WASHINGTON DC TRANSIT ROUTES

CONCISE HISTORY

MARYLAND (EAST OF DC)

In 1973, the publicly owned Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA) acquired four private bus companies in the area. The smallest company acquired was Washington Marlboro & Annapolis Motor Lines Inc. (WM&A), operating in Maryland southeast of Washington. In 1953 WM&A adopted letter designations for its routes. Under WMATA, most of those routes were assigned route numbers with the original letter, followed by the number 12. The route numbering has generally remained stable going into the 21st Century.

WM&A's Indiana Head Hwy. route was originally operated by Tidewater Lines, acquired by WM&A in 1932 and discontinued in 1933. Southern Maryland Lines revived the route during the 1940's, acquired by WM&A in 1958.

Discontinued route numbers are in parentheses.



Route   Route              Old     Last     Original            Buses  New
Number  Name               Route   Private  Bus                        Route
                           No.     Co.      Co.                        No.

 A12  Kent Village              A  WM&A   Bradbury Hts. Bus L.  1922
      District Heights          B  WM&A                         1935  P12/V14
(C11) Suitland Pkwy.            E  WM&A                         1945  Disc.
 C12  Hillcrest Heights         C  WM&A                         1945
 D12  South Capitol St.         D  WM&A                         1948
 D14  Suitland Rd.              M  WM&A                         1945
      Suitland Pkwy.            E  WM&A                         1945  C11
 F14  Sheriff Rd.               F  WM&A                         1951
      North Beach               G  WM&A                         1929    J
 H12  Temple Hills              H  WM&A                         1939
      Indian Head Hwy.          I  WM&A   Sou. Maryland Lines   1940's  S                    
 J12  Marlboro Pike             J  WM&A   Bradbury Hts. Bus L.  1925
 K12  Forestville               K  WM&A                         1963
 K12  Keystone Gardens          N  WM&A                         1964
      Fairfax Vil.-Bradbury H.  L  WM&A                         1941    J
(M11) Suitland Rd.              M  WM&A                         1945  D14
      Keystone Gardens          N  WM&A                         1964  K12
      Hillcrest Heights         O  WM&A                         1964    C
 P12  District Heights          B  WM&A                         1935
 P12  Silver Hill Rd.           P  WM&A                         1965
      New Carrollton            Q  WM&A                         1965    T
 R12  Greenbelt                 R  WM&A                         1963
      Indian Head Hwy.          S  WM&A   Sou. Maryland Lines   1940's  W
 T18  Bowie                     T  WM&A   Richmond Greyhound    1935
 V12  District Heights          B  WM&A                         1935
 W19  Indian Head Hwy.          W  WM&A   Sou. Maryland Lines   1940's
      Kent Village Express      X  WM&A                         1957  Disc.


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