Buses in Dunedin, New Zealand are the primary form of public transport. The Otago Regional Council designs routes and schedules and contracts operation of bus services to two bus companies, Go Bus Transport and Ritchies Transport. Services operate daily at mainly 15 to 30-minute headways; services on evenings, weekends and holidays at about half the weekday frequency and there are no services on late Sunday or holiday evenings, nor on Christmas Day, Good Friday or Easter Sunday. Bus fares are paid for by cash or by the electronic ticketing system Bee Card. The Bee Card replaced GoCards on 1 September 2020. Prior to GoCards, multi-trip paper tickets were used until November 2007. The service carries 2.2 million passengers per year Routes Most routes are cross-city routes via the city centre. Longer-distance routes terminate in the centre. Semi-orbital route 15 Ridge Runner links most inner suburbs but avoids the centre. The Mosgiel 77 semi-express service has a branch route 70 connecting at Green Island and a figure-8-shaped 80/81 Mosgiel Loop connecting on Mosgiel's main street, Gordon Rd. Transferring between routes, historically not a feature of Dunedin bus services, is more favourable under the current fare regime. {| class="wikitable" |- ! !! Route number (or destination number) !! Outer terminus !! via !! City stop !! via !! Outer terminus !! Bus operator |- | style='background: #ABDCD4' | || 1 || Palmerston || Waikouaiti, Karitane, Waitati, Dunedin-Waitati Highway || Cumberland St (Centre City New World) || – || – || Ritchies |- | style='background: #FFFF00' | || 3 || Ross Creek || Glenleith, George Street || Octagon || South Dunedin, Tainui || Ocean Grove || Go Bus |- | style='background: #CCBF34' | || 5/6 || Pine Hill || Gardens, George Street || Octagon || Caversham || Lookout Point || Ritchies |- | style='background: #ED1C24' | || 8 || Normanby || Gardens, George Street || Octagon || Cargill's Corner, South Dunedin || St Clair || Go Bus |- | style='background: #009E4D' | || 10/11 || Opoho || Gardens, George Street || Octagon || South Dunedin, Musselburgh || Shiel Hill || Ritchies |- | style='background: #CFAE78' | || 14 || Port Chalmers (Harrington Street) || Careys Bay, Port Chalmers, Sawyers Bay, Roseneath, St Leonards, Burkes, Ravensbourne, Logan Park, University, George Street, Octagon (inbound) || Cumberland St (Countdown) || – || -|| Ritchies |- | style='background: #55758D' | || 15 "Ridge Rider" (semi-orbital route) ||