One of Auckland’s biggest completed public transport projects in recent years gets its first big test on Monday, with the start of Western Express services along\u00a0an \u201cinterim\u201d northwestern motorway busway.<\/p>\n
Auckland Transport hopes its\u00a0biggest public transport upgrade in six years, will attract more than one million extra bus trips a year around west Auckland and into the city centre.<\/p>\n
The\u00a0[Western Express (WX) service](https:\/\/at.govt.nz\/projects-roadworks\/west-bus-services\/new-west-bus-services-for-west-and-northwest-auckland)\u00a0is the lynch pin of 20 restructured routes in the west, aimed at having more frequent, and more reliable services into the city centre, in a $100 million upgrade.<\/p>\n
Buses will travel between Westgate and the central city at 10 minute intervals from 7am-7pm on weekdays, 15 minutes intervals off-peak, separated from general traffic for much of the route.<\/p>\n
The upgrade is a \u201cquickie\u201d fix to improving public transport to the outer west and northwest, after more than a decade of stop-start planning on both a full busway, and\u00a0a possible Light Rail line.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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