Go West just like a friendly company to me because I used to take their buses between school and home.
I lived in Henderson which is the western of Auckland.
My old home was very far away from city so I had to take at least 1 hour bus or 50 minutes train to school.
Originally, I took train but it had always broken down and made me in late.
And also there were bus replace services for the train passengers
so I would like to change in November last year.
I bought a bus card and I could take every bus I want.
That was the beginning that I touched with 'Go West'.
During long journey, I used to choose a seat at the back and take a nap.
It was an enjoyment for my hard study in school.
Sometimes I had to change bus in a transportation terminal in New Lynn.
so I reminded myself to get off the bus on time.
Train replacement was a cool experience too,
there were 2 replacement routes for passengers.
One was via every train station, and one was an express service (I usually took express one).
Express service would take the highway and most of drivers would speed to 100km/h.
That's faster than I take the train for whole journey.
Bus replacement
The only MAN that has orange route board in Go West (2435)