29 September 2022
File Ref: OIAP-7-25702
Evan
By email:
[FYI request #20440 email]
Tēnā koe Evan
Request for information 2022-146
I refer to your request for information dated 1 September 2022, which was received by Greater
Wellington Regional Council (Greater Wellington) on 1 September 2022. You have requested the
following:
Can you please provide the past 12 month data for the Great Wel ington bus scheduled time and
the actual departure time? Please provide the data requested as fol owing when possible:
1. For Bus Route 1, 2, 3, 7, 12, 14, 17, 18, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 52, 60, 83. Please separate the bus
route if the route has different starting places, e.g. Route 1 Johnsonville west, Route 1
Churton Park, and Route 1 Grenada vil age.
2. The data should include, the date, Bus Route number, starting stop name, scheduled time
at the starting stop, and the actual time at the stop, please indicate if the bus is cancel ed in
advance or no show.
3. If possible, please provide the scheduled time and actual time at Wel ington Station - Stop
A in addition to 2.
4. Please provide data for all buses operated at all hours or in particular between 6 am to 9
am and 3 pm to 7 pm, for the bus routes listed in above 1.
5. Please provide the data in csv format.
Greater Wel ington’s response follows:
A copy of that data is provided in the following 18 attachments. Please note this file is provided in
csv format as requested which required us to separate each route into separate files. This also
al owed us to email the files as the amount of information together created a substantial file size.
Note further information is available on our website at:
https://www.metlink.org.nz/news-and-
updates/surveys-and-reports/performance-of-our-network/ .
Wellington office
Upper Hutt
Masterton office
0800 496 734
PO Box 11646
PO Box 40847
PO Box 41
www.gw.govt.nz
Manners St, Wel ington 6142
1056 Fergusson Drive
Masterton 5840
[Wellington Regional Council request email]
Our system does not record the actual starting time of a bus where it varies from the scheduled time.
However, it does record the variance in time from the scheduled starting time to the actual starting
time. We have included steps to work out the actual starting time in the notes section of Attachment
One, and copied below:
* split out the whole minutes & the decimal (seconds)
* add the 'whole minutes' to the start time
* multiply the decimal by 60 to convert to the actual number of seconds & add to the start time
e.g. for route 83 on 31/8/22, start time 14:20, variance 3.58
variance - whole minutes
0:03:00
convert decimal to actual seconds (0.58 * 60 = 34.8 )
0:00:35
start time (or scheduled time)
14:20:00
actual departure time
14:23:35
If you have any concerns with the decision(s) referred to in this letter, you have the right to request
an investigation and review by the Ombudsman under section 27(3) of the Local Government Official
Information and Meetings Act 1987.
Please note that it is our policy to proactively release our responses to official information requests
where possible. Our response to your request wil be published shortly on Greater Wellington’s
website with your personal information removed.
Nāku iti noa, nā
Samantha Gain
Kaiwhakahaere Matua Metlink| General Manager Metlink
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