Routes by Garage

[79MetroExtraMD]

I live in DC for 36 years, so believe me I know.  But, it's either that or miss service and would be even worse if that happened.

I wonder if service in the county was better back then than it is now. A changing of the guard is long overdue.

[Perry]

PG County always had lousy bus service.

[LandoverDivision]

I wonder who's fault it is that we have such lousy service here.

[WMATAGMOAGH]

A favor to ask please:

This thread was created to post the Routes by Division roster as it is worked on, corrections, and other matters related to that topic and that topic only.  I am working on the roster, as promised (and will have it to everyone before the Silver Line is constructed if all goes well).  However, it will be much easier to compile all your corrections and suggestions (much appreciated) if other topics were posted elsewhere.  Perhaps our friendly moderators can create a new thread for the various bus sightings that have wound up here.

Thanks!

[orionvii2680]

This was posted on BTCO and I think it is more accurate than what 79MetroExtraMD posted.  Perhaps a future project can be putting a list of who operates what on the main site, as well as an updated roster or attempt to beat WMATA at Russian Roulette, whichever you prefer to call it.

http://monumentalcity.net/phpBB/viewtopic.php?p=44541

Montgomery Division: New Flyer DE40lfs, D40lfrs, Flxible Metro B, D, E, Orion V 9600 series and the other series, Orion VI, and NABI Artics.

C2, C4
C7, C9
C8
J1, J2, J3
J4
J5
L1, L2, L4
L7, L8
N2, N3, N4, N6 (weekdays only, weekends from Western)
Q2
T2
Y5, Y7, Y8, Y9
Z2, Z6
Z8
Z11, Z13
Z9, Z29

Bladensburg: Flxible Metro D, NABI Artics, 3700 Series Orion V, New Flyer C40lfs and C40lfrs, Orion VII 40fts and 30fts.

32, 36 (split with Western & Annex)
42 (split with Western)
80
81, 82, 83, 86
84 (sometimes)
B2
B8, B9
D1, D3 (split with Western)
D4
D5 (split with Western)
D6
D8
E2, E3, E4 (split with Western)
G8
H1
H2, H3, H4
H6
P1, P2
P6 (split with FMR)
R1, R2, R5
R3
R4
U2
U4
U5, U6
U8
V7, V8, V9
X1, X3
X2
X8

Landover: 9600 and Series Orion V and other series, Flxible Metro D, Orion VI, New Flyer D40lfr, DE40lf, and DE40lfr.

87, 88
89, 89M
A11, A12
F4, F6 (almost always DE40lfrs, D40lfrs, and DE40lfs)
F8
F12
F13
F14
B21, B22
B24, B25
B29, B31
B30 (always Orion V)
C21, C22, C26, C29
C28
P12
R12
T16, T17
T18 (almost always a DE40lfr or D40lfr)

Annex: Flxible Metro B and E, New Flyer D40lfr, Orion V.

39
A2, A6, A7, A8, A42, A26, A48
A4, A5
A9
C11, C13
C12, C14
D12, D13, D14
H11, H12, H13
J11, J12, J13
K11, K12, K13
M5
M6
NH1
P17, P18, P19 (almost always a D40lfr)
W13, W14 (almost always a D40lfr)
W15

Arlington:
1A,B,E,F,Z
1C (split with FM)
2A-C,G (split with FM)
2T (split with FM)
2W
3A,B,E (split with FM)
3T
4A,B,E,H (split with FM)
All the 12's
15K,L (split with FM)
all the 20's
22A
all 24's
25A,C,D (split with FM)
25B (split with FM)
all 26's
28T

Royal:
8's (split with FM)
9A,E (split with FM)
10A,B,E (split with FM)
11Y
13's (split with FM)
17's (split with FM)
18E,F
18G,H,J,P,R,S (split with FM)
all 21's
28A,B (split with FM)
29K,N


However, this is missing some things, so here is an attempt at finishing some parts of it from the existing posts though I'm sure I have some errors:

Western:
31 37
32 36 (split with Bladensburg)
42 (split with Bladensburg)
60 62 64 66 68
98
D1 D3 D5 (split with Bladensburg)
D2
E2 E3 E4 (split with Bladensburg)
E6
N6 (weekends only, weekdays from Montgomery)

Northern
52 53 54
70 71
90 92 93
B6 B8
G2
H8 H9
K1 K2
S1 S2 S4

Four Mile Run (operates all Royal and Arlington service on weekends):
1A 1Z (from my observations)
3Y
4 line (might be split with Arlington)
5A
7 line
8 line
9 lline
13 line
15K 15L
16 line
17 line
18 line (split with Royal, might be fully FMR now)
22B
23A 23C
25 line
28F 28G
38B
P6 (split with Bladensburg)
N22


One question is on the 32 and 36, do any of those runs come from Annex or is it just Bladensburg and Western?

I highly doubt that Royal does the 9a but the 9e yeah

[Tristan]

There used to be one AM southbound 9A/ trip covered by Royal until 2004...went from Pentagon to King & Washington.

[orionvii2680]

There used to be one AM southbound 9A/ trip covered by Royal until 2004...went from Pentagon to King & Washington.

Ok wait...They would take a royal street bus all the way to pentagon and back to king and washington 1 time a day?

Seems a little dumb to me seeing that there is a division right there near pentagon and all.

[WMATAGMOAGH]

There used to be one AM southbound 9A/ trip covered by Royal until 2004...went from Pentagon to King & Washington.

Is that still the case (for whenever I actually finish this project)?

[Perry]

It could have been interlined with something else which is why it was blocked that way.

[Tristan]

I think it was a revenue deadhead of the 9E - basically, when the last northbound 10E got to the Pentagon, it would turn to a 9A/ and go just about all the way to the garage instead of going to Del Ray and deadheading from there.

[Tristan]

wmata employee, what are you trying to say/do?  I've already deleted one post where you quoted but didn't actually say anything, and you're doing it again.  Are you having technical problems or clicking by mistake?

[orionvii2680]

I think it was a revenue deadhead of the 9E - basically, when the last northbound 10E got to the Pentagon, it would turn to a 9A/ and go just about all the way to the garage instead of going to Del Ray and deadheading from there.

Ok i get that.

But why drop the people off at King and Washington? (most people abord the 9A southbound are heading to Huntington Richmond Hwy etc)

[Perry]

Triatan explained that it was a move to make the deadhead shorter.  The frequency was probably increasing at that point anyway so this was a way to still have a trip operate in revenue service for part of the way and do a short deadhead rather than run too much frequency and then still have to deadhead all the way back up to Royal. 

Believe me, working in transit as several of us do, we look for every trick in the trade to minimize deadheads even if it looks funky on a schedule.  You do what you need to in order to make operations efficient.

[Tristan]

I think it was a revenue deadhead of the 9E - basically, when the last northbound 10E got to the Pentagon, it would turn to a 9A/ and go just about all the way to the garage instead of going to Del Ray and deadheading from there.

Ok i get that.

But why drop the people off at King and Washington? (most people abord the 9A southbound are heading to Huntington Richmond Hwy etc)

You got a bus that's going that way, it takes like 3 minutes more to go to K&W and loop back to Royal, might as well serve someone.  The routing for the 9A is just about the exact routing a bus would take to Royal anyway - it would be mean-spirited not to pick people up. 

I should mention that this was until 2004, when the 9A ran to Fort Belvoir/Lorton; K&W was a wise turnaround point when the route was that long.

[wmata employee]

first of all !!!!I was making changes to were some one created on here? NOW WHAT U TRYING TO SAY!!!! HMMMMM.