| Ashland Bus System | |
| Headquarters: | 99 15th Street |
| Locale: | Ashland, KY |
| Service Type: | bus service |
| Website: | ABS Home |
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, West Virginia and Kenova, West Virginia. This is a result of a dispute between those twin cities, and the West Virginia and Ohio bus system known as the Tri-State Transit Authority, known as TTA.
All buses center on Ashland Transportation Center, which is also used by the Greyhound system as well as Amtrak.
The service provides interchange between itself and TTA via a TTA bus that travels from Ironton, Ohio across the bridge into Ashland and the Ashland Transportation Center. It however does not interchange with TTA in West Virginia, even though the buses pass within a few blocks of one another.
The system offers five scheduled bus routes:
| Fleet number(s) | Photo | Year | Manufacturer | Model | Engine | Transmission | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TY1 | 2011 | Double K | Villager Trolley | Ford Triton | ||||
| 1204-1215 | 2022 | Gillig | Low Floor | Cummins ISL 8.9L | Allison B400R | Replacement for Gillig Phantom buses. | ||
| 1216-1217 | 2022 | NFI | XD40 | Cummins ISL 8.9L | Allison B400R | |||
| TY2-TY3 | 2022 | Gillig | Trolley Replica | Cummins ISL 8.9L | Allison B400R | |||
| 1218-1220 | 2022 | NFI | XD40 | Cummins ISL 8.9L | Allison B400R | |||
| TY4 | 2023 | Hometown | Main Street | Ford |
| Fleet number(s) | Photo | Year | Manufacturer | Model | Engine | Transmission | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1201 | 2000 | Gillig | Phantom | Cummins C8.3 | Allison | ||
| 1202-1203 | 2002 |