# The Wave Transit System > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/The_Wave_Transit_System > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/The_Wave_Transit_System.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Wave_Transit_System > Source revision: 1311172089 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) **The Wave Transit System** is the operator of [public transportation](/source/Public_transportation) in [Mobile, Alabama](/source/Mobile,_Alabama), operated by the City of Mobile. Eleven local routes service the city and suburban regions, while the modal trolley provides downtown shuttle service. Crossbay service via the Baylinc route service [Baldwin County, Alabama](/source/Baldwin_County,_Alabama). The cities of Spanish Fort, Daphne, Fairhope, and Point Clear have bus access to Downtown Mobile via US 98 and US 90. ## History Mobile's public transportation was started in 1860 as the Mobile and Spring Hill Railway, a mule-drawn trolley system. In 1892, the line was acquired by J. Howard Wilson and electrified.[2] In 1893 Mobile Light & Railway was formed by the consolidation of the Mobile Electric Railway and the Mobile Electric Light & Power.[3] In 1897, Mobile and Spring Hill Railway was combined into Mobile Light & Railway to form the Mobile Light & Railroad Another system was started in 1887 under similar ownership as the Mobile and Spring Hill under the name Mobile Street Railway.[4] It was sold in foreclosure in 1892 and was renamed the Mobile Street Railroad.[4][5] By 1903, the Mobile Street Railroad was combined into Mobile Light & Railroad.[6] After the death of J. Howard Wilson in 1939, Mobile Light & Railroad was acquired by [National City Lines](/source/National_City_Lines) and renamed Mobile City Lines.[4] Mobile City Lines converted the system to buses.[4] In 1971, the bus lines were taken over by the Mobile Transit Authority.[4] Mobile Transit Authority collapsed in 1995 and the operations were taken over by the City of Mobile under the name Metro Transit.[7] In 2005, Metro Transit was renamed The Wave. ## Route list Number Name Frequency Operation Link Notes Week days Satur days 1 Airport 60 min 6:00 18:45 7:00 18:50 link 4 Spring Hill 60 min 5:00 18:55 6:30 18:30 link Saturday service only between Downtown and Zeigler/University 5 Highway 45 60 min 5:25 18:55 6:25 18:55 link 7 Dauphin Street 60 min 5:25 20:50 6:25 20:50 link 9 Broad /Southside /Bel Air Mall 60 min 5:10 21:55 6:10 21:55 link 10 Crosstown 60 min 5:05 21:55 6:05 21:55 link 11 Dauphin Island Parkway 60 min 5:20 18:40 6:30 18:25 link Saturday service only between Downtown and Fulbrook Shopping Center 12 Highway 90 /Tillman's Corner 60 min 6:00 18:55 7:00 19:55 link 15 Toulminville 60 min 5:30 18:40 6:30 18:40 link 16 Plateau /Prichard 25 min 5:30 18:25 6:30 18:25 link This route serves as a transit hub connection between Prichard, Al and Downtown Mobile, Al. 18 Cottage Hill /USA 60 min 5:35 18:55 7:00 18:55 link Saturday service only between Bel Air Mall and Cottage Hill Shopping Center 19 Schillinger /Airport Boulevard 60 min 5:30 19:30 6:30 18:30 link Flex service, with scheduled transfers to route 1 at Providence Hospital Moda (downtown shuttle) 20 min 7:00 14:00 - link Service extended during special events ## Fixed route ridership The ridership statistics shown here are of fixed route services only and do not include demand response services.[8] ## See also - [List of bus transit systems in the United States](/source/List_of_bus_transit_systems_in_the_United_States) - [GM&O Transit Center](/source/Gulf,_Mobile_and_Ohio_Passenger_Terminal) ## References 1. ["The Wave 2022 Agency Profile"](https://www.transit.dot.gov/sites/fta.dot.gov/files/transit_agency_profile_doc/2022/40043.pdf). Retrieved April 24, 2024. 1. McGehee, Tom (2013-04-24). ["Ask McGehee: What is the history of the median on Spring Hill Avenue?"](https://mobilebaymag.com/ask-mcgehee-what-is-the-history-of-the-median-on-spring-hill-avenue/). *Mobile Bay Magazine*. Retrieved 2018-10-18. 1. ["Mobile Light & Railway Co."](https://books.google.com/books?id=9DNFAQAAMAAJ&q=%22Mobile%20Light%20%26%20Railway%22&pg=PA48). *Street Railway Section of the Commercial & Financial Chronicle*. Wm. B. Dana Company. 1895. p. 48. 1. Data Transfer Solutions (2006-03-15). ["SECTION 1. INTRODUCTION"](http://wave.edats.com/library.pl?category=All%20Documents&sort=eventid&rsort=0). *Transit Development Plan (TDP) for the Wave Transit System*. Mobile, AL: South Alabama Regional Planning Commission. p. 3. 1. ["Mobile Street Railroad Co."](https://books.google.com/books?id=zkVFAQAAMAAJ). *Street Railway Section of the Commercial & Financial Chronicle*. Wm. B. Dana Company. 1899. p. 54. – via Google Books. 1. American Street Railway Association; Street Railway Accountants' Association of America; American Railway, Mechanical (1891). [*The street railway review*](https://archive.org/details/streetrailwayrev13amer). Chicago : Street Railway Review Pub. Co. Retrieved 2018-10-18. 1. Amy, Jeff. ["Not riding the wave"](http://blog.al.com/pr/2007/04/bus_article.html). *AL.com*. Retrieved 2018-10-18. 1. ["The National Transit Database (NTD)"](https://www.transit.dot.gov/ntd/data-product/monthly-module-adjusted-data-release). Retrieved April 24, 2024. ## External links - [The Wave](http://www.thewavetransit.com/) --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [The Wave Transit System](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Wave_Transit_System) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Wave_Transit_System?action=history)). Available under [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Changes may have been made.