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The Barbados Transport Board (BTB) is a

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authority of the

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Barbados Barbados, officially the Republic of Barbados, is an island country in the Atlantic Ocean. It is part of the Lesser Antilles of the West Indies and the easternmost island of the Caribbean region. It lies on the boundary of the South American ...

. The BTB operates numerous fixed-route

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lines service through much of the country. The BTB's headquarters are located at Weymouth, Roebuck Street, area while the main

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is at Fairchild Street in

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. The other three terminals are: the Constitution River Terminal (located just across the river from the Main Terminal, The Princess Alice Terminal also in

Bridgetown Bridgetown (UN/LOCODE: BB BGI) is the Capital city, capital and largest city of Barbados. Formerly The Town of Saint Michael, the Greater Bridgetown area is located within the Parishes of Barbados, parish of Saint Michael, Barbados, Saint Mic ...

and the

Speightstown Speightstown (), also known as ''Little Bristol'', is the second largest town in Barbados. It is situated north of the capital city of Bridgetown, in the northern parish of Saint Peter. The area is named after William Speight, a member of Barba ...

Terminal in Speightstown, Saint Peter in the north. Also, the three bus depots are located at Weymouth,

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Michael, Oistins, Christ Church and Mangrove, Saint Philip. Bds-Transport-Board-Token

As of 2023 the BTB switched to a fleet of all

Battery electric bus A battery electric bus is an electric bus that is driven by an electric motor and obtains energy from on-board batteries. Many trolleybuses use batteries as an auxiliary or emergency power source. Battery electric buses offer the potential for z ...

es. The Barbados Transport Board now has a fleet of approximately 354 buses (ten buses which were destroyed by fire - BMs 53, 55, 74, 113, 117, 213, 232, 251, 256 and 530). The buses are blue in colour with a yellow trim and white top. The buses had drivers and conductors to collect fares, but now have automatic fare collection machines since the 1990s. The new Wayfarer bus ticket system was introduced in April, 2005 for all Transport Board buses. The Transport Board also compete with the privately owned white and maroon stripe coloured route taxis (called ZRs) and the yellow and blue stripe coloured mini-buses. The Barbados Transport Board was approved in June, 1955 by draft legislation of the

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. Three months later, an act of Parliament was passed on 24 August 1955, establishing the Transport Board. The Transport Board's fleet of buses that they had purchased were; 20 Hino small buses and 40 Mercedes-Benz (OH1621) Marcopolo Torino GV buses in November, 1996 and Mercedes-Benz (OH1622) Alpha Caio large buses in November, 1997 respectively; 15 Hino smaller buses, 50 Mercedes-Benz (OH1420) Marcopolo Torino and 45 Mercedes-Benz (OH1821) Busscar Urbanuss large buses and air-conditioned large buses in November, 1999, respectively when the air-conditioned units were taken off in late September, 2006; 25 Mercedes-Benz (OH1420) Marcopolo Torino large buses in November, 2003; 5 Mercedes-Benz (LO915) Marcopolo Senior Marksell smaller buses in November, 2004; and 65 Mercedes-Benz (T270R) Allison Transmission Marcopolo Torino large buses in November, 2006. As the Transport Board goes further with the future of cleaner, greener transportation, the new 33 BYD K8RA electric buses had shipped to Barbados from China in just a matter of weeks until 8 July 2020. The 33 electric buses left the Bridgetown Port on 10 July 2020; 5 for the Speightstown Bus Terminal; 10 for the Mangrove Bus Depot; and 18 for the Weymouth Bus Depot. There will soon be more BYD K8RA electric low-floor buses with either 10 or 20 of them for August and December 2023 and 21 others for 2024 to take a total number of the others up to either 80 or 100. Here is the list of current bus routes being operated by the Barbados Transport Board. From Princess Alice, Fairchild Street and Speightstown Bus Terminals, Oistins Bus Sub-terminal and the Cross-Country Routes 1 Speightstown 1A Boscobelle 1A1 Indian Ground 1AA Indian Ground/Boscobelle 1B Pie Corner 1C Connelltown 1C1 Josey Hill 1CB Josey Hill/Pie Corner 1D District D 1E Bathsheba 1F St. Lucy's Church 1G St. Albans 1H Holetown 1P Porters/Westmoreland 1S Speightstown 2 Rock Hall 2A Rock Dundo 3 St. Andrew's Church 3A White Hill 4 Shorey Village 4A Sturges 5 Chalky Mount 5A Airy Hill 5C Chalky Mount 5S Sugar Hill 6 Bathsheba 6A Martin's Bay 6C Chalky Mount 6E Market Hill 7 Sargeant Street 7A Bowmanston 7B Bath 8B Workmans 8D Drax Hall 8F Flat Rock 9 College Savannah 9A Society 9C Church Village 10 Bayfield 10A Wellhouse 10S Six Roads 11 Marley Vale 11A Edey Village 11T TASI Edey Village 12 Sam Lord's Castle 12A Kirtons/Crane 12F Fairy Valley 12P Airport 13A St. Christopher/Silver Sands 16 St. Patricks 16A Lowlands 16S Silver Hill 19 Yorkshire 19C Edey Village/Yorkshire 19D Dash Valley 19K Kendal 20 Howells/Ivy 22A Eden Lodge 23 Holders Hill 24 Wanstead 25 Deacons Road 25A Cave Hill/Grazettes 26 College Savannah 27 Oistins 27D Sam Lord's Castle 27E Oistins 28 Oistins 29 Rock Hall 30 Silver Sands 30M Oistins via Melrose 31 Silver Sands 31A Silver Sands 32 Silver Sands 33 City Circle 34 Southern Circle 35 Silver Sands (new cross-country route coming soon) 36 Kirtons via Oistins/Airport 37 Silver Sands via Airport 40 St. Lucy's Church 41 Boscobelle 42 Indian Ground 43 St. Clements (new route coming soon) 44 Pie Corner 50 Warrens/Jackson via Spring Garden and Husbands 51 Bridgetown Shuttle 54 Speightstown via ABC Highway 54C Speightstown via Coverley 55 Warrens via Six Roads 56 University Hill/Holetown via Kingsland/Warrens 57 Warrens via Garrison/Bank Hall/Tudor Bridge 58 Warrens via St. George Church 59 Warrens via Holetown 60 Oistins via Green Hill 62 Gall Hill via Kirtons, Sam Lord's Castle, Bayfield, Blades Hill & Station Hill To Princess Alice, Fairchild Street and Speightstown Bus Terminals, Oistins Bus Sub-terminal and Cross-Country Routes 1 Bridgetown 1A Bridgetown 1A1 Bridgetown 1B Bridgetown 1C Bridgetown 1C1 Bridgetown 1CB Bridgetown 1D Bridgetown 1E Speightstown 1F Bridgetown 1G Bridgetown 1H Bridgetown 1P Bridgetown 1S Bridgetown 2 Bridgetown 2A Bridgetown 3 Bridgetown 3A Bridgetown 4 Bridgetown 4A Bridgetown 5 Bridgetown 5A Bridgetown 5C Bridgetown 5S Bridgetown 6 Bridgetown 6A Bridgetown 6C Bridgetown 6E Bridgetown 7 Bridgetown 7A Bridgetown 7B Bridgetown 8AB Bridgetown 8B Bridgetown 8D Bridgetown 8F Bridgetown 9 Bridgetown 9A Bridgetown 9C Bridgetown 10 Bridgetown 10A Bridgetown 10S Bridgetown 11 Bridgetown 11A Bridgetown 11T Bridgetown 12 Bridgetown 12A Bridgetown 12F Bridgetown 13A Bridgetown 16 Bridgetown 16A Bridgetown 16S Bridgetown 19 Bridgetown 19C Bridgetown 19D Bridgetown 19K Bridgetown 20 Bridgetown 22A Bridgetown 23 Bridgetown 24 Bridgetown 25 Bridgetown 25A Bridgetown 26 Oistins 27 Speightstown 27E Wanstead 28 St. George Church 29 Speightstown 30 Rock Dundo 31 Rock Hall 31A St. Judes 32 White Hill 33 City Circle 34 Southern Circle 35 Church Village (new cross-country route coming soon) 35A Speightstown 36 Speightstown 37 Speightstown 40 Speightstown 41 Speightstown 42 Speightstown 43 Speightstown (new route coming soon) 44 Speightstown 50 Jackson/Warrens and Bridgetown via Warrens, Husbands & Spring Garden 51 Bridgetown Shuttle 54 Oistins via ABC Highway 54C Airport via Coverley 55 Wellhouse via Six Roads 56 University Hill/Airport via Warrens/Kingsland 57 Bridgetown via Tudor Bridge/Bank Hall/Garrison 58 Six Roads via St. George Church 59 Speightstown via Holetown 60 Bridgefield via Green Hill 62 Six Roads via Station Hill, Blades Hill, Bayfield, Sam Lord's Castle & Kirtons

References

External links

The Transport Board of Barbados
- Official website
About the Barbados Transport Board

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