Petersburg Area Transit is a bus system for the
Petersburg Tri-cities Area. There are twelve color-coded routes that extend to such destinations as
Virginia State University
Virginia State University (VSU or Virginia State) is a public historically Black land-grant university in Ettrick, Virginia. Founded on , Virginia State developed as the United States's first fully state-supported four-year institution of high ...
,
Southpark Mall, and
Fort Lee.
In a partnership with
Greater Richmond Transit Company
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. In , the system had a ridership of , or about pe ...
(GRTC), PAT provides express service to
Downtown Richmond
Downtown Richmond is the central business district of Richmond, Virginia. It is generally defined as being bound by Belvidere Street to the west, I-95 to the north and east, and the James River to the south. The Fan district borders it to t ...
and any other destinations accessible by GRTC. As of June 2009, in addition to the service to Richmond, Blackstone Bus Service offers and express route that travels from Blackstone, VA through Dinwiddie into the City of Petersburg. Dinwiddie Express utilizes the Petersburg Transit Station and normally parks in track 7. In 2020 Petersburg Area Transit suspended service to Central State Hospital and the Amazon Shipping facility in Dinwiddie due to lack of ridership. PAT hopes in the future there will be a need to restore this service. .
A centralized multi-modal transit hub for the PAT is now being used as the transfer point for all buses. It is located at the corner of Union at Washington streets and Wythe at Union Streets
Routes
*1 Washington Street/Summit Point Apartments
*2 Halifax Street/Petersburg East Apartments
*3 Lee Ave/Pecan Acres/Greenwood Farms
*4 Virginia Avenue/Petersburg High School
*5 Mall/Plaza via Sycamore Street
*6 Ettrick/Virginia State University
*8 Walnut Hill/Tanglewood Apartments/Food Lion/Battlefield Park/Oakhurst
*9 South Crater Road/Walmart/Social Services
*10 Southpark Mall/American Family Fitness/Wal-Mart/Enterprise Rental Car/Marshall's/Burlington
*11 Blandford/Fort Lee/Hopewell Crossings
*14 City of Hopewell/John Randolph Hospital/Hopewell High School
*15 460/County Drive/Pine Tree Apartments
*16 Richmond Express/McGuire Veterans Hospital/Downtown Richmond Virginia
Petersburg Area Transit In The News
In this section you will find links to new articles showcasing how PAT is on the move. We have rebranded and are Moving Forward
https://www.wtvr.com/news/local-news/petersburg-area-transit-unveils-new-bus-fleet
https://www.wtvr.com/news/local-news/peterburg-is-filling-up-propane-buses-for-2-15-a-galloon
https://www.progress-index.com/story/news/2021/03/25/petersburg-area-transit-director-koonce-talks-upcoming-changes/6990394002/
References
External links
Route Schedules, Time Points and Turn by Turn http://www.petersburg-va.org/524/Routes
Bus transportation in Virginia
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