system slogan it s so easy founded 1860 headquarters 301 east belt boulevard locale richmond virginia service area richmond virginia service type bus service paratransit routes 59 local routes 12 express routes destinations 1 church hill briel street 1 monument st. mary s hospital 1 monument wythe 2 church hill r street 2 patterson regency square 2 patterson three chopt 3 robinson south meadow 3pp fairmount fairfield court 4 robinson south belmont 4p fairmount whitcomb court 6 broad street downtown 6 broad street willow lawn 6 east main darbytown 6 east main montrose heights 6 east main parker street 7 seven pines downtown 7 seven pines via nine mile rd. 7 seven pines via williamsburg rd. 10 riverview south allen avenue 10 riverview downtown 11 17th street mosby court 11 17th street downtown 16 grove downtown 16 grove university of richmond 18 henrico government center 19 pemberton rd. 24 crestwood downtown 24 crestwood westbrook 26 parham express 27 glenside express 28 fair oaks express airport 29 gaskins express 32e ginter park downtown 32e ginter park washington park 32w ginter park downtown 32w ginter park washington park 34 fourth avenue highland park 34 highland park downtown 37 chamberlayne azalea avenue 37 chamberlayne downtown 45 jefferson creighton court 45 jefferson downtown 62 hull street broad rock fleet 231 buses & vans operator m v chief executive david green website grtc transit system the greater richmond transit company known locally as grtc transit system is a local government owned public service company which operates an urban suburban bus line based in richmond virginia . grtc primarily serves the independent city of richmond and a very small portion of the adjacent counties of henrico and chesterfield with a fleet of over 175 diesel powered and cng powered transit buses operating approximately 59 routes . grtc uses government funded equipment and resources principally provided by the federal transit administration fta virginia department of rail and public transportation vdrpt and local funds . it also maintains equipment and has other affiliations with petersburg area transit a similar agency which also serves a portion of chesterfield county . contents 1 ownership and management 1.1 ownership history 1.2 management history 2 routes 2.1 color coded express and park and ride 2.2 paratransit service 3 facilities 4 see also 5 external links ownership and management edit as a public service company grtc is owned equally by the city of richmond and neighboring chesterfield county . henrico county currently purchases services from it but holds no ownership interest . it is managed by a private transit management company that provides the ceo coo and transportation manager as was its predecessor virginia transit company vtc . grtc itself has 500 employees . ownership history edit in 1860 richmond railway was organized beginning operations in august . the service was forced to stop for nearly 2 years during the civil war . in 1866 joseph jackson jr. acquired control and resumed operations . in 1881 it was sold to richmond city railway company . in 1887 the richmond city council adopted an ordinance granting a franchise to the richmond union passenger railway company to operate a street railway system . ground was broken for laying rail . in 1888 frank sprague installed a complete system of electric streetcars in richmond virginia . this was the first large scale and successful use of electricity to run a city s entire system of streetcars . operation of streetcars continued until they were totally replaced by buses in 1949 . in 1925 virginia railway and power company bought the transit system . in 1944 the securities and exchange commission directed virginia electric and power company to confine its activities to the electricity business . in 1944 the richmond transit bus system and a similar one in norfolk was purchased by vtc which became part of the united transit company the next year . in 1962 american transportation enterprises inc. ate acquired a controlling interest in united transit company . after world war ii public transit systems in the united states became unprofitable and most were eventually converted to government owned and funded operations . this trend included virginia transit company operations in richmond and norfolk . in 1947 the main street and westhampton streetcar lines are motorized . virginia transit company began conversion to motor buses . in 1949 buses replace electric trolleys . on november 25 1949 ten streetcars make the last run . in 1962 american transportation enterprises inc. acquired controlling interest in united transit company . in 1972 federal state and local funds were used to purchase the assets of the virginia transit company and a new public service company was set up grtc which was wholly owned by the city of richmond . a one half interest was later purchased by chesterfield county in the late 1980s . henrico county declined to purchase a portion at that time . management history edit immediately after grtc was formed american transportation enterprises inc. through a subsidiary continued to provide management . routes edit most routes converge on downtown richmond near richmond city hall and the vcu medical campus on broad street with the exception of routes 18 91 93 and 101 . although chesterfield county is a part owner of grtc and the county is largely urbanized there is no public transportation in chesterfield aside from the brandermill express run and the two routes midlothian turnpike and jefferson davis highway that travel roughly half a mile over the city line and then turn back into the city of richmond . service in henrico county is also very limited with very little bus service in the northern part of the county and none in the varina area or short pump . route no . name start end map 01 monument libbie mill transfer plaza 01 02 patterson regency square transfer plaza 02 03 robinson meadow maymont transfer plaza 03 04 robinson belmont stadium transfer plaza 04 06 broad a transfer plaza willow lawn 06 07 seven pines transfer plaza seven pines sandston 07 10 riverview transfer plaza randolph 10 11 oliver hill 17th street transfer plaza mosby court 11 16 grove university of richmond transfer plaza 16 18 henrico government center willow lawn henrico government center 18 19 pemberton pemberton road transfer plaza 19 21 brook transfer plaza bellevue 21 26x parham express parham road henrico downtown 26x 27x glenside express dumbarton downtown 27x 28x white oak express white oak village highland springs downtown 28x 29x gaskins express gaskins road innsbrook downtown 29x 32 ginter park ginter park transfer plaza 32 34 highland park transfer plaza richmond international raceway 34 37 chamberlayne transfer plaza laburnum park 37 41 oakwood r church hill transfer plaza chimborazo park 41 43 whitcomb fairmount transfer plaza whitcomb court 43 44 fairfield fairmount transfer plaza fairfield court 44 45 jefferson transfer plaza woodville 45 51 briel street church hill transfer plaza libby hill 51 52 montrose heights transfer plaza montrose heights 52 53 darbytown transfer plaza fulton hill 53 56 south laburnum downtown richmond international airport 56 60 hull street transfer plaza chippenham mall 60 61 midlothian transfer plaza forest hill 61 62 hull street transfer plaza southwood 62 63 midlothian transfer plaza chippenham square 63 64x stony point express stony point downtown 64x 66x spring rock green express beaufont downtown 66x 68 broad rock transfer plaza walmsley 68 70 forest hill stony point transfer plaza 70 71 forest hill beaufont transfer plaza 71 72 ruffin road transfer plaza bensley 72 73 ampthill transfer plaza castle heights 73 74 oak grove transfer plaza windsor 74 81x chesterfield express chesterfield downtown 81x 82x commonwealth 20 swift creek express matoaca downtown 82 91 laburnum connector willow lawn montrose 91 93 azalea connector azalea shopping center pine camp 93 95x richmond petersburg express downtown petersburg transit center 95x 101 southside plaza belt boulevard connector westover hills mcguire woods 101 102x kings dominion express southside plaza kings dominion 102x a line 06 will be replaced by the grtc pulse in 2017 . color coded express and park and ride edit there are five color routes that serve various neighborhoods of richmond . blue route 1 2 3 4 6 10 11 16 serving downtown the fan district church hill and portions of the west end south of broad street purple route 7 56 91 serving the east end with 3 trips each weekday to richmond international airport orange route 18 19 serving portions of the west end north of broad street black route 22 24 32 34 37 93 serving the north side . green route 62 63 67 70 71 72 73 74 101 serving southside express buses complementing the color coded routes run from downtown to various points with few or no stops . they are stony point 64 southside 66 chesterfield 81 brandermill 82 petersburg 95 park and ride buses have parking lots for commuters . grtc park and ride service is provided for parham road 23 26 glenside avenue 23 27 white oaks village 28 gaskins road 29 paratransit service edit grtc s paratransit service in richmond and henrico county is provided by the care service which is operated under contract by laidlaw transit inc. facilities edit the grtc bus garage originally a streetcar facility is located in the city at robinson and cary streets . petersburg area transit buses are also frequently serviced at this location . in 2007 a new facility was being developed near the intersection of belt boulevard and midlothian turnpike in south richmond . see also edit grtc pulse external links edit grtc website virginia department of rail and public transportation website petersburg area transit pat route map and other information retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title greater richmond transit company & oldid 732226733 categories greater 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