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Barbados Transport Board. Barbados Transport Board buses at the Weymouth Headquarters and Bus Depot in Roebuck Street, Saint Michael on 26 September 2010. The Barbados Transport Board (BTB) is a public transportation authority of the government of Barbados. The BTB operates numerous fixed-route bus lines service through much of the country.
Public transport. The Ministry of Transport & Works of Barbados oversees the affairs of the nation's roads, highways, and the public transport system. Public transport services in Barbados include buses, minibuses, share taxis (locally known as ZRs ), taxis, and car rentals. Vehicle registration plates are assigned to different types of ...
ZR (bus) A ZR (pronounced "Zed R", [1] formally called a route taxi) is a type of private taxi-bus system found in Barbados . The vehicles are small vans, which mainly operate routes between the capital of Bridgetown and other terminals. They derive the name "ZR" from the license-plate code assigned to most route taxis. [citation needed]
Ministry of the Public Service Director General, Human Resources Ms. Penelope Linton (acting) Ministry of Transport and Works Permanent Secretary Mr. Andrew Gittens Ministry of Finance, Economic Affairs and Investment Treasury Department. Barbados Audit Office. Permanent Secretary Permanent Secretary Director General, Finance and Economic Affairs
www .barbadosport .com. The Port of Bridgetown (officially the Deep Water Harbour ), [4] ( UN/LOCODE: BB BGI, Port Callsign: 8PB) is a seaport in Bridgetown on the southwest coast of Barbados. [5] Situated at the North-Western end of Carlisle Bay, the harbour handles all of the country's international bulk ship -based trade and commerce. [6]
The Barbados Railway was a 38.6-kilometre (24.0 mi)-long narrow-gauge railway on Barbados with a gauge of initially 1,067 mm (3 feet 6 inch) and later 762 mm (2 feet 6 inch). [2] It had 98 bridges, very tight radii and a steep incline. [2] It was used from 1883 to 1937, after it had gone several times through financial difficulties.
The government has been chosen by elections since 1961 elections, when Barbados achieved full self-governance.Before then, the government was a Crown colony consisting of either colonial administration solely (such as the Executive Council), or a mixture of colonial rule and a partially elected assembly, such as the Legislative Council.
The Barbados Tramway Company opened the first 2 miles (3.2 km) of its St. Lawrence tram line, as far as Hastings Rocks, on 5 December 1885. The main hub was near Nelson's Column at Trafalgar Square. The line toward south crossed the harbour in the Constitution River on Chamberlain Bridge one block approx. 700 ft (200 m) away from the terminus ...