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Hampton Roads Transit (HRT), incorporated on October 1, 1999, began through the voluntary merger of PENTRAN (Peninsula Transportation District Commission) on the Virginia Peninsula and TRT (Tidewater Regional Transit a.k.a. Tidewater Transit District Commission) in South Hampton Roads and currently serves over 22 million annual passengers within its 369-square-mile (960 km 2) service area ...
Hampton Roads Transit, the Hampton Roads Transportation Planning Organization, and local cities are exploring extensions of the starter line. Possible extensions might run north to the Norfolk Naval Base, east to the Virginia Beach oceanfront and resort area, west to Portsmouth, and south to Chesapeake. A ticket vending machine
The Chesapeake Transit Company opened an electric traction line from Norfolk to Virginia Beach by way of Cape Henry in 1902, and the N&S extended its steam line north to Cape Henry to meet the competition. The Norfolk & Southern electrified its beach line in 1904 and purchased the transit company, giving the road two parallel lines up the beach.
Hampton Roads Transit presented its vision for the expansion of The Tide — Norfolk’s light rail system — to city councilmembers at a retreat Friday. The proposal would extend the existing ...
The service was started in 1980 and originally only had four trolleys running along Atlantic Avenue. Three more trolleys were added to the fleet in 1981. The system was sold to Tidewater Regional Transit, the predecessor to Hampton Roads Transit, in 1984. The trolley style buses were replaced with regular hybrid buses between 2008 and 2015, but ...
Imagine a Hampton Roads version of Uber, but for only $2 a ride. Starting on Sunday, Hampton Roads Transit will run an on-demand service in parts of Newport News and Virginia Beach. People canuse ...
Operated by Hampton Roads Transit, it is the first major light rail service in the state. As of April 17, 2012, the daily ridership was estimated to be 4,900. [2] The Virginia Beach Transit Extension Study is examining the best transit options for possibly extending The Tide or adding bus rapid transit from Newtown Road to the Virginia Beach ...
Hampton Roads Transit has embarked on a project to install more than 620 new bus stop shelters across the region. The transportation company has installed more than 40 shelters so far, and ...