| Operator and Location | Start | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Stop | ||
| Landmark Lines Point Pleasant, South Canterbury | see Atkinson & Dossett Ltd | |
| LARGe-nterprises Ltd Ahipara, Northland | . | Tour operator. Andrew Morrogh |
| Present | ||
| Louis Laugeson Darfield | . | The founder of Midland Coachlines. Christhchurch-Darfield service sold to NZRRS with a Minerva bus 16/4/28. Leased back to Louis Laugeson in 1931. |
| ? | ||
| Lawrence Bus Services Lawrence | by 1997 | Malcolm Duff. Owned ex-Wylies Hino AC140 |
| till 1998 | ||
| Craig Lawson Hastings | by 1990 | Owned ex-Dominion Coachlines Ford R1114 Composite |
| till 1992 | ||
| Leabourn Passenger Services Ltd Kaiwaka, Northland | by 1983 | Charter and school bus operator |
| Present | ||
| Leopard Coachlines Ltd Christchuch | by 1974 | Established in Darfield. Took advantage of de-regulation to grow. Now operates suburban services in Christchurch. Tour services nationwide. |
| Present | ||
| Leisure Time Tours Hamilton | 1987 | Tours with Mercedes Benz coaches; School bus services |
| Present | ||
| Leisure Travel NZ Ltd Nelson | by 2004 | Tours operators. Acquired Ash's Coachlines, Wanganui 2004. Sold again 2006/7 |
| Present | ||
| Lemons Motors Westport | ? | School bus operator in 1960s |
| ? | ||
| Leslie Buses Ltd Gordonton | 1964 | See Omnibus Society page for a history Operations taken over by Hamilton City Buses Ltd in 2004. |
| 2004 | ||
| Lewis Hodgson Motor Services Te Awamutu | ? | Charter and school bus services. Te Awamutu-Hamilton services. Part of Go-bus Transport group. |
| Present | ||
| Lifestyle Tourism Holdings Ltd Takaka | ? | Farewell Spit Tours using a Unimog |
| Present | ||
| Bernard Lilburn Contracting Palmerston North | ? | See Fairview Contracting |
| Present. | ||
| John Lill Collingwood | ? | owned ex-NRRRS Hino BG100 composite 1991-93 |
| ? | ||
| Lilley's Original Sand Safaris Kaitaia | 1986 | Tour Operators |
| Present | ||
| Link NZ Tours 2000 Ltd Rotorua | . | Tour operators |
| Present | ||
| Lister Motors Ltd | . | Christchurch-Timaru-Waimate-Fairlie-Temuka services and 17 vehicles acquired by NZRRS |
| 1/5/38 | ||
| Little Toot Buses Whangarei | . | Charter services? |
| 12/1/05 | ||
| M Loregan Auckland | . | Services acquired by Auckland City Council following regulation of bus fares |
| 15/9/1927 | ||
| Grant Loudon Waiheke Island | . | Refer Waiheke Adventure Tours |
| . | ||
| S A Loughlin (or Loughrin) Auckland | . | Auckland-Pukekohe-Tuakau service and 4 buses acquired by NZRRS |
| 28/4/1946 | ||
| A M Love & C Lammas Stillwater | . | Ex Bonnici Pennine VI 1996-2001 |
| Charles Lovell Motu | 1916 | Foundation member of the AARD Motor group. A series of Hudson Service cars starting in 1916. Charles Lovell also had a Cadillac Service Car. In 1920 He bought two buses and had formed his business into the DUCO Motor Group. Charles died unexpectedly in 1926 and the business was later rationalised in conjunction with Jack Musgrave. Three of the Lovell boys (Monty, Reg and Cyril ) bought Musgraves Opotiki Taxi business and Dick Whittington and George Lovell continued driving buses now working for Jack Musgrave. Dick Whittington drove for Musgrave on the Opotiki-Gisborne route and then did the same after it was acquired from Musgrave by NZR Road Services until he retired in about 1963 or 1964. |
| 1920? | ||
| H Lowe Optiki | . | Opotiki ditrict services and 1 vehicle sold to NZRRS |
| 12/6/41 | ||
| A E Lowell | . | Tauranga-Whakatane services and 3 vehicle sold to NZRRS |
| 3/1/43 | ||
| Trevor Lowrie Waitakaruru | by 1971 | School bus operator. To E D Bryant |
| 20/11/78 | ||
| L R Passenger Service Papatoetoe | by 1988 | Charter opertor? with Seddon Pennine |
| till 1989 | ||
| Luxury Landlines ltd Auckland | c1950 | Auckland-Wellington service. Sold to Mt Cook group |
| ? |
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