Corpus Christi Regional Transportation Authority

The Corpus Christi Regional Transportation Authority is the operator of public transportation in Nueces County, Texas. Twenty-eight local routes are offered, plus Six peak hour express offerings. A seasonal express route is also provided to Padre Island beaches and two year-round shuttles in Downtown Corpus Christi in Port Aransas. These shuttles use buses designed to look like trolleys and the #94 Port Aransas travels along the beach for some of its journey.[2] The CCRTA also operates 4 routes out of Robstown Station, as well as 3 (temporarily 2) routes in Gregory, Texas.

Corpus Christi Regional Transportation Authority
A CCRTA Trolley at CCRTA Headquarters
Founded1985
Headquarters5658 Bear Lane
LocaleCorpus Christi, Texas
Service areaNueces County, Texas
Service typebus, paratransit
Routes35[1]
Stops1338[1]
DestinationsCorpus Christi, Padre Island, Robstown, Gregory, Port Aransas
HubsStaples Street Station, Port Ayers Station, Southside Station
StationsPort Ayers Station, Southside Station, Staples Street Station, Robstown Station, Callalen Park and Ride, and Compton @ Waldon (flour bluff terminus)
FleetGillig Low Floor Advantage, Gillig Low Floor BRT, Ford E450, Gillig Low Floor Trolley, Orion VII
Annual ridership5,367,081[1]
Fuel typeDiesel/CNG
Chief executiveGeorge Cruz-Aedo
Websiteccrta.org
B-Line paratransit service

Route list

Corpus Christi RTA provides 32 scheduled bus routes.[3]

  • 3 NAS Shuttle (Created October 5, 2014 as a split from Route 5)
  • 4 Flour Bluff
  • 5 Alameda
  • 6 Santa Fe/Malls
  • 12 Hillcrest/Baldwin (Formerly 12 Saxet/Oak Park)
  • 15 Kostoryz (Formerly 15 Ayers)
  • 16 Morgan/Port
  • 17 Carroll/Southside
  • 19 Ayers (Formerly 19 Ayers/Norton)
  • 21 Arboleda
  • 23 Molina
  • 25 Gollihar/Greenwood (Created June 2, 2014 as a renumbering of part of 24 restricting 24 to Sunday Service)
  • 26 Airline/Lipes Connector
  • 27 Leopard (formerly 27 Robstown Northwest)
  • 27X Leopard (Express variant of 27, runs during peak hours only)
  • 28 Leopard/Omaha (Created January 23, 2017)
  • 29 Staples
  • 30 Westside/Health Clinic (Created January 23, 2017)
  • 32 Southside
  • 34 Robstown North (Created January 23, 2017 from part of 34 Robstown)
  • 35 Robstown South (Created January 23, 2017 from part of 34 Robstown)
  • 37 Crosstown
  • 50 Calallen Park & Ride/NAS Express
  • 51 Gregory Park & Ride/NAS Express
  • 53 Robstown Park & Ride/NAS Express
  • 54 Gregory/Downtown Express (Created January 23, 2017)
  • 56 Flour Bluff/Downtown Express (Created January 23, 2017)
  • 60 Islander Shuttle (Created October 5, 2014)
  • 65 Padre Island Connection
  • 76 Harbor Bridge Shuttle (Discontinued September 6, 2004 (as 76 CC Beach Shuttle); restored Winter 2009-2010 and Non-Sunday seasonal service discontinued November 27, 2011)
  • 78 North Beach
  • 83 Advanced Industries (Created October 5, 2014)
  • 93 FLEX (Pilot) (replaced Route 63 The Wave on August 21, 2019)
  • 94 Port Aransas Shuttle
  • 95 Port Aransas Express (Created May 24, 2019)[4]

Former Routes
  • 2 Hillcrest (merged with Route 12 in Summer 2009)
  • 8 Flour Bluff/Malls (replaced by new Route 29F on June 2, 2014 and reduced to Sundays; remainder replaced by Routes 4 and 29 on September 10, 2018 as part of Fleet Forward)
  • 22 Saratoga (Port Ayers Station to Southside Station via John Paul High School; discontinued Winter 2012-2013)
  • 24 Los Encinos/Kostoryz (replaced by new Routes 19G and 25 June 2, 2014 and restricted to Sunday Service; remainder replaced by Routes 15, 19, and 25 on September 10, 2018 as part of Fleet Forward)
  • 31 McCardle/Malls (replaced by new Route 19M on June 2, 2014)
  • 34 Robstown (Split into Routes 34 and 35 on January 23, 2017)
  • 55 Gregory (Created October 5, 2014, service temporarily suspended)
  • 63 The Wave (replaced by new Route 93 FLEX on August 21, 2019)
  • 66 TAMU at Corpus Christi Connector (replaced by Route 37 on September 10, 2018 as part of Fleet Forward)
  • 67 Bishop/Driscoll/Gregory (Discontinued on January 23, 2017 in favor of the new Route 54)
  • 68 Agua Dulce/Banquete (Discontinued Winter 2012-2013)
  • 73 McGee Beach (Discontinued in 2010-2011)
  • 75 Bayfront Connector (Discontinued in 2010-2011)
  • 77 Harbor Ferry (Discontinued Labor Day 2006; restored March 12, 2011 and discontinued November 27, 2011)
  • 79 Downtown Shuttle (Discontinued June 2, 2014)
  • 81 Padre Island Beach Express (Created January 23, 2017 (summer only); discontinued on September 10, 2018 as part of Fleet Forward)
  • 84 Lighthouse (Created October 5, 2014) (Discontinued December 5, 2017)
  • 99 Ferry Shuttle (Discontinued September 3, 2018)
  • 354 Southside Express (Created in Winter 2009-2010; discontinued in 2010-2011)

References
  1. "2019 Operating & Capital Budget" (PDF). Corpus Christi Regional Transportation Authority. Retrieved 26 May 2020.
  2. Corpus Christi Transportation Information
  3. Corpus Christi RTA List of all routes Archived 2009-09-17 at the Wayback Machine
  4. https://web.archive.org/web/20190728124514/https://www.ccrta.org/pub-notice/route-95-port-aransas-express-beginning-friday-may-24-2019/. Archived from the original on 2019-07-28. Missing or empty |title= (help)


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