Temple Christian College principal Marcel Rijken says transport timetables being changed without consulting schools FRUSTRATION: Temple Christian College students students Isaac Peplow, Alex Bellas and principal Marcel Rijken at the Mile End station. Picture: Keryn Stevens Source: News Limited PUBLIC transport timetables are being altered without any consultation with affected schools about their impact, leaving parents and students angry and frustrated. And one principal is warning that regular services to other schools could be disrupted by new timetables introduced with the reopening of the Noarlunga line, due later this month. Dozens of students at the inner western suburb campus of Temple Christian College have had their trips home extended by up to 45 minutes after the 3.22pm Belair service from the Mile End station was changed last month for the first time in at least four years to 3.37pm. TELL US: What have been your experiences? Some students who are now missing connecting buses are missing after-school activities, doing homework late into the night or abandoning public transport. College Principal Marcel Rijken said "parents are not happy with the lack of consultation" over the changed timetable. "We have been in touch with Adelaide Metro and (Transport Services) Minister Chloe Fox but we are very disappointed with their replies - the issue hasn't been addressed or looked into," he said. Ms Fox wrote to the school last month saying "many factors were considered" when changing the timetable, that it "continued to be reviewed" but "there are no plans to make any immediate adjustments." Student Alex Bellas, 16, said the new timetable added 45 minutes to her journey home. Her mother Tania said she contacted Adelaide Metro and was told the timetable was changed "to cater for the business people going into the city." "I believe this is really unfair on the kids," she said. SA Opposition transport spokeswoman Vickie Chapman said the department was "ignorant" to change the timetable without consultation and criticised its reaction to subsequent complaints as "dismissive."