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A New Flyer DE40LFA running on the 37 in the "MetroExtra" scheme. 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.
The streetcars provided the main transportation in the Washington, D.C. area from the 1800s to the 1960s. [3] DC Transit would also operate on the former streetcar routes when the Streetcars ended service. In 1973, WMATA acquired DC Transit along with other bus companies to form its current Metrobus system. [4]
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]
In the mid-1970s, due to Airport expansion and construction of I-95, service in the Airport area was rerouted via Lindbergh Boulevard, 84th Street and Bartram Avenue. New service was introduced to the Eastwick Industrial Park on June 21, 1981, and then rerouted past the nearby Auto Mall on September 9, 1990.
Many current routes operate under former streetcar routes. The streetcars provided the main transportation in the Maryland area from the 1800s to the 1960s. [3] Two separate companies, Washington, Virginia and Maryland Coach Company (WV&M), and the Washington Marlboro and Annapolis Motor Lines (WM&A) would also operate on the former streetcar routes and provide service to parts of MD when the ...
Leesburg Park and Ride 882: Crystal City 18th Street & US Route 1: 883: Washington, D.C. H & 4th Streets NW Purcelville Purcelville Park and Ride 884: 885: 886: Ashburn Brambleton Park and Ride Local Bus [9] 40 [10] Purcelville Purcelville Park and Ride Leesburg Loudoun County Government Center Purcellville Connector 55 [11] Leesburg Loop ...
DC Circulator Woodley Park–Adams Morgan–McPherson Square Metro DC Circulator: Georgetown–Union Station Washington Metro: Franklin Square Bus Bay A McPherson Square: Southbound Metrobus: 3F, 3Y, 16E, 16Y, 32, 33, 36, 52, 54, 59, D4, D6, G8, S2, S9, X2 DC Circulator Woodley Park–Adams Morgan–McPherson Square Metro DC Circulator:
The subsidy per rider is unusually high; in 2016, it averaged $3.32. [1] In July 2024, the Washington, D.C. Department of Transportation announced that the system's services would be reduced beginning in October 2024, and phased out entirely by the end of the year. [6] [7] The last day of service for the DC Circulator was on December 31, 2024. [8]