Elliot C. Williams
Starting June 6, Metro will expand late-night service to 36 of the busiest bus routes across D.C., Maryland, and Virginia. Metro will also restore some routes that have been out of of service during the pandemic.
Since August, Metrobus has been running until midnight daily. The changes will bring bus service back to 85% of its pre-pandemic levels, the transit agency announced in a statement. Metrobus’ full service changes are as follows:
Service will extend to 2 a.m. seven days a week on the following routes:
D.C.: 32, 33, 36, 38B, 52, 70, 80, 92, A6, A8, G8, H4, L2, P6, S2, U5, V2, W2, W4, X2
MD: A12, C4, D12, F4, J2, K6, P12, T18, Y2, Z8
VA: 1A, 7A, 10A, 16E, 23B, 28A, 38B
Service will be restored to pre-pandemic levels on the following routes:
D.C.: 60, W3 (Saturday)
MD: C29 (Saturday)
Weekend service will be restored on route:
D.C.: 62
Weekday service restored:
VA: 18J, 23B, 23T, 26A, 28F
New or extended routes to increase during rush-hour service:
MD: C26
VA: 11C (new), 17K, 21C (new), 22F
Service adjustments will be implemented to improve service and reliability on the following routes (check timetables for schedule information):
D.C.: 30N, 30S, 32, 36, 64, 96, A2, A4, M4, W3, W5
MD: D13, D14, G12, G14
In addition, beginning July 10, Fairfax Connector will take over operations of five Metrobus routes — 3T, 15K, 3A, 29C, 29W — to restore and provide enhanced service to key areas in Fairfax County with connections to the McLean, East Falls Church, West Falls Church, and Pentagon Metrorail Stations. The following routes will be operated by Fairfax Connector:
Since last summer, WMATA has been re-upping services it had cut at the outset of the pandemic, including re-opening Metro stations and increasing the frequency of trains and buses running. Board members at a recent meeting acknowledged they’d need to incentivize riders to return to the transit system as the city reopens, and are considering lowering fares to attract patrons.
