InterCity Coachlines & Newmans Coachlines, New Zealand

Advantages: Economic quality service with independence
Disadvantages: none

...integrated coach network (operated by InterCity Group) consists of InterCity Coachlines which "offered scheduled quality point to point bus transport on modern coaches at economic fares nationwide" and Newmans Coachlines which "provided premium coach services between major cities and to and from New Zealand's key tourist destinations." Our journey involved coaches from both lines utilising the daily scheduled services. If you prefer your independence, ...
...can be found on the InterCity Coachlines and Newmans Coachlines websites (http://www.intercitycoachlines.co.nz and http://www.newmanscoachlines.co.nz ) on either of whose coaches the hours can be used. To get some idea of how far your 'hours' will take you on South Island, the coach journey from Christchurch to Dunedin takes just over 5 hours, for a distance of approximately 230 miles. Set this against the facts that South Island is about 500 miles ... Read review

Advantages: Frequency, coverage
Disadvantages: Price

Intercity are too expensive - nakedbus.com is cheaper. Both companies take the same time with the same number of comfort stops and the buses are essentially the same. The only difference is that Intercity have more times and destinations - e.g. when Intercity have a bus every day, nakedbus will only have one every few days, or on the routes that naked bus have a bus every day, Intercity will have several. But the price difference is astonishing. ...
...Basically they seem to have the same pricing as megabus in the UK. I can see how the original reviewer would have thought that Intercity offer excellent value - coming from the UK, everything in New Zealand probably seems cheap! But when you compare Intercity's fares to nakedbus cheap fares... ... Read review