List of Metrobus routes (Washington, D.C.)
This is a list of bus routes operated by the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA), branded as Metrobus. Many are the descendants of streetcar lines operated by the Capital Transit Company or its predecessors.
![](../I/m/WMATA_New_Flyer_XN40_2908_on_Route_32.jpg)
WMATA New Flyer XN40 running on the 32 route in the "Local" scheme.
![](../I/m/WMATA_New_Flyer_DE40LFA_6427_on_the_37.jpg)
A New Flyer DE40LFA running on the 37 in the "MetroExtra" scheme.
![](../I/m/WMATA_Metrobus_5A_at_Rosslyn.jpg)
Passengers board an Orion VII on the 5A "Express" bus at Rosslyn, headed for Dulles International Airport. Pictured here is 2704 (now retired), which was taken before its rehabilitation in 2012.
![](../I/m/WMATA_Orion_V_9652_running_T17_at_Greenbelt.jpg)
WMATA Orion V 9652 (now retired) at Greenbelt station in Prince George's County, Maryland, headed for New Carrollton. Route T17 was replaced by routes G12 & G14 on December 17, 2010.
Current routes
The list of Metrobus routes has been split by region:
Numbering
Most Metrobus routes follow the rules below:[1][2]
- Metrobus routes in Washington, D.C., have either a two digit number (31, 42, 64, etc.) or a letter followed by a number (A2, S2, X8, etc.).
- Metrobus routes in Montgomery County, MD, have a letter followed by a number (C4, Q4, Z6, etc.).
- Metrobus routes in Prince George's County, MD, have a letter followed by two numbers (F12, J12, P12, etc.).
- Metrobus routes in Northern Virginia have one or two numbers followed by a letter (1A, 16C, 29N, etc.).
Odd-numbered routes are typically part-time variants of even-numbered routes. At one time, odd numbered routes were express routes, but that distinction has been abandoned. Most Maryland and Washington, D.C., routes are grouped by their first digit. When this system was laid out in 1936, the following clustering was used:
Category | Route numbers |
---|---|
Streetcars |
|
Buses in D.C. & Maryland |
|
Buses in Virginia |
|
Divisions
Division Name | Location | Routes Served | City Section |
---|---|---|---|
Andrews Federal Center (A) | 7541 Andrews Federal Campus Drive, Suitland, MD 20746 | 30N, 30S, 32, 34, 36, 39, A32, C11, C12, C13, C14, D12, D13, D14, H11, H12, H13, J12, K12 | Southeast D.C., Southern Prince George's County, Maryland |
Bladensburg (B) | 2251 26th Street NE, Washington, D.C. 20018-1405 | 59, 60, 62, 63, 64, 80, B2, B8, B9, D4, D8, D31, D32, D33, D34, G8, G9, H1, H2, H3, H4, H6, H8, H9, K2, K6, K9, R1, R2, R4, S1, S41, W45, W47, X2, X8, X9 Off–Peak Hours Only: D6 Select Trips Only: 52, 54, 79, D1, G2, S2, S4, X3 Late Nights and Weekends: 74, 96 Weekdays Only: E2 Weekends Only: U5, U6, U7, V8 Rush Hour, Late Nights, and Weekends: U4 |
Northeast and Southeast Washington D.C. |
Cinder Bed Road (C) | Cinder Bed Road & Hill Park Drive, VA | 17B, 17G, 17H, 17K, 17L, 17M, 18G, 18H, 18J, 18P, 29C, 29G, 29K, 29N, 29W, REX, TAGs (S80, S91) | Fairfax County, Virginia |
Four Mile Run (F) | 3501 South Glebe Road, Arlington, VA 22202 | 4A, 4B, 5A, 7A, 7C, 7F, 7M, 7P, 7W, 7Y, 8S, 8W, 8Z, 10A, 10B, 10E, 10N, 11Y, 16A, 16C, 16E, 16G, 16H, 16Y, 21A, 21D, 22A, 22C, 22F, 23A, 23B, 23T, 25B, 28A, 28F, 28G, Metroway Late Nights and Weekends: 38B Weekends Only: 1A, 1C, 2A, 2B, 3A, 3T Select Trips Only: 42, 43, S2 |
Northern Virginia |
Landover (L) | 3503 Pennsy Drive in Landover | 83, 83X, 86, 87, 89, 89M, A12, B21, B22, B24, B27, B29, B30, C21, C22, C26, C27, C28, C29, F1, F2, F4, F6, F8, F12, F13, F14, G12, G14, P12, R12, T14, T18, V12, V14 | Northern, Central, and Southern portions of Prince George's County, Maryland |
Montgomery (M) | 5400 Marinelli Road, just east of Rockville Pike in Rockville | 37, 70, 79, C2, C4, C8, J1, J2, J4, Q1, Q2, Q4, Q5, Q6, S1, S2, S4, S9, Y2, Y7, Y8, Z2, Z6, Z7, Z8, Z11 Weekdays Only: L8, T2 Select Trips Only: N2, N4 |
Montgomery County, Maryland |
Southern Avenue Annex (P) | Southern Avenue & Marlboro Pike, Capitol Heights, MD | Weekdays Only: 96, 97, U4, U5, U6, U7, V1, V2, V4, V7, V8, W4 Select Trips Only: D1, D6, X1, X3 |
Southeast D.C. & the southern portion of Prince George's County, Maryland |
Shepherd Parkway (S) | 2 DC Village Lane SW | 90, 92, A2, A4, A6, A7, A8, A9, A31, A33, D51, M6, NH1, NH2, P6, P18, P19, S35, W1, W2, W3, W4, W5, W6, W8, W14, X1, X3 Rush Hours Only: D6 Select Trips Only: 32, 36, B2, V7, X3, X9 Weekdays Only: 74 Select Trips and Weekends Only: V2, V4 |
Southeast & Southwest D.C. & the southern portion of Prince George's County, Maryland |
West Ox (V) | 4970 Alliance Drive, Fairfax, VA 22030 | Weekdays Only: 1A, 1B, 1C, 2A, 2B, 3A, 3T, 3Y, 15K, 16L, 26A, 38B | Northern Virginia |
Western (W) | 5230 Wisconsin Avenue, NW in the Friendship Heights neighborhood of the District. | 31, 33, 42, 43, 52, 54, D1, D2, D5, D31, D32, D33, D34, E4, E6, G2, L1, L2, M4, N2, N4, N6 Weekends Only: E2 Select Trips Only: D6 |
Northwest D.C. |
gollark: We could do it with CC, or *possibly* some AE2 magic.
gollark: Autotrading? That would be cool.
gollark: Oh, are you using coins?
gollark: I've added Portality - a cool teleporty mod - and updated.
gollark: <@335243094981214218> <@!441604126514741258> You're on right now, so please do that soon so I can restart it.
References
- Metrobus timetables, accessed October 2017.
- Rowlands, DW; Alpert, David (September 20, 2018). "8W? 30N? U7? How Metrobus numbers came to be". Greater Greater Washington. Retrieved January 27, 2019.
- Malouff, Dan. "Here's what that bus route number means". Retrieved November 22, 2019.
Notes
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.