The Kanawha Valley Regional Transportation Authority, commonly known as "KRT" is the city bus system for the Charleston, West Virginia, United States metropolitan area.
The system ranges throughout the Charleston metro area, from Montgomery, West Virginia in the south east, about 45 miles west to Nitro, West Virginia. All buses centralize on the former Laidley Street in downtown Charleston, which is now known as the Transit Mall and is restricted to buses only.
History The tax supported system was founded in 1971 after the Greyhound Corporation and the privately owned Charleston Transit Company ceased intra-city bus service following a strike.
The KRT also was involved in a Joint Venture with the Tri-State Transit Authority known as Intelligent Transit which provides a link between Charleston and Huntington, West Virginia, but this ended in 2015 due to low ridership.
Routes All routes except No. 9 depart from Downtown Charleston. Route 9 connects to Route 2 at Cabin Creek Junction and to Route 22 at Quincy Walmart and Montgomery. No. Route Name Terminus Service Times 1 St. Albans/West Charleston St. Albans 7 day service 2 Kanawha City/Cabin Creek Cabin Creek 7 day service 3 Dunbar/Nitro Nitro Marketplace 7 day service 4 Woodward Drive Woodrum Park Weekday service 5 Tyler Mountain/Cross Lanes Nitro Marketplace Mon-Sat service 6 Elkview The Crossings Mall Mon-Sat service 7 Campbells Creek Cinco Weekday service 8 Sissonville Sissonville Mon-Sat service 9 Montgomery/Eskdale Montgomery or Leewood Weekday service 11 Oakridge Drive/Wertz Avenue Charleston Heights Mon-Sat service 12 Garrison Avenue/Hillsdale Hillsdale Mon-Sat service 13 Beech Avenue Cato Park Mon-Sat service 15 South Hills Ashton Place Mon-Sat service 16 South Park/Memorial Hospital South Park Mon-Sat service 18 Fort Hill/Montrose Riverwalk Plaza Mon-Sat service 20 Virginia Street Government Complex Mon-Sat service 21 Southridge/Alum Creek Alum Creek 7 day service 22 Montgomery/Quincy Montgomery 7 day service 23 Clendenin Clendenin Mon-Sat service 24 Sugar Creek Sugar Creek Weekday service 28 Hillcrest/Northgate Northgate Business Park Mon-Sat service 34 Downtown Trolley (Downtown Loop) Mon-Sat service
Electric buses A fleet of seven new hybrid electric-diesel buses were purchased in 2009 with funding provided by the federal Diesel Emissions Reduction Act, as well as $1.73 million in stimulus funds awarded to the state Department of Environmental Protection and the state Department of Transportation's Division of Public Transit.
See also Transportation in Huntington, West Virginia
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KRT history