Photo by B Jones Jr

There’s a new stop for discount bus lines traveling between D.C. and New York. The Union Station Redevelopment Corporation and the District government today launched a six-month pilot program that will allow several intercity bus carriers to depart from Union Station.

Under the pilot, the following three bus carriers will now offer service to New York City from the bus deck in the Union Station parking garage: Bolt Bus, DC2NY, and Washington Deluxe.

This does not, we repeat, does not, mean that any of these bus carriers are being forced to cease serving their old stops. On the contrary, Bolt Bus, for example, is now offering customers a choice between leaving from 10th and H NW, or from Union Station. DC2NY and Washington Deluxe will also continue to serve their existing departure locations.

DDOT says the new intercity bus transit stop will be reevaluated after a six-month trial period.