After almost 12 months, Queenstown’s full Orbus schedule is to resume from June 1.
Otago Regional Council interim chief executive Dr Pim Borren said the council had worked with bus operators to ensure the increased services would run smoothly at key times, "as far as is possible".
"I’m thrilled that we are moving back to our full schedule of services and apologise for the almost 12 months we had to go to a reduced timetable due to the driver shortage, which was a national problem.
"More drivers have been recruited for Queenstown which enables the increase in daily trips."
While there would be an increase in services, passengers still needed to be prepared for possible cancellations as the new timetable bedded in and the potential for winter illnesses persisted.
The updated timetable information would be available via the Transit app and ORC website, as well as on screens at the Frankton hub, and paper timetables would be available at outlets throughout Queenstown.
