Maryland METROBUS ROUTES circa mid 1970's to 1978 (part 2)

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*R2* (Bladensburg) CALVERTON to KENNEDY CENTER? (Before Redline to Brookland)             CALVERTON to BROOKLAND
7days a week
(Im unsure of routing beyond Brookland, but I remember seeing the R2 in Mt Pleasant)
Michigan Ave/Queens Chapel Rd
PG Plaza (Murphys)
Univ of Maryland/US #1/Rhode Island Ave
Powder Mill Rd/Cherry Hill Rd
Great Oaks Center was the layover point for R2 & R8


*R4* (Bladensburg) HYATTSVILLE to BROOKLAND
7days a week
Michigan Ave/Queens Chapel Rd/Ager Rd
Hamilton St/Gallatin St/Farragut St/Rhode Island Ave/Gallatin St
Layover point was on Gallatin St behind the Hyattsville courthouse.
Gallatin St/42nd Ave/Hamilton St back to Brookland


*R6* (Bladensburg) LEWISDALE to BROOKLAND
7Days a week
Michigan Ave/Queens Chapel Rd/Ager Rd
23rd Ave/Lewisdale Dr
Layover point was next to the former Toys R US, on Lewisdale Dr @ 23rd Ave


*R8* (Bladensburg) FT TOTTEN to CALVERTON
7days a week
Riggs Rd/Powder Mill Rd
Calverton Blvd/Cherry Hill Rd
Layover Point was Great Oaks Center

NOTE:
This route operated up/down Riggs Rd, without the current detour to the PG Plaza Station that the modern day *R2* operates.


*T4* T5*T6* (Northern AND Western)  IVY CITY & RIGGS PARK to:
T4 N.I.H.  T4 ROCKVILLE/ROCKSHIRE VILLAGE
T5 ALTA VISTA (Rush Hours)
T6 NAVAL MEDICAL T6 ROCKVILLE/MONTGOMERY COLLEGE
T4 & T6 operated 7days a week.
All T4, T5, & T6 routes operated along same basic routing at todays E2 & E4 routes (No Ft Totten back then), and up Wisconsion Ave to Bethesda. Thats where the routes split into different directions, before meeting back up on Rockville Pike.

T4 operated via Old Georgetown Rd, N.I.H. Bldg #10, operated into a big horseshoe loop where current Bldg #10 sits.
T4/ N.I.H. had its layover there.
T4 ROCKSHIRE VILLAGE continued back to Old Georgetown Rd, to Rockville Pike/E Jefferson St/N Washington St/Hungerford Dr
Manakee St/Campus Dr/Manakee St
Nelson St/MD Route #28/Hurley St
I Don't remember exact routing of T4 in Rockshire Village (Sorry)

*T5* ALTA VISTA
T5 Operated only in Rush Hours, and followed the same routing at the T4, thru N.I.H. and Bldg #10, and back to Old Georgetown Rd. The T5 ended up at/near Wilmett Rd & Beech Ave.

T6 NAVAL MEDICAL & ROCKVILLE/MONTGOMERY COLLEGE
T6 operated up Wisconsion Ave thru downtown Bethesda.
T6 NAVAL MEDICAL only operated to Navy Med (D'oih)
T6 Rockville/Montgomery College. It looped via the tower building at Naval Medical and back onto Wisconsion Ave "The Pike". E Jefferson St/N Washington St/Hungerford Dr/Campus Dr.
Layover for the T6, was the same as the C4 back then. .  Next to the Admin Building.

NOTE #1:Operator Street reliefs took place at 14th & Kennedy N.W. AND at Friendship Heights.

NOTE #2:When the REDLINE was extended to DUPONT CIRCLE & the E2, E3, E4 was created to operate via Military Rd/Ivy City/Riggs Park, the T line was shifted to operate to DUPONT CIRCLE, via Massassecuhetts Ave. It also operated as a T4/T6 LIMITED.
INBOUND: No Boarding in DC
OUTBOUND: No Alighting in DC


*T9* (unknown garage) TAKOMA to LANGLEY PARK
Rush Hours Only
Eastern Ave at Laurel Street
Laurel St/Carroll Ave.
Layover was on shoulder of road @ Merrimac & Carroll Ave, just beyond the 7/11 driveway & the NORGE laundrymat.
University Blvd/Merrimac Dr/Carroll Ave
U-Turn at Willow St, back to Eastern Ave at Laurel St.

NOTE:
This route was eliminated with the birth of the T.E.S.S. system (Ride-On)
T.E.S.S. = Takoma East Silver Spring