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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.
In a historical context, Oistins was known for being the location of the Treaty of Oistins Barbados charter, thought to have been signed at the site of the Mermaid's Inn, on 17 January 1652. The treaty was to bring a formal end to fighting between colonial settlers of Barbados and the English Commonwealth over Barbados's right to trade with ...
Barbados Route Taxi (ZR) for Route 11 (Bridgetown to Silver Sands via Oistins) off route in Fairchild Street, Bridgetown. (1995) 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 ...
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 vehicles ...
This is a list of cities, towns and villages in Barbados. Barbados is a sovereign island country in the Lesser Antilles , in the Americas . It is 34 kilometres (21 miles) in length and up to 23 km (14 mi) in width, covering an area of 432 km 2 (167 sq mi).
The ABC Highway is the main urban highway in Barbados. Opened in 1989, it is named after three famous Barbadian politicians: John Michael Geoffrey Manningham ("Tom") Adams, Errol Barrow, and Hugh Gordon Cummins. From the east, the highway stretches from the Grantley Adams International Airport in Christ Church, to the western end at Cave Hill ...
Chase Vault. The Chase Vault is a burial vault in the cemetery of the Christ Church Parish Church in Oistins, Christ Church, Barbados, best known for a widespread urban legend of "mysterious moving coffins ". According to the story, each time the heavily sealed marble vault had been opened for the burial of a family member including 1808, twice ...
The parish of Christ Church is one of eleven historic political divisions of Barbados. It has a land area of 57 km 2 (22 sq mi) and is found at the southern end of the island. Christ Church has survived by name as one of the original six parishes created in 1629 by Governor Sir William Tufton. The parish contains the Sir Grantley Adams ...