Once we have some idea of what a PT network should look like, the question is what suburbs it covers. So the thing to look for is the current MetroInfo network map, with all the routes on it. I can’t really copy that for offline use for the purposes of this post, which is why I have downloaded all the individual route maps. However, I can at least refer to it, as I will do in this post.
Let’s try to list each suburb in a table and what routes are served there. (Suburbs listed in Wikipedia)
Suburb | Route | Notes |
Addington | 120 Orange Line Orbiter |
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Aidanfield | Orange Line 60 100 |
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Aranui | Yellow Line 80 |
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Avondale | Orange Line 80 |
; |
Avonside | Orbiter 150 |
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Barrington | Orbiter 60 120 145 |
; |
Beckenham | Blue Line 145 |
; |
Bexley | 80 | ; |
Bishopdale | 17 107 125 |
; |
Bottle Lake | 135 150 |
No CBD route |
Bromley | Yellow Line 140 145 |
; |
Bryndwr | 17 120 |
; |
Burnside | Orbiter 29 120 |
; |
Burwood | Orange Line 44 60 |
; |
Cashmere | Blue Line Orbiter 145 |
; |
Clifton | Purple Line | ; |
Cracroft | 145 | No CBD route |
Dallington | Orange Line Orbiter 44 |
; |
Fendalton | 29 100 120 130 |
; |
Ferrymead | Purple Line 140 |
; |
Halswell | Orange Line 100 125 |
; |
Harewood | 107 125 |
No CBD route |
Heathcote | 28 | ; |
Hei Hei | Yellow Line 125 130 |
; |
Hillsborough | 28 145 |
; |
Hornby | Yellow Line 125 130 |
; |
Huntsbury | 17 | ; |
Ilam | Orbiter Purple Line 100 130 |
; |
Kennedys Bush | 100 | No CBD route |
Linwood | Orbiter Yellow Line 140 |
; |
Mairehau | Orbiter 44 |
; |
Merivale | Blue Line 100 |
; |
Moncks Bay | Purple | ; |
Mt Pleasant | 140 | No CBD route |
Murray Aynsley | 145 | No CBD route |
New Brighton | Yellow Line 60 135 |
; |
North Brighton | 60 80 135 |
; |
Northwood | Blue Line 107 108 |
; |
Opawa | Orbiter 28 |
; |
Papanui | Blue Line 28 135 |
; |
Parklands | Orange Line 80 135 |
; |
Phillipstown | Orbiter 80 |
; |
Redcliffs | Purple Line | ; |
Redwood | Blue Line Orbiter 108 125 |
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Riccarton | Orbiter Purple Line 100 140 |
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Richmond | Orange Line Orbiter 150 |
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Richmond Hill | Purple Line | ; |
St Albans | Blue Line 28 100 |
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St Martins | Orbiter 17 145 |
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Scarborough | Purple Line | ; |
Shirley | Orange Line Orbiter 44 150 |
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Sockburn | Yellow Line 80 130 140 |
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Somerfield | Blue Line 145 |
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South Brighton | 60 | ; |
Southshore | 60 | ; |
Spreydon | Orbiter 60 120 145 |
; |
St Andrews Hill | Purple Line 140 |
; |
Strowan | Blue Line 17 100 120 |
; |
Sumner | Purple | ; |
Sydenham | Blue Line 28 140 |
; |
Upper Riccarton | Orbiter Purple Line Yellow Line 140 |
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Waimairi Beach | 80 135 |
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Wainoni | 80 | ; |
Waltham | Orbiter 17 28 |
; |
Westmorland | 145 | No CBD route |
Woolston | Purple Line 145 |
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There is a lot that could be said but basically I will leave it to the handful of suburbs that are not served by either a core or connector route, in other words they are dependent solely on link services. Mostly these are hilly services or lightly populated areas.
However the picture looks a bit different if we analyse those services which do have core or connector routes, when we eliminate the link services and then work out how much distance there is for passengers to walk to catch a core or connector. To do this easily I need to draw these routes in Google Earth and I will do that tomorrow.
UPDATE: After some thought, since I have Qgis and can download all the aerial photography for Christchurch City, that is what I am going to do. This means a delay of a day or two because there is so much to download, and also Qgis can’t quite cope with loading all of it at once. And then I can draw the maps directly in Qgis. Anyway, tomorrow’s post will be about something else so I can work on setting up the maps in the meantime.