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96 originally operated as part of the "U-Street - Garfield Line", between DC General Hospital and McLean Gardens alongside Routes 90, 92, 94, & 98 up until December 28, 1991, when only Routes 90 & 92 were retained as part of the line, while 94 was split into its own line known as the, "Stanton Road Line", alongside the 95 route (which was ...
Route T17 was replaced by routes G12 & G14 on December 17, 2010. 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.
Metrobus is a bus service operated by the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA). Its fleet consists of 1,595 buses covering an area of 1,500 square miles (3,900 km 2) in Washington, D.C., Maryland, and Virginia. [2] There are 269 bus routes serving 11,129 stops, including 2,554 bus shelters. [2]
Many current routes operate under former streetcar routes. The streetcars provided the main transportation in the Northern Virginia area from the 1800s to the 1940s. [3] The Alexandria, Barcroft and Washington Transit Company (AB&W) and the Washington Virginia & Maryland Coach Company (WV&M) operated some of the routes prior to 1973.
Overall, there are 269 bus routes serving 11,129 stops and 2,554 bus shelters across the city and inner suburbs. [15] The Metrobus runs the Richmond Highway Express, a limited-stop bus route between the King Street–Old Town station of the Yellow and Blue lines of the Washington Metro and Fort Belvoir.
There are 269 bus routes serving 11,129 stops, including 2,554 bus shelters. [17] Metrobus had 130.8 million trips in 2016. [17] On a typical weekday, it provides more than 400,000 trips. [83] The route numbering represents its region of operation.
Routes 72 and 74 were not affected by the changes. In 1956, DC Transit acquired the Capital Transit Company and routes 70, 72, and 74 were acquired by them. This also meant the end of streetcars beginning in 1958. Routes 70, 72 and 74 were converted into buses on January 3, 1960, when the Southern Division (Maine Avenue) Car Barn was closed. [12]
This is a roster of the bus fleet of Metrobus, the fixed-route bus service run by the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority in Washington, D.C. The Metrobus fleet is the sixth-largest bus fleet in the United States. It provides more than 130 million passenger trips per year in Washington, D.C., Maryland, and Virginia.