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Those affected include school children, workers, tourists and Otago regional councillor Alexa Forbes.<\/p>\n<p>The regional council is responsible for providing bus services and Forbes, who lives in Queenstown and is a regular bus user, is chairperson of the Otago regional transport committee.<\/p>\n<p>She said she was \u201cnice and early\u201d to catch a bus to an event in Arrowtown from the Frankton bus hub, but it never arrived.  \\<br \/>\n \\<br \/>\n\u201cDespite the website saying it was 10 minutes away, nothing happened.\u201d \\<br \/>\n \\<br \/>\nThe next bus was running 40 minutes late because of congestion from skiers coming down from Coronet Peak, and she ended up getting a ride with a friend.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Many Queenstown bus users complaining about changes that have led to less frequent services, irregular arrivals and sometimes no buses not turning up at all. 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