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Route D4 began operation under the Washington Railway & Electric Company operating under streetcar lines operating between Ivy City and Downtown DC. The line was converted to bus in the 1920s and later acquired by the Capital Traction Company in 1933. DC Transit would acquire CTC in 1956 and later run by WMATA in 1973. [2] [3]
In 2016, Metro again proposed route G9 with the DC Council’s Committee on Finance and Revenue considering implying the route during WMATA's FY 2017 budget. [3] The funding for route G9 would have to come out of DC's budget because non-regional routes are paid for by the corresponding jurisdiction. [5]
Washington, D.C. (northeast) 3536 Feb 6, 1978: Capitol Heights — Prince George's County, Maryland: 1009 Nov 22, 1980: Capitol South — District of Columbia: 4778 Jul 1, 1977: Cheverly — Prince George's County, Maryland: 461 Nov 20, 1978: Clarendon — Arlington County, Virginia: 2524 Dec 11, 1979: Cleveland Park — District of Columbia ...
The Georgia Avenue Limited Line, designated as Route 79, is a daily bus route that is operated by the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority between Silver Spring station of the Red Line of the Washington Metro and Archives station of the Green and Yellow lines of the Washington Metro. The line operates every 10–12 minutes at all times.
The Washington Metro, often abbreviated as the Metro and formally the Metrorail, [4] is a rapid transit system serving the Washington metropolitan area of the United States. It is administered by the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA), which also operates the Metrobus service under the Metro name. [5]
Eight passengers and a train operator were killed in the collision and at least 70 people were injured. It is the deadliest accident in the history of the Washington Metro. [32] The National Transportation Safety Board's report of July 27, 2010, blamed the crash on a faulty track circuit, part of the automatic train control system.
The Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA / w ə ˈ m ɑː t ə / wə-MAH-tə), [3] commonly referred to as Metro, is a tri-jurisdictional public transit agency operates transit service in the Washington metropolitan area. WMATA provides rapid transit service under the Metrorail name, fixed-route bus service under the Metrobus ...
It is operated by the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA), serving both the Blue and Yellow Lines, and opened on May 19, 2023. [2] It is located at Alexandria's 7.5-million-square-foot (700,000 m 2) Potomac Yard mixed-use development bounded by Richmond Highway (U.S. Route 1) and the George Washington Memorial Parkway.