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Provider of mass transportation in Henderson County, Kentucky
Henderson Area Rapid Transit
(HART) is the primary provider of
mass transportation
in
Henderson, Kentucky
with six routes serving the region. As of 2019, the system provided 119,241 rides over 16,112 annual vehicle revenue hours with 3 buses and 2 paratransit vehicles.
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History
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Public transit
in Henderson began with
horsecars
in 1886, with the Henderson Street Railway Co. In 1895, the horsecars were replaced with
streetcars
, which in turn were replaced by
buses
in 1929.
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The city took over operations in 1957. In January 2021, bus service was reduced due to staffing issues, service did not fully resume until December of that year.
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Service
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Henderson Area Rapid Transit operates 6 bus routes on a pulse system with all routes serving the Third and Main Transfer Point.
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Hours of operation for the system are Monday through Saturday from 6:00 A.M. to 5:30 P.M. There is no service on Sundays. Regular fares are $0.50.
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Routes
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- Shopper Shuttle
- East Gate
- Weaverton
- East End
- North
- College Shuttle
Fixed route ridership
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The ridership statistics shown here are of fixed route services only and do not include demand response services.
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25,000
50,000
75,000
100,000
125,000
150,000
2013
2014
2015
2016
2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
See also
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