West Chester-based Krapf Coaches is at the center of bridging a major transportation gap between 11,000 employees and the 143 Philadelphia Navy Yard-housed companies they work for.

After investments of $700 million in private capital and $130 million in infrastructure throughout the 1,200-acre facility, the Philadelphia Industrial Development Corp. turned to Krapf Coaches to be the final link between the Navy Yard and the somewhat removed hubs of the public transportation system south of Philadelphia’s Center City.

“As one of the Mid-Atlantic’s premier and most diversified bus companies with unique strengths that complement the existing mass transit infrastructure, the Navy Yard saw this company as its ideal choice,” BusRide.com wrote in a recent article.

“One bus circulates the campus all day long, connecting all of the businesses and the Broad Street subway AT&T Station,” said Gary Krapf, president and grandson of founder George Krapf.

The company now operates “more than 2,000 school buses, 20 luxury motorcoaches, 35 transit buses and 88 paratransit vehicles,” the article explained. “Its transit division alone carries more than 550,000 passengers a year, largely in partnership with Southeastern Pennsylvania Transit Authority.”

The entire BusRide.com article on Krapf Coaches here.