Public Transit
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Public Transit Providers
They are two modes of Public Transit in Barbados. The first is the state owned Barbados Transport Board and the second is the privately owned Minibuses and Route Taxi (ZRs).
Vehicles
The vehicles used range from large un-articulated buses, to mid-size buses, to small buses to vans. Most vehilces were made by Toyota, Hino, Mercedes-Benz or BYD but some are made by Nissan and other auto manufacturers.
Barbados Transport Board
They operate omnibuses which are painted blue with yellow strips. These are larger in passenger holding capacity but are more infrequent. Due to this infrequency today they have only between 10% to 20% of the public transit market. The vehicles used by the Transport Board for public transit are from Mercedes-Benz (Brasil), Hino (Japan) and BYD (China). Mercedes-Benz buses were purchased between 1996 and 2007 and are automatic diesel. One bus was recently retro-fitted with an electric power motor and there are plans to add around another dozen. BYD buses were purchased in 2020, are automatic, electric, air-conditioned buses with wifi and usd ports. The Hino buses were purchased sometime before 2007 and are small manual diesel buses. Also see Transport Augmentation Programme (TAP)
Transport Board Mercedes Benz |
Mini-buses and Route Taxis (ZRs)
Mini-buses are yellow omnibuses with blue strips while Route Taxis (ZRs) are white mini-vans with red strips. These are more frequent but have a lower capacity and as a result are frequently overcrowded especially ZRs. They together control between 80% to 90% of the market. Most minibuses are small buses, but a few are mid-size buses and others are not actually buses but vans.
MINIBUSES
Minibus (small)-Hino |
Minibus (mid-sized) Hino |
"Minibus" actually this is really Toyota van |
Route Taxi (ZR)- Toyota |
Transport Augmentation Programme
The government of Barbados, in order to reduce a chronic deficit in existing fleets, recently entered into a partnership with some owners of vans and buses to allow them to provide services for the Transport Board . These vehicles are not painted like regular Transport Board vehicles but have a triangular sticker to the front, side and back with the Transport Board logo. They offer the same payment methods and the same concession to senior citizens and school students. They function the same as regular Transport Board buses and are suppose to follow the same Route.
TAP Vehicles (van to the front, small bus to the back) |
TAP vehicles (mid-sized and small bus) |
Some Useful URLs
Transport Authority (Regulatory Agency of Public Transit)
https://ta.gov.bb/
Transport Board (state owned Public Transit Service provider)
https://www.transportboard.com/route-finder/
Public Transit Apps
Apps are available but they are a few problems with them. Privately owned public transit operators do not follow a schedule and the state owned Transport Board does have a schedule but frequently has delays or no departures for particular times.
Moovit (Transport Board only)
https://moovitapp.com
Beepbus (Transport Board, Minibus and Route Taxi)
https://beepbus.com/
Other websites or blogs
Ifwegoto (Route Taxi only) Interactive map
https://ifwegoto.com/barbados-zr-bus-map-routes-the-only-one-on-the-internet/
Getting Around
The public transit system is comprehensive, the Transport Board, together with the Minibuses and Route Taxis provide services to the entire island, from 5am to 12am, seven days a week. Note however there is reduced service on Sundays, and Monday-Saturdays after 6pm but you can still get around.
Quick short Guide for Visitors and Exchange Students
Quick detailed Guide
Minibus
|
ZR
|
Transport Board
|
Route includes
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Tourist
Belt: Garrison to Silversands South Coast
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3D Silversands (most frequent)
(originates from Gate 7 Constitution Rd)
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13 Silversands
(originates from Gate 13 at Fairchild)
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Garrison, Hastings, Worthing, Rockley, St. Lawrence Gap; Maxwell;
Welches; Oistins; Enterprise; Atlantic Shores; Silversands
|
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Tourist
Belt: Garrison to Oistins
South
Coast
|
Sam
Lord’s Castle
Oistins
(from Sp’town) (originates from Gate 9 at Constitution Rd)
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3D
Silversands (most frequent)
11
Airport (high frequency) (originates from Gate 7 and 9 at Constitution Rd
respectively)
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12A
Sam Lord’s Castle
12F
Fairy Valley
13
Silversands
27
Oistins/Airport
(12A
from Gate 12; 12F, 13 from Gate 13 at Fairchild; 27 from Speightstown Gate 6)
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Garrison, Hastings, Worthing, Rockley, St. Lawrence
Gap; Maxwell; Welches; Oistins;
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Tourist
Belt: Walmer Lodge to Port St. Charles
West
Coast
|
Checker Hall
Connelltown
Pie Corner (originates from Cheapside Rd)
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1 Josey Hill/ Pie Corner/Connelltown
/Crab Hill
Make a connection from Speightstown. Additional 3.50 BDS is required. (most frequent) Alternatively take
15-minute walk to Port St. Charles
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1B Pie Corner
1C Connelltown
1C1 Josey Hill
(originates Gate 6 at Princess Alice can also board at Gate 4 for
1B or 5 for 1C/1C1 at Speighstown Terminal)
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Walmer Lodge, Prospect, Fitts Village, Paynes Bay; Sandy Lane,
Sunset Crest; Holetown, Folkstone, The Garden, Weston, Lower Carlton, Gibbs,
Mullins, Speightstown, Port St. Charles
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Tourist
Belt: Walmer Lodge to Speightstown
West
Coast
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Sp’town
(from Oistins or B’town) (most frequent)
Checker
Hall (originates
from Cheapside Rd)
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ibid
1A
Boscobelle
1A1
Indian Ground
27
Speighstown-Oistins (1A/1A1 originates at Princess Alice and 1A1 stops
at Gate 2 and 1A stops at Gate 4 in Speightstown Terminal; 27 Originates in
Oistins or Gate 6 Speightstown)
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Walmer
Lodge, Prospect, Fitts Village, Paynes Bay; Sandy Lane, Sunset Crest; Holetown,
Folkstone, The Garden, Weston, Lower Carlton, Gibbs, Mullins, Speightstown,
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Tourist
Belt: Walmer Lodge to Holetown
West
Coast
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Sp’town (from Oistins or B’town) most frequent
St. Albans
Holetown
District D (originates from Cheapside Rd; except Sp’town-Oistins
buses that originates in Oistins)
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ibid
1D District D
1G St. Albans
1H Holetown
(1D Originates at Gate 8, 1G at Gate 3 and 1H at
Gate 6 in Princess Alice Terminal)
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Walmer Lodge, Prospect, Fitts Village, Paynes Bay; Sandy Lane,
Sunset Crest; Holetown,
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University Route
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From
Walmer Lodge Routes to the Main Campus It is a 10-minute walk up the hill (originates from
Cheapside Rd; except Sp’town-Oistins buses that originates in Oistins)
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3
Redman’s Village (most frequent) (originates in Cheapside Rd)
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24
Wanstead
50
Spring Garden
From
Walmer Lodge Routes to the Main Campus It is a 10-minute walk up the hill
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University
of West Indies Cave Hill
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Bathsheba
East Coast
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Bathsheba (most frequent) limited to no Sunday
service (originates at Gate 2 in Constitution Rd)
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6 Bathsheba
1E Bathsheba from Speighstown)
30 minutes walk from 6A Martins Bay
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Bathsheba (if from Speighstown also Farley Hill National Park,
Barclay's Park and East Coast Rd/ Ermy Bourne Highway, Cattlewash)
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Terminals
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Minibus
terminals
Cheapside
Rd; Constitution Rd Speighstown Layby Oistins sub-terminal
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ZR
terminals
Cheapside Rd Constitution Rd Speighstown Layby |
Transport
Board Terminals
Princess
Alice Fairchild St Speighstown
Oistins
Sub-Terminal
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Constitution Road and Constitution River are used interchangeably and refer to the same Terminal
Note the Transport Board, Minibuses and Route Taxis each have their own and separate route classification system.
Bus Routes (Transport Board Routes Compared to Minibus and ZR)
Terminal
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Gate
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Route
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Terminal
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Gate
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TRANSPORT
BOARD
There are no gates at the Oistins Sub-terminal.
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MINIBUS (MB) OR
ROUTE TAXI (ZR)
There are no gates at the Sp’town Layby, Cheapside Road Terminal or
Oistins Sub-terminal)
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1 Speightstown
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Princess Alice
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Gate 6
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Sp’town MB
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Cheapside Rd or Speightstown Layby
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1A Boscobelle
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Princess
Alice and Speightstown
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Gate 6 and
Gate 4
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Boscobelle MB
or 2 ZR from Sp’town
|
Cheapside Rd
or Speightstown Layby
|
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1A1 Indian
Ground
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Princess Alice and Speightstown
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Gate 5 and Gate 2
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2 ZR from Sp’town
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Speightstown Layby
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1B Pie Corner
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Princess
Alice and Speightstown
|
Gate 6 and
Gate 4
|
Pie Corner MB
or 1 ZR from SP’town
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Cheapside Rd
or Speightstown Layby
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1C Connelltown
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Princess Alice and Speightstown
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Gate 6 and Gate 5
|
Connelltown MB or 1 ZR from
Sp’town
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Cheapside Rd or Speightstown Layby
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1C1 Josey
Hill
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Princess
Alice and Speightstown
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Gate 6 and
Gate 5
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1 ZR from
Sp’town
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Speightstown
Layby
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1D District D
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Princess Alice
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Gate 8
|
District D MB
|
Cheapside Rd
|
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1E
Bathsheba-Speighstown
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Speightstown
|
Gate 2
|
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Cheapside Rd
or Speightstown Layby
|
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1F St. Lucy’s
Church
|
Princess Alice
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Gate 5 and Gate 1
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1G St. Albans
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Princess
Alice
|
Gate 4
|
St. Alban’s
MB
|
Cheapside Rd
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1H Holetown
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Princess Alice
|
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Holetown MB
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Cheapside Rd
|
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1P Westmoreland/Porters
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Princess
Alice
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Gate 6
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2 Rock Hall
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Princess Alice
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Gate 4
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2A Rock Dundo
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Princess
Alice
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Gate 4
|
Rock Dundo MB
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Cheapside Rd
|
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3 St.
Andrew’s Church
|
Princess Alice
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Gate 8
|
St. Andrew’s Ch MB
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Cheapside Rd
|
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3A White Hill
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Princess
Alice
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Gate 8
|
Hillaby MB
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Cheapside Rd
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4 Shorey
Village
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Princess Alice
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Gate 7
|
Shorey Village MB
|
Cheapside Rd
|
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4A Sturges
|
Princess
Alice
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Gate 7
|
Sturges MB
|
Cheapside Rd
|
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5A Airy Hill
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Fairchild St
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5C Chalky
Mount
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Fairchild St
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Gate 4
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5G Sugar Hill
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Fairchild St
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Gate 5
|
3W Sugar Hill ZR
|
Constitution Rd
|
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5E Chalk
Mount (from Princess Alice)
|
Princess
Alice
|
Gate 7
|
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6 Bathsheba
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Fairchild St
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Gate 6
|
Bathsheba MB
|
Constitution Rd
|
Gate 2
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6A Martins
Bay
|
Fairchild St
|
Gate 7
|
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Gate 4
|
6C Clifton
Hall
|
Fairchild St
|
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Clifton Hall MB
|
Constitution Rd
|
Gate 4
|
6H Horse Hill
|
Fairchild St
|
Gate 6
|
Horse Hill ZR
|
Constitution
Rd
|
Gate 2
|
6M Market
Hill
|
Fairchild St
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Gate 3
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7 Sergeant St
|
Fairchild St
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Gate 14
|
Sergeant St
MB
|
Constitution
Rd
|
Gate 5
|
7A Bowmanston
|
Fairchild St
|
Gate 8
|
Bomwanston ZR
|
Constitution Rd
|
Gate 1
|
7B Bath
|
Fairchild St
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8A Workmans
|
Fairchild St
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Gate 2
|
Workmans
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Constitution Rd
|
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8AB Green-St.
Judes
|
Fairchild St
|
Gate 2
|
Green St.
Judes ZR and MB
|
Constitution
Rd
|
Gate 6
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8D Drax Hill
|
Fairchild St
|
Gate 3
|
Drax Hall MB
|
Constitution Rd
|
Gate 6
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8F Flat Rock
|
Fairchild St
|
Gate 1
|
12 Flat Rock
ZR
|
Constitution
Rd
|
Gate 3
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9 College
Savannah
|
Fairchild St
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Gate 9
|
College Sav (via H5) MB
|
Constitution Rd
|
Gate 6
|
9A Society
|
Fairchild St
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Gate 8
|
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9C Church
Village
|
Fairchild St
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10 Bayfield
|
Fairchild St
|
Gate 10
|
Bayfield MB
|
Constitution
Rd
|
Gate 8
|
10E Wellhouse
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Fairchild St
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10S Six Roads
|
Fairchild St
|
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11 Marley
Vale
|
Fairchild St
|
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11A Edey
Village
|
Fairchild St
|
Gate 15
|
Edey Village
ZR
|
Constitution
Rd
|
Gate 1
|
12A Sam
Lord’s Castle
|
Fairchild St
|
Gate 12
|
Sam Lord’s Castle MB
|
Constitution Rd
|
Gate 9
|
12D Crane
|
Fairchild St
|
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12 F Fairy
Valley
|
Fairchild St
|
Gate 13
|
3D Airport ZR
|
Constitution Rd
|
Gate 9
|
12P Airport
|
Fairchild St
|
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13
Silversands
|
Fairchild St
|
Gate 13
|
11 Silversands ZR
|
Constitution Rd
|
Gate 10
|
13B St.
Christopher
|
Fairchild St
|
Gate 13
|
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15 Rendezvous
(N/A)
|
Fairchild St
|
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9 Rendezvous ZR
|
Constitution Rd
|
Gate 4
|
16A St.
Patrick’s
|
Fairchild St
|
Gate 16
|
St. Patrick’s
Minibus
|
Constitution
Rd
|
Gate 8
|
16S Silverhill-Vauxhall
|
Fairchild St
|
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10 Silverhill MB or ZR
|
Constitution Rd
|
Gate 3
|
16D Lowlands
|
Fairchild St
|
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17 Fordes
Road-Brittons Hill
(N/A)
|
Fairchild St
|
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8 Fordes Road ZR
|
Constitution Rd
|
Gate 4
|
19 Yorkshire;
A-Pine-Wildey
(N/A);
|
Fairchild St
|
Gate 11
|
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19B
Pine-Government Hill
(N/A);
|
Fairchild St
|
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Pine-Wildey Minibus and ZR
|
Constitution Rd
|
Gate 5
|
19D Dash
Valley
|
Fairchild St
|
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Dash Valley
ZR
|
Constitution
Rd
|
Gate 1
|
19E
Kendal-Ebenezer
|
Fairchild St
|
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20 Howell’s
& Ivy
|
Fairchild St
|
Gate 1
|
Howell’s
& Ivy ZR
|
Constitution
Rd
|
Gate 3
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21 Bush Hall
(N/A)
|
Princess Alice
|
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Bush Hall ZR
|
Constitution Rd
|
Gate 3
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22 Jackson
|
Princess
Alice
|
Gate 3
|
3Y Jackson ZR
|
Cheapside Rd
|
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22A Eden Lodge-Jackson
|
Princess Alice
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Gate 3
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Lodge Hill MB and ZR
|
Cheapside Rd
|
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23 Holder’s
Hill
|
Princess
Alice
|
Gate 5
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88 Holder’s
Hill MB and ZR
|
Cheapside Rd
|
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24 Wanstead
|
Princess Alice
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Gate 2
|
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Cheapside Rd
|
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24A Grazettes
|
Princess
Alice
|
Gate 2
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3 Redman Village
ZR
|
Cheapside Rd
|
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25 Deacons
Road
|
Princess Alice
|
Gate 2
|
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25A Cave
Hill-Grazettes
|
Princess
Alice
|
Gate 3
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4 Grazettes
ZR
|
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26 College
Savannah-Oistins
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Oistins
|
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College Savannah-Oistins
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Oistins
|
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27 Speightstown-Oistins/
Airport/
Crane**
/Sam Lord’s
Castle**
(May display
as 12P/12D/12A)
|
Speightstown
and Oistins
|
Gate 6
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Sp’town-Oistins
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Oistins/Sp’town
Layby
|
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28 St. George
Church-Oistins
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Oistins
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29 Rock
Hall-Speightstown
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Speightstown
|
Gate 1
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30A Rock
Dundo-Silversands
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31
Silversands-St. Jude’s
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31A
Silversands-Rock Hall
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32
Silversands-White Hill
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33 City
Circle
|
Princess Alice and Fairchild St
|
Gate 9
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34 Southern
Circle
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Oistins
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50 Spring
Garden/
Jackson/Warrens/
Husbands
|
Princess Alice
|
Gate 9
|
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51 Bridgetown
Shuttle
(N/A)
|
Princess
Alice a
|
Gate 9
|
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54 ABC Hwy
Speightstown-Oistins
|
Speightstown and Oistins
|
Gate 6
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54C ABC
Speightstown-Airport via Kingsland/Coverley
|
Speightstown
|
Gate 6
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55 Warrens
via Six Roads to Wellhouse
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Gate 6
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56 Bayley’s
to Holetown
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Gate 6 and
Gate 4
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57
Warrens-Garrison
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Fairchild St
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Gate 5 and Gate 2
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58 Warrens to
Six Roads via St. George Church
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Gate 6 and
Gate 4
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59 Warrens-Speightstown
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Speightstown
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Gate 6 and Gate 5
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60 Bridgefield
to Oistins
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Oistins
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Gate 6 and
Gate 5
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Note
there are no gates at the Oistins sub-terminal; the Minibus and ZR Speightstown
Layby; or the Cheapside Road Terminal. Also note the Transport Board and
Minibuses share the same space at the Oistins sub-terminal. Most buses will
return to Bridgetown with destination sign "BRIDGETOWN" after reaching their destinations except route numbers 26
or larger and their minibus/ZR equivalent.
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Terminal Info
Fairchild Street Terminal (Transport Board) equivalent to Constitution Road Terminal
Gate 1: 8F Flat Rock; 20 Howells & Ivy
Gate 2: 8B Workmans (and 8AB Greens/St.Judes)
Gate 3: 8D Drax Hall
Constitution River Terminal (ZRs and Minibuses) equivalent to Fairchild Terminal
Princess Alice Terminal (Transport Board) equivalent to Cheapside Rd Terminal
Cheapside Rd Terminal (ZRs and Minibuses)[NO GATES] equivalent to Princess Alice Terminal
Speightstown Terminal (Transport Board) equivalent to Speightstown Layby
Speightstown Layby (ZRs and Minibuses) [NO GATES] equivalent to Speightstown Terminal
Oistins sub-Terminal (Transport Board and ZRs
and Minibuses) [NO GATES]
Route/Destination
|
Service Provider
|
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Transport Board
|
Minibus
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Route Tazi (ZR)
|
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College Savannah
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26 College Savannah
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College
Savannah
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N/A
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Six Roads
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26 College
Savannah (continues onto
College Savannah after reaching Six Roads)
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College
Savannah
(continues onto
College Savannah after reaching Six Roads)
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Airport
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12A Sam Lord’s
Castle (continues onto
Sam Lord’s Castle after reaching airport)
12P Airport (Originates in Speightstown)
St. Martin’s-Kirton’s (originates in Speightstown)
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Sam Lord’s
Castle
(continues
onto Sam Lord’s Castle after reaching airport)
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3D Airport via Oistins (Originates
from Bridgetown; access from the other side of the main road)
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Silversands
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13 Silversands
31 Silversands
13B St. Christopher (some buses originate in Oistins
others in Bridgetown or even St. Jude’s. For those that originate outside
Oistins access from the opposite side of the Main Road. This service is often
rare)
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N/A
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11 Silver sands via Oistins (Originates
from Bridgetown; access from the other side of the main road)
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Sam Lord’s Castle
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12 A Sam Lord’s
Castle (originates from
Bridgetown; does not enter terminal access from the other side of the Main
Road)
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Sam Lord’s
Castle
(originates from
Bridgetown; does not enter terminal access from the other side of the Main
Road)
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N/A
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Speighstown
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27 Speightstown (on weekdays most originate from
Oistins; but some may also originate at 12P Airport; 12D Crane; St.
Martins-Kirton’s or 12A Sam Lord’s Castle)
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Speightstown/Sp’town
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See Walmer Lodge/Black Rock
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ABC Speighstown
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54 ABC
Speightstown
|
N/A
|
N/A
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Walmer Lodge
|
27 Speightstown (continues after Walmer Lodge
onto Speightstown Via Highway 1)
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Speightstown/Sp’town (continues after Walmer Lodge
onto Speightstown via Highway 1)
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Walmer Lodge/Black Rock
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Warrens
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60 Bridgefield (continues after Warrens via
Highway 2 onto Bridgefield and White Hill, St. Thomas)
54 ABC
Speightstown (continues after
Warrens onto Speighstown via Highway 2A)
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N/A
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N/A
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St. Jude’s
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31 St. Jude’s (may originate from Silversands)
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N/A
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N/A
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St. George Church
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28 St. George
Ch/Newbury
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N/A
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N/A
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Bridgetown
|
Bridgetown (originates from 12A Sam Lord’s
Castle; 12 F Fairy Valley; 13 Silversands or 13B St. Christopher)
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Bridgetown (originates from Sam Lord’s Castle)
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Bridgetown (may Originate from
3D Airport; 11 Silversands or from Oistins)
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Now that ZRs and Minibuses are at the Terminal in Speightstown and have assigned gates, can you update the maps and tables for the new terminal arrangement?
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