MetroBus To Add New Service To Pentagon

ARLINGTON, VA — The MetroBus will add new trips to the Pentagon Transit Center in Arlington beginning Sunday, Dec. 17, officials said.

Metro is adding service changes to 35 routes around D.C., Virginia and Maryland to improve on-time performance.

The service changes include adding new service to The Wharf in D.C., adding trips to the Pentagon and modifying routes around the Wheaton Metrorail Station in Maryland.

These changes begin in Virginia on Dec. 17:

• Pentagon: Additional trips on routes 18P and 21D, funded by the I-395 Express Lanes Transportation Management Program, will serve the Pentagon Transit Center.
• 10A Alexandria-Pentagon: The bus stop at Huntington Metrorail Station will relocate from Bus Bay C to Bus Bay B to reduce bus bay congestion. There are no schedule changes.
• 16X Columbia Pike-Federal Triangle: The downtown terminal will relocate from northbound 11th and E streets NW to eastbound F and 11th streets NW. A new drop off-only bus stop will be added on westbound Pennsylvania Avenue and 12th Street NW to accommodate passengers on eastbound trips. There are no schedule changes.
• 17G, 17H, 17K, 17L Kings Park Express: The timetable will be revised to improve on-time performance.
• 18J Orange Hunt: A new southbound trip to Rolling Valley Park & Ride will be added departing the Pentagon at 6:15 a.m. The additional trip is funded by the I-395 Express Lanes Transportation Management Program and will operate for the duration of I-395 project construction.
• 18P Burke Centre: An eastbound short trip to the Pentagon will be added departing Rolling Valley Park & Ride at 6:59 a.m. Two westbound short trips to Rolling Valley Park & Ride will be added departing the Pentagon at 4:50 p.m. and 5:30 p.m. These additional trips are funded by the I-395 Express Lanes Transportation Management Program and will operate for the duration of I-395 project construction.
• 21D Landmark-Bren Mar Park-Pentagon: Two northbound trips to the Pentagon will be added departing Landmark Mews at 5:35 a.m. and 8:35 a.m. Two southbound trips to Landmark Mews will be added departing the Pentagon at 4:05 p.m. and 7:05 p.m. These additional trips are funded by the I-395 Express Lanes Transportation Management Program and will operate for the duration of I-395 project construction.

Other changes include:

• 52, 53, 54 14th Street: Route 52 will be extended to 12th Street and Maine Avenue SW to serve L'Enfant Plaza Metrorail Station via The Wharf.
• Wheaton: Routes C2, C4, Y2, Y7, and Y8 will be modified near the Wheaton Metrorail Station due to the upcoming closure of Reedie Drive.
• 59 14th Street Limited: Effective Monday, Jan. 8, new MetroExtra limited-stop service will operate along 14th Street NW between the Takoma and Federal Triangle Metrorail stations every 15 minutes during weekday rush hours, 6:30-9:30 a.m. and 3:45-7 p.m.

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