Greater Richmond Transit Company - Color-coded Routes, Express Buses, and Park-and-Ride Buses

Color-coded Routes, Express Buses, and Park-and-Ride Buses

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

To complement Color-coded routes, Express buses run from downtown to various points with few or no stops. Express buses are as follows:

• 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 the following routes:

• Parham Road - 23, 26
• Glenside Avenue - 23, 27
• White Oaks Village - 28
• Gaskins Road - 29

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.

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.