Red Bus operated public transport bus services around Christchurch on behalf of the Canterbury Regional Council, and it operated the free inner city Shuttle on behalf of the city council until the 2011 Christchurch earthquake.

On 4 November 2020 it was announced Ritchies Transport Holdings Limited had purchased the assets of Red Bus, with 63 job losses.

[5] The company lost routes in the 2019 tender for Public Transport services conducted by the Canterbury Regional Council (ECAN),[6] the agency that runs public transport in Christchurch – reducing it to running just 20 per cent of the urban network.

[citation needed] On 7 May 2020, the Christchurch City Council held a public-excluded meeting[12] to discuss the future of the company.

On 4 November 2020, it was announced Ritchies Transport Holdings Limited had purchased the assets of Red Bus.