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===Transportation=== [[File:Morgantown Personal Rapid Transit.jpg|thumb|[[Morgantown Personal Rapid Transit]] (PRT)]] ====Public transit==== {{See also|Morgantown Personal Rapid Transit}} Most of Morgantown is accessible by [[Mountain Line Transit Authority]] bus system.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.busride.org/ |title=Busride.org |publisher=Busride.org |access-date=June 24, 2013}}</ref> Most service operates Monday-Saturday from 7 a.m. to 6 p.m. with a very limited service operating on Sunday during the WVU school year. Mountain Line's Grey Line bus operates every day of the year between [[Clarksburg, West Virginia]] and [[Pittsburgh International Airport]]. Morgantown also has the [[Morgantown Personal Rapid Transit]] (PRT) system. The system has five stations (Walnut, Beechurst, Engineering, Towers, and Medical) covering {{convert|8.65|mi|1}}. ====Air==== [[Morgantown Municipal Airport]] is one of West Virginia's few commercial airports. It is approximately {{convert|3|mi}} northeast of the downtown along [[U.S. Route 119 in West Virginia|U.S. Route 119]]. [[North Central West Virginia Airport]] is about {{convert|35|miles}} away by road, and [[Pittsburgh International Airport]] is about {{convert|80|miles}} away. ====Rail==== {{refimprove section|date=August 2023}} The only active rail line near Morgantown is owned by [[Norfolk Southern]] with [[CSX]] trackage rights and serves a mine northwest of [[Rivesville, West Virginia]]. Coal is the major commodity, with a train serving local chemical industries such as Tanner and Addivant (formerly Chemtura) that require tank cars.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.epa.gov/reg3wcmd/ca/wv/webpages/wvd980552384.html|title=Addivant USA LLC North Plant Factsheet|first=US EPA, Region 3, Land & Chemicals|last=Division}}</ref> These are trucked in and then loaded onto high side gondolas or bulkhead flat cars. [[Conrail]] was split by Norfolk Southern and CSX in 1999. CSX pays for half of the cost of maintenance for the line. CSX uses it mostly to bring trains from Grafton to load at Consol's Bailey Mine and for direct access to Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.{{Citation needed|date=November 2021}} ====River==== Morgantown relies heavily on the [[Monongahela River]] for shipping coal and other products. The river is fully navigable from its mouth at the [[Ohio River]] in [[Pittsburgh]], past Morgantown upstream to [[Fairmont, West Virginia|Fairmont]]. [[Morgantown Lock and Dam]], in the southern part of the city, helps provide a continuous pool heading upstream towards the [[Hildebrand Lock and Dam]]. [[Point Marion Lock and Dam]], the next downstream dam, is responsible for most of the river's pool in Morgantown.{{Citation needed|date=November 2021}} ====Major roadways==== * [[File:I-79.svg|20px|alt=|link=]] [[Interstate 79#West Virginia|Interstate 79]] * [[File:I-68.svg|20px|alt=|link=]] [[Interstate 68]] * [[File:US 19.svg|20px|alt=|link=]] [[U.S. Route 19#West Virginia|U.S. Highway 19]] * [[File:US 119.svg|25px|alt=|link=]] [[U.S. Highway 119]] * [[File:WV-7.svg|20px|alt=|link=]] [[West Virginia Route 7]] * [[File:WV-705.svg|25px|alt=|link=]] [[West Virginia Route 705]] ====Proposed==== * [[File:I-268 (WV).svg|25px|alt=|link=]] [[West Run Expressway]]
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