Barbados Transport Board
The Barbados Transport Board is the government owned bus transport provider in the country of Barbados. The headquarters is located at Weymouth, Roebuck Street, while the main terminal is at Fairchild Street in Saint Michael. The other three terminals are: the Constitution River Terminal (located just across the river from the Main Terminal, The Princess Alice Terminal also in Bridgetown, Saint Michael and the Speightstown Terminal in Speightstown, Saint Peter in the north. Also, the three bus depots are located at Weymouth, Saint Michael, Oistins, Christ Church and Mangrove, Saint Philip.
The Barbados Transport Board now has a fleet of approximately 340 buses (nine buses which were destroyed by fire - BM 53, BM 55, BM 113, BM 117, BM 213, BM 232, BM 251, BM 256 and BM 530). The buses are blue in colour with a yellow trim and white top. The buses had drivers and conductors to collect fares, but now have automatic fare collection machines since the 1990s. The new Wayfarer bus ticket system was introduced in April, 2005 for all Transport Board buses. The Transport Board also compete with the privately owned white and maroon stripe coloured route taxis (called ZRs) and the yellow and blue stripe coloured mini-buses. The Barbados Transport Board was approved in June, 1955 by draft legislation of the Governor of Barbados. Three months later, an act of Parliament was passed on 24 August 1955, establishing the Transport Board. The Transport Board's fleet of buses that they had purchased were; 20 Hino small buses and 40 Mercedes-Benz (OH1621) Marcopolo Torino GV buses in November, 1996 and Mercedes-Benz (OH1622) Alpha Caio large buses in November, 1997 respectively; 15 Hino smaller buses, 50 Mercedes-Benz (OH1420) Marcopolo Torino and 45 Mercedes-Benz (OH1821) Busscar Urbanuss large buses and air-conditioned large buses in November, 1999, respectively when the air-conditioned units were taken off in late September, 2006; 25 Mercedes-Benz (OH1420) Marcopolo Torino large buses in November, 2003; 5 Mercedes-Benz (LO915) Marcopolo Senior Marksell smaller buses in November, 2004; and 65 Mercedes-Benz (T270R) Allison Transmission Marcopolo Torino large buses in November, 2006. As the Transport Board goes further with the future of cleaner, greener transportation, the new 33 BYD K8RA electric buses had shipped to Barbados from China in just a matter of weeks until 8 July 2020. The 33 electric buses left the Bridgetown Port on 10 July 2020; 5 for the Speightstown Bus Terminal; 10 for the Mangrove Bus Depot; and 18 for the Weymouth Bus Depot. There will soon be the new 250 BYD K8RA battery-powered electric low-floor buses and 450 Yutong ZK6120CHEVPG21 battery-recharged electric-powered hybrid low-floor buses here in Barbados from mid-2021 onwards post COVID-19.
Here is the list of current bus routes being operated by the Barbados Transport Board.
From Princess Alice, Fairchild Street and Speightstown Bus Terminals, Oistins Bus Sub-terminal and the Cross-Country Routes
1 Speightstown
1A Boscobelle
1A1 Indian Ground
1AA Indian Ground/Boscobelle
1B Pie Corner
1C Connelltown
1C1 Josey Hill
1CB Josey Hill/Pie Corner
1D District D
1E Bathsheba
1F St. Lucy's Church
1G St. Albans
1H Holetown
1P Porters/Westmoreland
1S Speightstown
2 Rock Hall
2A Rock Dundo
3 St. Andrew's Church
3A White Hill
4 Shorey Village
4A Sturges
5 Chalky Mount
5A Airy Hill
5C Chalky Mount
5S Sugar Hill
6 Bathsheba
6A Martin's Bay
6C Chalky Mount
6E Market Hill
7 Sargeant Street
7A Bowmanston
7B Bath
8B Workmans
8D Drax Hall
8F Flat Rock
9 College Savannah
9A Society
9C Church Village
10 Bayfield
10A Wellhouse
10S Six Roads
11 Marley Vale
11A Edey Village
11T TASI Edey Village
12 Sam Lord's Castle
12A Kirtons/Crane
12F Fairy Valley
12P Airport
13A St. Christopher/Silver Sands
16 St. Patricks
16A Lowlands
16S Silver Hill
19 Yorkshire
19C Edey Village/Yorkshire
19D Dash Valley
19K Kendal
20 Howells/Ivy
22A Eden Lodge
23 Holders Hill
24 Wanstead
25 Deacons Road
25A Cave Hill/Grazettes
26 College Savannah
27 Oistins
27D Sam Lord's Castle
27E Oistins
28 Oistins
29 Rock Hall
30 Silver Sands
30M Oistins via Melrose
31 Silver Sands
31A Silver Sands
32 Silver Sands
33 City Circle
34 Southern Circle
35 Silver Sands (new cross-country route coming soon)
36 Kirtons via Oistins/Airport
37 Silver Sands via Airport
40 St. Lucy's Church
41 Boscobelle
42 Indian Ground
43 St. Clements (new route coming soon)
44 Pie Corner
50 Warrens/Jackson via Spring Garden
51 Bridgetown Shuttle
54 Speightstown via ABC Highway
54C Speightstown via Coverley
55 Warrens via Six Roads
56 University Hill/Holetown via Kingsland/Warrens
57 Warrens via Garrison/Bank Hall/Tudor Bridge
58 Warrens via St. George Church
59 Warrens via Holetown
60 Oistins via Green Hill
To Princess Alice, Fairchild Street and Speightstown Bus Terminals, Oistins Bus Sub-terminal and Cross-Country Routes
1 Bridgetown
1A Bridgetown
1A1 Bridgetown
1B Bridgetown
1C Bridgetown
1C1 Bridgetown
1CB Bridgetown
1D Bridgetown
1E Speightstown
1F Bridgetown
1G Bridgetown
1H Bridgetown
1P Bridgetown
1S Bridgetown
2 Bridgetown
2A Bridgetown
3 Bridgetown
3A Bridgetown
4 Bridgetown
4A Bridgetown
5 Bridgetown
5A Bridgetown
5C Bridgetown
5S Bridgetown
6 Bridgetown
6A Bridgetown
6C Bridgetown
6E Bridgetown
7 Bridgetown
7A Bridgetown
7B Bridgetown
8AB Bridgetown
8B Bridgetown
8D Bridgetown
8F Bridgetown
9 Bridgetown
9A Bridgetown
9C Bridgetown
10 Bridgetown
10A Bridgetown
10S Bridgetown
11 Bridgetown
11A Bridgetown
11T Bridgetown
12 Bridgetown
12A Bridgetown
12F Bridgetown
13A Bridgetown
16 Bridgetown
16A Bridgetown
16S Bridgetown
19 Bridgetown
19C Bridgetown
19D Bridgetown
19K Bridgetown
20 Bridgetown
22A Bridgetown
23 Bridgetown
24 Bridgetown
25 Bridgetown
25A Bridgetown
26 Oistins
27 Speightstown
27E Wanstead
28 St. George Church
29 Speightstown
30 Rock Dundo
31 Rock Hall
31A St. Judes
32 White Hill
33 City Circle
34 Southern Circle
35 Church Village (new cross-country route coming soon)
35A Speightstown
36 Speightstown
37 Speightstown
40 Speightstown
41 Speightstown
42 Speightstown
43 Speightstown (new route coming soon)
44 Speightstown
50 Bridgetown via Spring Garden
51 Bridgetown Shuttle
54 Oistins via ABC Highway
54C Airport via Coverley
55 Wellhouse via Six Roads
56 University Hill/Airport via Warrens/Kingsland
57 Bridgetown via Tudor Bridge/Bank Hall/Garrison
58 Six Roads via St. George Church
59 Speightstown via Holetown
60 Bridgefield via Green Hill
References
External links
- The Transport Board of Barbados - Official website