Metrobus Route Changes

Advisories on this page are for long-term service changes. For news of planned short-term detours such as weekend detours, please see the Metrobus detours page.

The following routes have upcoming or recent schedule changes:

15K
To improve transfer connections at Tysons Corner with the Route 15M, eastbound 15L buses that leave Tysons Corner at 7:30 and 8:07 a.m. will be changed to leave at 7:31 and 8:13. Eastbound 15K buses that leave Tysons Corner at 3:41, 4:45 and 5:20 p.m. will be changed to leave at 3:42, 4:44 and 5:22 p.m.

15L
To improve transfer connections at Tysons Corner with the Route 15M, eastbound 15L buses that leave Tysons Corner at 7:30 and 8:07 a.m. will be changed to leave at 7:31 and 8:13. Eastbound 15K buses that leave Tysons Corner at 3:41, 4:45 and 5:20 p.m. will be changed to leave at 3:42, 4:44 and 5:22 p.m.

15M
To improve transfer connections at Tysons Corner with Routes 15K and 15L, eastbound buses that leave George Mason University at 6:25, 6:52 and 8 a.m., and at 3, 4:03 and 4:48 p.m. will be adjusted to leave at 6:23, 6:51 and 7:57 a.m., and at 2:58, 4 and 4:47 p.m. Westbound buses that leave Tysons Corner at 7:16, 8:26 and 8:56 a.m. will be changed to leave at 7:18, 8:29 and 8:59 a.m.

21A
One morning and one afternoon bus will be added to the schedule. Northbound buses will leave Reynolds and Duke Streets, going to the Pentagon, at 6, 6:16, 6:33, 6:51, 7:08, 7:25, 7:42, 7:59, 8:17 and 8:37 a.m. Southbound buses will leave the Pentagon, going to Reynolds and Duke Streets, at 4, 4:20, 4:40, 4:57, 5:14, 5:31, 5:48, 6:05, 6:22, 6:40, 7 and 7:20 p.m.

In the afternoon, the southbound route will be changed in Landmark to operate via Duke and South Van Dorn Street, Edsall Road, South Whiting Street, Stevenson Avenue, Yoakum Parkway and Edsall Road, where the present route will be resumed going to Reynolds and Duke Streets. Customers may continue to use the same bus stops in the Landmark loop.

24P
Metrobus weekday service will be replaced by Arlington Transit (ART) Route 42. Currently, the ART 42 bus operates on Saturdays on the 24P routing.

A12
On Sundays the running time will be adjusted and all trip times changed. Southbound trips will leave Capital Plaza (Cooper Lane and Annapolis Road) for Capitol Heights Metrorail station via Addison Road-Seat Pleasant Metrorail station at 10 minutes past every hour instead of at seven minutes past the hour between 7:10 a.m. and 11:10 p.m., with the first trip of the day leaving at 6:20 a.m. instead of at 6:11 a.m.

Northbound trips will leave Capitol Heights Metrorail station for Capital Plaza via Addison Road-Seat Pleasant Metrorail station hourly at 10 minutes past the hour instead of on the hour between 8:10 a.m. and 10:10 p.m. In addition, there will be a new earlier trip leaving Capitol Heights Metrorail station at 7:10 a.m.

F4
A detour is in effect following an accident involving two F4 buses and a MARC train on March 26. Safety issues are being evaluated. The detour is as follows:

Westbound:
Regular route via Riverdale Rd. to Taylor Rd., then
Continue – Riverdale Rd.
Right – 49th Ave.
Right – Queensbury Rd.
Left – Taylor Rd.
Left – East-West Hwy. (Md. Rt. 410)
Left – Baltimore Ave. (U. S. Rt. 1)
Right – Queensbury Rd. and continue via regular route to Silver Spring Station
Eastbound:
Regular route via Queensbury Rd. to Baltimore Ave. (U. S. Rt. 1), then
Left – Baltimore Ave.
Right -- East-West Hwy. (Md. Rt. 410)
Right – 49th Ave.
Left – Riverdale Rd. and continue via regular route to New Carrollton Station

G8
A construction fence has been installed around the perimeter of the DC Library site at the northwest corner of 7th Street & Rhode Island Avenue NW. The fence is expected to remain for approximately one year. Due to the placement of the fence, the bus stop on the north side of Rhode Island Avenue, west of 7th Street, is no longer in a safe location. However, by implementing a minor rerouting of the G8 via R Street, a new stop has been established on the north side of R Street, west of 7th Street, adjacent to the Shaw-Howard-Univ Station entrance and the 70-Line stop. Effective Wednesday, April 29, 2009: Route G8 westbound will travel its regular route to the intersection of Rhode Island Avenue & R Street NW, then turn right on R Street, left 9th Street to Rhode Island Avenue and continue regular route. Route G8 eastbound will not change.

REX
Service via the bus stop at Gunston Road and 5th Street in Fort Belvoir will be discontinued for safety reasons. Southbound buses leaving King Street station will follow the present route to Gunston Road and Jackson Loop (north), then continue left on Jackson Loop to the terminal, west of the entrance to Building 1425. Bus arrival and departure times at Fort Belvoir will not change.