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| Parent | WMATA |
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| Founded | March 19 2007; 16 years ago |
| Headquarters | Washington, D.C., US |
| Locale | Washington Metropolitan Area |
| Service type | Express, limited-stop |
| Routes | 6 |
| Operator | WMATA |
| Manager | Randy Clarke |
MetroExtra is a limited-stop service operated by the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority, which operates on Metrobus lines that need extra service with faster trips. There are six MetroExtra routes with only two of them having daily service.
History
The service began in 2007 with an express service of the Georgia Avenue-7th Street Line, 79.[1] The route would follow its local counterpart but only serve the most important stops.
In 2008, a study was released along the 16th Street corridor to improve the line by both WMATA and the District Department of Transportation. The corridor averages a weekday ridership of 16,000 making it the third most heavily used line in the Metrobus system, Parts of the proposal were to create a new route S3 which would be shortened routes S1, S2, and S4, and create a limited stop route S9.[2] These 2 routes would then become the most popular MetroExtra routes.[3]
In 2015, WMATA proposed a new MetroExtra route, Q9. The route would provide limited stop service supplementing the Veirs Mill Road Line. The route would operate between Rockville station and Wheaton station and be the first Metro Extra route to operate exclusively in Montgomery County, Maryland.[4]
Fleet
MetroExtra uses the same fleet as Metrobus. However, the buses are coated blue and have the MetroExtra logo slapped over the Metrobus logo for easier identification.[5]
Routes
MetroExtra routes typically end with a 9.
| Route | Terminals | Streets traveled | Service notes | Divisions | Local counterpart | ||
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| 59 14th Street Line |
↔ | Federal Triangle station |
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| 79 Georgia Avenue-7th Street Line |
↔ | Archives-Navy Memorial-Penn Quarter station |
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| 16Y Columbia Pike Line |
Barcroft |
↔ | McPherson Square station |
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| K9 New Hampshire Avenue-Maryland Line |
↔ | Food and Drug Administration |
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| S9 16th Street Line |
↔ | McPherson Square station |
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| X9 Benning Road-H Street Line |
↔ | Gallery Place-Chinatown station |
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Former routes
| Route | Terminals | Streets traveled | Service notes | Divisions | Local counterpart | ||
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| 16F, 16X Columbia Pike Line |
↔ | Federal Triangle station |
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16B, 16S | |||
| 37 Wisconsin Avenue Line |
↔ | Archives-Navy Memorial-Penn Quarter station |
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| 39 Pennsylvania Avenue Line |
↔ | Potomac Park |
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| A9 Anacostia-Livingston Line |
Livingston |
↔ | McPherson Square station |
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A6, A7, A8 | |
| G9 Rhode Island Avenue Line |
↔ | McPherson Square station |
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G8 | |||
| J4 Bethesda-Silver Spring Line |
↔ | College Park-University of Maryland station |
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| W9 Anacostia-Fort Drum Line |
↔ | Douglas A. Munro Coast Guard Headquarters Building |
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A4 | |||
References
- ^ "New MetroExtra provides faster Metrobus service along Georgia Avenue". Retrieved 28 January 2024.
- ^ "Metro looks to add express bus service to 16th Street Line in D.C." Retrieved 28 January 2024.
- ^ "Metrobus Ridership Summary". Retrieved 28 January 2024.
- ^ "WMATA Q9 MetroExtra Service" (PDF). montgomerycountymd.gov. Retrieved 7 April 2024.
- ^ "Metro begins express bus service and other improvements to 16th Street Line". Retrieved 28 January 2024.
This page was last edited on 7 April 2024, at 02:00