Kanawha Valley Regional Transportation Authority

The Kanawha Valley Regional Transportation Authority, commonly known as "KRT" is the city bus system for the Charleston, West Virginia, United States metropolitan area.

Kanawha Valley Regional Transportation Authority
Founded1971
Headquarters1550 Fourth Avenue
LocaleCharleston, WV
Service typebus service, paratransit
Routes22
Websiterideonkrt.com

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 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.

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 NameTerminusService Times
1St. Albans/West CharlestonSt. Albans7 day service
2Kanawha City/Cabin CreekCabin Creek7 day service
3Dunbar/NitroNitro Marketplace7 day service
4Woodward DriveWoodrum ParkWeekday service
5Tyler Mountain/Cross LanesNitro MarketplaceMon-Sat service
6ElkviewThe Crossings MallMon-Sat service
7Campbells CreekCincoWeekday service
8SissonvilleSissonvilleMon-Sat service
9Montgomery/EskdaleMontgomery or LeewoodWeekday service
11Oakridge Drive/Wertz AvenueCharleston HeightsMon-Sat service
12Garrison Avenue/HillsdaleHillsdaleMon-Sat service
13Beech AvenueCato ParkMon-Sat service
15South HillsAshton PlaceMon-Sat service
16South Park/Memorial HospitalSouth ParkMon-Sat service
18Fort Hill/MontroseRiverwalk PlazaMon-Sat service
20Virginia StreetGovernment ComplexMon-Sat service
21Southridge/Alum CreekAlum Creek7 day service
22Montgomery/QuincyWVU Institute of Technology7 day service
23ClendeninClendeninMon-Sat service
24Sugar CreekSugar CreekWeekday service
28Hillcrest/NorthgateNorthgate Business ParkMon-Sat service
34Downtown Trolley(Downtown Loop)Mon-Sat service

Electric buses

Public transportation officials hope that a small fleet of new hybrid electric-diesel buses. The seven new vehicles were purchased 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[1]

References

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