.
