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The inner city company, Virginia Transit Company, was converted to become the government-owned Greater Richmond Transit (GRTC) in 1972. Privately owned commuter operators gradually discontinued services; the last privately owned suburban public route service was the Mechanicsville Bus Line route, which ended in June 2004.
The Greater Richmond Transit Company (GRTC) is a local government-owned public service company which based in Richmond, Virginia. In 2024, the system had a ridership of 11,785,600, or about 38,200 per weekday as of the fourth quarter of 2024.
The Richmond Metropolitan Transportation Authority is an independent authority and political subdivision which serves the Richmond, Virginia metropolitan area.Created by an act of the Virginia General Assembly in 1966, then called the Richmond Metropolitan Authority, the RMTA was originally tasked with building and maintaining a toll expressway system for the Richmond area.
The other half came in the form of a 50% match funded by both state and local sources. The Virginia Department of Rail and Public Transportation (DRPT) provided 34% ($16.9 million) with the remaining 16% provided by the City of Richmond ($7.6 million) and Henrico County ($400,000). Operation of the service was estimated to cost $2.7 million per ...
The NTD categorizes ridership data by type of service: directly operated (DO) and purchased transportation (PT). The data below shows the sum of these two values for each transit agency. Only the top 100 agencies with the most ridership in 2023 are shown.
In 1927, the Virginia Department of Highways (VDH) was established as a state agency. VDH became the Virginia Department of Highways and Transportation (VDHT) in 1974, adding railroads and public transportation to its portfolio. In 1986, the General Assembly authorized expanded revenue sources for transportation, including airports and seaports.
An extension from Roanoke to Christiansburg, Virginia, near Virginia Tech, is in planning, [24] as is an infill station in Bedford, Virginia. [ 25 ] On July 20, 2010, Amtrak added an additional Northeast Regional frequency from Washington to Richmond Staples Mill Road station , increasing the Washington-Richmond corridor to eight daily round ...
In a partnership with Greater Richmond Transit Company (GRTC), PAT provides express service to Downtown Richmond and any other destinations accessible by GRTC. As of June 2009, in addition to the service to Richmond, Blackstone Bus Service offers and express route that travels from Blackstone, VA through Dinwiddie into the City of Petersburg.