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, as well as its suburbs. Its buses range, on the

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side from 21st Street in

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, about 20 miles to the east. On the

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side the buses range from downtown Ironton to the Huntington suburb of

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, which is also a range of about 20 miles. Interchange buses provide links between

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and

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, and between Ironton and

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, where transfers are available to the Ashland Bus System (ABS). However the system does not interchange between the TTA and ABS in

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, even though the buses pass within a few blocks of one another. The TTA was involved in a

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with the Charleston, West Virginia-based Kanawha Valley Regional Transportation Authority bus system called

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which linked downtown Huntington to Charleston via bus. The service ceased August 28, 2015 due to low ridership and lower gas prices compared to 2012.http://www.wsaz.com/home/headlines/Bus-Route-Between-Charleston-and-Huntington-to-End-Later-This-Summer-318071461.html All buses begin and end at the old

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Depot in downtown Huntington, which is now known as the TTA Center. Coordinates:

Routes

TTA bus servicesTTA routes and schedules
/ref> operate on Monday to Saturday between 6:00 a.m. and 11:15 p.m. except for the Marshall Shuttle Evening Service.

References

External links

Official website
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