The Tri-State Transit Authority (TTA), which markets itself as "THE Transit Authority, is the city bus system in

Huntington, West Virginia Huntington is a city in Cabell and Wayne counties in the U.S. state of West Virginia. It is the county seat of Cabell County, and the largest city in the Huntington–Ashland metropolitan area, sometimes referred to as the Tri-State Area. A h ...

, and

Ironton, Ohio Ironton is a city in and the county seat of Lawrence County, Ohio, United States. Located in southernmost Ohio along the Ohio River northwest of Huntington, West Virginia, the city includes the Downtown Ironton Historic District. The populatio ...

, as well as its suburbs. Its buses range, on the

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side from 21st Street in Kenova, WV to

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, about 20 miles to the east. On the

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side the buses range from downtown Ironton to the Huntington suburb of

Proctorville, Ohio Proctorville is a village in Lawrence County, Ohio, United States, along the Ohio River. The population was 574 at the 2010 census. The East End Bridge connects Proctorville to Huntington, West Virginia across the Ohio River. Proctorville is a ...

, which is also a range of about 20 miles. Interchange buses provide links between Huntington and

Chesapeake, Ohio Chesapeake is a village in Lawrence County, Ohio, United States. The population was 691 at the 2020 census. It lies across the Ohio River from Huntington, West Virginia, at the mouth of Symmes Creek. A bridge across the Ohio River connects Che ...

, and between Ironton and

Ashland, Kentucky Ashland is a home rule-class city in Boyd County, Kentucky, United States. The largest city in Boyd County, Ashland is located upon a southern bank of the Ohio River at the state border with Ohio and near West Virginia. The population was 21,6 ...

, where transfers are available to the

Ashland Bus System Ashland Bus System (ABS) provides the municipal bus service in the City of Ashland, Kentucky and its nearby suburbs. Unlike many such services, it is operated by the city government itself. Its routes also reach the suburbs, including Ceredo, We ...

(ABS). However the system does not interchange between the TTA and ABS in

Ceredo, West Virginia Ceredo is a town in Wayne County, West Virginia, United States, situated along the Ohio River. The population was 1,450 at the 2010 census. Ceredo is a part of the Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA). As of the 200 ...

, even though the buses pass within a few blocks of one another. The TTA was involved in a

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with the

Charleston, West Virginia Charleston is the capital and List of cities in West Virginia, most populous city of West Virginia. Located at the confluence of the Elk River (West Virginia), Elk and Kanawha River, Kanawha rivers, the city had a population of 48,864 at the 20 ...

-based

Kanawha Valley Regional Transportation Authority The Kanawha Valley Regional Transportation Authority, commonly known as "KRT" is the city bus system for the Charleston, West Virginia, United States metropolitan area. The tax supported system was founded in 1971 after the Greyhound Corporation ...

bus system called

Intelligent Transit Intelligent Transit (iT) was a joint venture bus service of the Tri-State Transit Authority and the Kanawha Valley Regional Transportation Authority system, which operated a twice per day bus link between downtown Huntington, West Virginia and do ...

which linked downtown Huntington to Charleston via bus. The service ceased August 28, 2015 due to low ridership and lower gas prices compared to 2012.http://www.wsaz.com/home/headlines/Bus-Route-Between-Charleston-and-Huntington-to-End-Later-This-Summer-318071461.html All buses begin and end at the old

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Depot in downtown Huntington, which is now known as the TTA Center. Coordinates:

Routes

TTA bus servicesTTA routes and schedules
/ref> operate on Monday to Saturday between 6:00 a.m. and 11:15 p.m. except for the Marshall Shuttle Evening Service.

References

External links

Official website
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