kanawha valley regional transportation authority founded 1971 headquarters 1550 fourth avenue locale charleston wv service type bus service paratransit routes 22 website rideonkrt.com the kanawha valley regional transportation authority commonly known as krt is the city bus system for the charleston west virginia metropolitan area . the tax supported system was founded in 1971 after the greyhound corporation and the privately owned charleston transit company ceased intra city bus service following a strike . the system ranges throughout the charleston metro area from the campus of the west virginia university institute of technology in montgomery west virginia in the south east about 45 miles west to nitro west virginia . all buses centralize on the former laidley street in downtown charleston which is now known as the transit mall and is restricted to buses only . the krt also is involved in a joint venture with the tri state transit authority known as intelligent transit which provides a link between charleston and huntington west virginia . contents 1 routes 2 electric buses 3 references 4 external links routes edit all routes except no. 9 depart from downtown charleston . route 9 connects to route 2 at cabin creek junction and to route 22 at quincy walmart and montgomery . no . route name terminus service times 1 st. albans west charleston st. albans 7 day service 2 kanawha city cabin creek east bank 7 day service 3 dunbar nitro nitro marketplace 7 day service 4 woodward drive woodrum park weekday service 5 tyler mountain cross lanes nitro marketplace mon sat service 6 elkview the crossings mall mon sat service 7 campbells creek cinco weekday service 8 sissonville sissonville mon sat service 9 montgomery eskdale montgomery or leewood weekday service 11 oakridge drive wertz avenue charleston heights mon sat service 12 garrison avenue hillsdale hillsdale mon sat service 13 beech avenue cato park mon sat service 15 south hills ashton place mon sat service 16 south park memorial hospital south park mon sat service 18 fort hill montrose riverwalk plaza mon sat service 20 virginia street government complex mon sat service 21 southridge alum creek alum creek 7 day service 22 montgomery quincy wvu institute of technology 7 day service 23 clendenin clendenin mon sat service 24 sugar creek sugar creek weekday service 28 hillcrest northgate northgate business park mon sat service 34 downtown trolley downtown loop mon sat service electric buses edit public transportation officials hope that a small fleet of new hybrid electric diesel buses . the seven new vehicles were purchased with funding provided by the federal diesel emissions reduction act as well as 1.73 million in stimulus funds awarded to the state department of environmental protection and the state department of transportation s division of public transit 1 references edit http www6.lexisnexis.com publisher enduser action userdisplayfulldocument & orgid 101846 & topicid 104970025 & docid l 1073285596 external links edit buses portal krt history retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title kanawha valley regional transportation authority & oldid 550025126 categories charleston west virginia metropolitan areabus transportation in west virginiahybrid electric busestransit authorities with electric busestransportation in kanawha county west virginiatransit agencies in west virginia navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 12 april 2013 at 16 44 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view