Ritchies Transport West Coast Bus and Coach Depot.

Contact details:

• 65 Kaiata Park Drive, Kaiata Industrial Park, Greymouth 7840
• Ritchies Transport Holdings Ltd, PO Box 478, Greymouth 7840
• PHONE: 03 768 2222 
• FAX: 03 768 6722
• OFFICE HOURS: 9:00AM - 2:45PM, (Monday – Friday excluding public holidays)
• After Hours & weekend enquiries can be directed to Carolyn 0275111475
• EMAIL US

Contact People

•  Carolyn Doidge
• BRANCH MANAGER:
• CELL: 0275 111 475
• EMAIL Carolyn 

 

• Lyn Bradley
• OPERATIONS & GENERAL ENQUIRIES:
• CELL: 0275 544 092
• Email Lyn

 

• Greg Harris
• Workshop Manager:
• CELL: 0275 111 468
• Email Greg

SUB-DEPOTS

• Greymouth & Reefton
• PHONE: (03) 768 2222 
• FAX: (03) 768 6722
• PO Box 478, Greymouth

• Westport
• PHONE: (03) 788 8070

• Hokitika
• PHONE: (03) 755 5150

Charter Services on the West Coast

At Ritchies we pride ourselves on offering top notch service at a very competitive price so if you’re looking to hire a bus for your next event or group outing you’ve come to the right place.

 With depots located across the West Coast including Westport, Reefton, Greymouth & Hokitika and over 40 buses available, ranging from 12 seater minivans right up to 50 seater Tour buses and everything in between we have the best vehicles and the best drivers available to safely transport you and your group anywhere you need to go.

 Plus with branches located throughout New Zealand, Ritchies can help you with bus services no matter what your destination.

 So whether you are a business, school, sports group, social club or just someone looking for a economical and easy way to move a large or small group of people on or off the West Coast give us a call, flick us an email, or complete our online form and we’ll be happy to help you!

Bus Services for upcoming West Coast Events:

We are pleased to provide bus services to the following annual West Coast events:

•  Ross Fireworks 5^th November, 2010   Bus services will be operating from Greymouth & Hokitika Email or call us today for more details
•  Kumara Races 8^th January, 2011 BUS BOOKINGS BEING TAKEN NOW – GET IN QUICK
•  Wildfoods Festival March 2011 Bus services will again being operated from Greymouth to Hokitika return Email or call us today for more details, Online bookings will be available from 1^st December, 2010

 We will endeavour to keep you updated of any other events being held on the West Coast that we provide bus services for. 

If you have a group event or outing coming up and require a bus then please don’t hesitate to contact us for a very competitive price.

School Bus Runs

Ritchies West Coast provide MOE school bus services to the following schools: 

Greymouth

Awahono Primary School (Ahaura)

Barrytown Primary School

Greymouth High School

John Paul II High School

Kumara Primary School

Lake Brunner Primary (Moana)

Paparoa Range School (Dobson & Blackball) - Technology only

Paroa Primary School

St Patricks Primary School (Greymouth)

 Hokitika

Hokitika Primary School

Kaniere Primary School

Kokatahi-Kowhitirangi Primary School

St Marys Primary School

Westland High School

Reefton

Reefton Area School

Sacred Heart’s Primary School

Westport

Buller High School

Granity Primary School

St Canices Primary School

Waimangaroa Primary School

Westport North Primary School

Westport South Primary School

             

For information about your local school bus route, you can contact your school, your local education support provider (MultiServe or School Support), the Ministry of Education, or your local Ritchies branch.

For maps of the school bus runs we provide go to our school bus run maps page.

Ritchies would like to remind all motorists that the legal speed limit for passing a stationary school bus is 20km/hr.

For the safety of our children please take extra care around all schools and bus stops and keep an eye out for children on our roads.

Links

Buller High School
Grey High School
Hokitika School
John Paul High School
Paroa School (Greymouth)
Reefton Area School
St Mary's School (Hokitika)
Westland High School
Westport North School
Tranzscenic Rail Travel
West Coast Tourism
West Coast Travel Centre

Wildfoods

 

Employment Opportunities

Any current employment opportunities we may have available at this depot are listed below.

• If you are interested in being a school bus driver on the West Coast please contact Carolyn at the Greymouth office.

For information on other employment opportunities available at other Ritchies Transport branch offices please go to our Employment page.

Vehicles for Sale

From time to time we have vehicles available for sale, as we make changes to our fleet. To see what vehicles are currently available for sale go to our Vehicles for Sale page. The listings there will show basic information about each vehicle, and which Ritchies depot the vehicle is located at. For more information about a specific vehicle contact the depot responsible for that vehicle.