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GO Wellington
Bus in GO Wellington livery
ParentNZ Bus (Infratil)
LocaleNew Zealand
Service areaWellington
Service typePublic transport in Wellington
Fuel typeDiesel, electricity
Websitegowellingtonbus.co.nz

GO Wellington is the brand name of Wellington City Transport Ltd, the Wellington subsidiary of NZ Bus, in New Zealand. The company was branded Stagecoach Wellington by its previous owner, the Stagecoach Group. The current name and a new livery were announced in November 2006 by NZ Bus owner Infratil. It is an operator of bus routes in Greater Wellington Regional Council's Metlink network.

History

Wellington City Transport operated trams, buses, a cable car and trolley buses, tracing its history back to 1904. It built and operated the first municipal electric tramway system in New Zealand. Later the department acquired the cable car company.

Designline trolleybus 344

Proposed re-powering

In April 2016, NZ Bus announced that it would repower several buses with Wrightspeed gas-turbine hybrid powertrains.[1]

See also

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