Henderson Area Rapid Transit (HART) is the primary provider of

mass 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 whic ...

Henderson, Kentucky Henderson is a home rule-class city along the Ohio River and the county seat of Henderson County, Kentucky, United States. The population was 29,781 at the 2020 U.S. census. It is part of the Evansville–Henderson, IN–KY Combined Statis ...

with six routes serving the region. As of 2019, the system provided 119,241 rides over 16,112 annual vehicle revenue hours with 3 buses and 2 paratransit vehicles.

History

Public transit 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 wh ...

in Henderson began with

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s in 1886, with the Henderson Street Railway Co. In 1895, the horsecars were replaced with

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, which in turn were replaced by

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in 1929. The city took over operations in 1957. In January 2021, bus service was reduced due to staffing issues, service did not fully resume until December of that year.

Service

Henderson Area Rapid Transit operates 6 bus routes on a pulse system with all routes serving the Third and Main Transfer Point. Hours of operation for the system are Monday through Saturday from 6:00 A.M. to 5:30 P.M. There is no service on Sundays. Regular fares are $0.50.

Routes

*Shopper Shuttle *East Gate *Weaverton *East End *North *College Shuttle

Fixed route ridership

The ridership statistics shown here are of fixed route services only and do not include demand response services.

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