Northern Busway, Auckland

Northern Busway
The Northern Busway (right) adjacent to Akoranga station
Overview
Status	Open
Owner	Auckland Transport
Locale	North Shore, Auckland
Termini	Albany (Busway Lanes), Hibiscus Coast (Routes on motorway) Akoranga
Stations	6
Service
Type	Busway
System	AT Metro
Services	NX1, NX2, 83, 866
Operator(s)	AT Metro
History
Opened	2008
Technical
Character	Urban rapid transit
Route map Legend Hibiscus Coast Albany SH 1 Northern Motorway McClymonts Road Greville Road Rosedale Road Constellation Drive Constellation Sunset Road Sunnynook Sunnynook Road Tristram Avenue Wairau Road Smales Farm Northcote Road Akoranga Esmonde Road SH 1 Northern Motorway Onewa Road interchange Auckland Harbour Bridge Key dedicated busway lanes highways local roads This diagram: view talk edit

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The Northern Busway is a segregated busway that runs along the eastern side of the Northern Motorway, part of State Highway 1, in the north of Auckland, New Zealand, linking the North Shore with the northern end of the Auckland Harbour Bridge. As of May 2022, the busway consists of two-way lanes running between Albany Station and Akoranga Station, and from Akoranga Station a southbound-only lane that joins the Harbour Bridge approaches just south of the Onewa Road on-ramp system. The busway previously ended at Constellation before an extension to Albany was constructed in 2022.

Six stations provide access points for passengers to board; some stations have park and ride parking spaces; others have drop off and pick up zones only.

City-bound Northern Express (NX1 and NX2) services commence from Hibiscus Coast Station or Albany Station; from Albany, the lanes reduced travel time to Britomart Transport Centre from around one hour by car during peak hours to about half an hour by bus.^[1] In the reverse direction, NX1 and NX2 services leaving the city travel north to the Akoranga off-ramp, cross over the motorway, and enter Akoranga Station, from where they travel north on the busway lanes. The busway lanes are also an important transport link within the North Shore, where they are the spine of the bus-based public transport system.