The Cape Fear Public Transportation Authority, operating as Wave Transit, is the

public transportation Public transport (also known as public transit, mass transit, or simply transit) are forms of transport available to the general public. It typically uses a fixed schedule, route and charges a fixed fare. There is no rigid definition of whi ...

operator for the metro area of

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. Sixteen regular routes are provided, with all but one running seven days per week. A free downtown shuttle also runs using road trolleys.

Route list

Fixed Route: Seahawk Shuttle: 704 Yellow Route - every 20 minutes 711 Grey Route - every 20 minutes 707 Red Express Route - every 20 minutes Port City Trolley: Route 203 - every 40 minutes RideMICRO: Brunswick-Downtown Connector - on-demand Pender - New Hanover Connector - on-demand Southern New Hanover County - on-demand Northern New Hanover County - on-demand

Stations

Forden Station

Forden Station is a

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located in Wilmington's North College neighborhood and serves as a

bus terminus A bus station, bus depot, or bus interchange is a structure where city buses or intercity buses stop to pick up and drop off passengers. A bus station is larger than a bus stop, which is usually simply a place on the roadside, where buses can s ...

for the Cape Fear Public Transportation Authority (Wave) and provides

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via

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and

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. At an estimated cost of $5.4 million, the facility opened on April 18, 2011.

Padgett Station

Padgett Station is a multimodal transit facility that located in Wilmington's Upper Downtown neighborhood at 520 North 3rd St, and serves as a bus terminus for the Cape Fear Public Transportation Authority (Wave). Named after former Wilmington City Council member Laura W. Padgett, it was opened on January 18, 2020.

References

External links

Cape Fear Public Transit in Wilmington, North Carolina – Greyhound
1974 establishments in North Carolina Bus transportation in North Carolina Transportation in New Hanover County, North Carolina Wilmington, North Carolina {{NorthCarolina-transport-stub