Holiday Timetable 2025
Travelling with BUSIT over the holidays?
Holiday Timetable25 December 2025 - 4 January 2026* |
Plan ahead for reduced timetables and service closures during the holiday season. Pick up a brochure from the BUSIT counter at Hamilton Transport Centre, from your nearest retailer, or download a copy here.
*NO SERVICE for some regional services until Monday 12 January 2026.
Find more information below.
Please note: TERM ONLY services are inactive from Saturday 13 December 2025 to Monday 26 January 2026.
Normal TERM ONLY services resume Tuesday 27 January 2026.
View High frequency services | Hamilton urban services | Regional services
High frequency services
| C Comet |
OPEN ON PUBLIC HOLIDAYS as per weekend timetable: Normal service resumes Monday 5 January 2026 |
| M Meteor |
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| O Orbiter |
Hamilton urban services
| 1 Pukete |
3 Dinsdale |
4 Flagstaff |
5 Chartwell |
9 Nawton |
| 10 Hillcrest |
11 Fairfield |
12 Fitzroy |
13 University |
14 Claudelands |
| 16 Rototuna |
RC Rototuna Circular |
17 Hamilton Gardens / Uni |
18 Te Rapa |
19 Bremworth / Temple View |
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CLOSED ON PUBLIC HOLIDAYS Reduced timetables during the following dates: Normal service resumes Monday 5 January 2026 |
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Regional services
| 20 Cambridge |
CLOSED ON PUBLIC HOLIDAYS Thursday 25 - Friday 26 December 2025 and Thursday 1 - Friday 2 January 2026 Reduced timetables during the following dates: Normal service resumes Monday 5 January 2026 |
| 21 Northern Connector |
CLOSED ON PUBLIC HOLIDAYS Thursday 25 - Friday 26 December 2025 and Thursday 1 - Friday 2 January 2026 Reduced timetables during the following dates: Normal service resumes Monday 5 January 2026 |
| 21 Northern Connector (Pukekohe to Te Kauwhata) |
NO SERVICE Normal service resumes Monday 5 January 2026 |
| 22 Eastern Connector (Morrinsville) |
CLOSED ON PUBLIC HOLIDAYS Thursday 25 - Friday 26 December 2025 and Thursday 1 - Friday 2 January 2026 Reduced timetables during the following dates: Normal service resumes Monday 5 January 2026 Paeroa and Te Aroha closed from Thursday 25 December - Sunday 4 January 2026 |
| 22 Eastern Connector (Matamata, Paeroa and Te Aroha) |
NO SERVICE Normal service resumes Monday 5 January 2025 |
| 23 Raglan |
CLOSED ON CHRISTMAS DAY Reduced timetables during the following times: Normal service resumes Monday 5 January 2026 |
| 24 Te Awamutu |
CLOSED ON PUBLIC HOLIDAYS Thursday 25 - Friday 26 December 2025 and Thursday 1 - Friday 2 January 2026 Reduced timetables during the following dates: Normal service resumes Monday 5 January 2026 |
| 25 Taumarunui Hospital Service |
CLOSED ON PUBLIC HOLIDAYS (and weekends) Thursday 25 - Sunday 28 December 2025 and Thursday 1 - Sunday 4 January 2026 Normal service at all other times |
| 26 Te Kūiti Connector |
NO SERVICE Normal service resumes Monday 12 January 2026 |
| 27 and 28 Tauwhare Pā / Tamahere Mātangi |
NO SERVICE Normal service resumes Monday 5 January 2026 |
| 30 and 31 Tokoroa Urban and District Circuit |
CLOSED ON PUBLIC HOLIDAYS (and weekends) Thursday 25 - Sunday 28 December 2025 and Thursday 1 - Sunday 4 January 2026 Normal service at all other times
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| 32 Tokoroa Connector |
NO SERVICE Normal service resumes Monday 12 January 2026 |
| 33 Taupō Connector |
CLOSED ON PUBLIC HOLIDAYS Reduced timetable during the following times: Normal service resumes Monday 5 January 2026 |
| 34, 35, 36, 37, 38 Connect 2 Taupō |
NO SERVICE Normal service resumes Monday 5 January 2026 |
| 44 Pōkeno to Pukekohe |
CLOSED ON PUBLIC HOLIDAYS Thursday 25 - Friday 26 December 2025 and Thursday 1 - Friday 2 January 2026 Reduced timetables during the following dates: Normal service resumes Monday 5 January 2026 |
| 70 Thames Connector |
CLOSED ON PUBLIC HOLIDAYS Normal services at all other times |
Need to top up your Bee Card during the holidays?
- Do it online at beecard.co.nz
- Contact your local retailer to check their opening hours.
- Visit the Intercity ticketing counter inside the Hamilton Transport Centre
Intercity Counter and Travel Café:
Open 8am-4.55pm weekdays and 9am-3.30pm weekends
Closed Christmas Day and New Years Day (public holidays)- BUSIT Counter:
Please note that the BUSIT counter inside the Hamilton Transport Centre will be closed from 12pm on Wednesday 24 December to Sunday 4 January 2026. We will reopen on Monday 5 January at 8am.
- BUSIT Counter: