were originally decorated with all white buses with a two line blue & green wave from the system's former logo which is similar to math's approximate (≈) symbol. New buses since 2006 have a wave going from the back, then becomes smooth through the front and have frameless windows. All Hybrids and the two 2006 Optima Opus' are in the blue background. All MAX buses have a silver background with sky blue & solid blue wave colors. Select buses which had the two-line wave logo have been repainted with the newer back wave design and the exterior window rows are painted black around the windows to resemble the newer buses. Since 2012, several buses were repainted into the silver/blue wave style like the MAX brand with the agency's new stripe logo. This is the current fleet design On July 18, 2011, it was announced that the Commonwealth of Virginia has signed an umbrella contract with New Flyer Industries for the provision of buses to any Virginia transit authority. It remains to be seen whether or not the contract will include buses for HRT, but highly unlikely due to their contract for Gillig buses. Retired fleet Light rail fleet The Tide Light Rail began service on August 19, 2011, with nine of the trainsets entering to revenue service. Other fleet HRT has three ferries, with two operating in the peak periods. HRT owns a total of 33 paratransit vans. HER is also leasing an additional 54 paratransit vans from its contractor to meet service requirements. Primary services HRT operates nearly 60 local fixed routes and seven express bus routes in the region. Route list Southside Routes 1 Granby Street 2 Hampton Boulevard 3 Chesapeake Boulevard 4 Church Street 5 Willoughby 6 South Norfolk 8 Tidewater Drive 9 Sewells Point Road 11 Colonial Avenue 12 Indian River Road 13 Campostella Road 14 Battlefield Boulevard 15 Military Highway 18 Ballentine Boulevard 20 Virginia Beach Boulevard 21 Little Creek Road 22 Haygood 23 Princess Anne Road 24 Kempsville Road 25 Newtown Road 26 Lynnhaven Mall 27 Northampton Boulevard 29 Great Neck Road/Lynnhaven Parkway 33 General Booth Boulevard 36 Holland Road 41 Cradock 43 Parkview 44 Midtown 45 Portsmouth Boulevard 47 High Street 50 Academy Park 57 Deep Creek 58 Bainbridge Boulevard VB WAVE Routes 30 Atlantic Avenue Shuttle 31 Aquarium and Campgrounds Shuttle 35 Bayfront Shuttle Peninsula Routes 64 Smithfield 101 Kecoughtan 102 Queen