The unauthorised road markings have been painted beside the Bedford St bus stop, which has had issues since its layout was changed in December last year.
The stop was once big enough for two buses, but the changes meant there was now only room for one.
Throughout the day there were times when two buses needed to use the stop. Dunedin City Council transport delivery manager Josh von Pein said the council would ensure the correct road markings were in place.
Both the city council and Otago Regional Council were working together to fix the issue, Mr von Pein said.
Regional council support services manager Gerard Collings said a temporary solution had been found which meant two buses could park at the stop. The temporary measure was better than making changes to the bus timetable, Mr Collings said.
"As you can appreciate, making changes to one cog changes everything else in the system and we don’t want to be changing the bus timetable around."
New Zealand Tramways Union president Gary Froggatt said the situation showed a lack of competence on behalf of the city council.
"Our members in Dunedin are concerned they will be the ones who end up getting fined if they have to stop over private driveways to pick up or drop off passengers."
Mr Froggatt said the issues highlighted the ridiculous situation where one council operated the buses and the other set the bus stops.
