List of Metrobus routes (Washington, D.C.)

This is a list of bus routes operated by the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA), branded as Metrobus. Many are the descendants of streetcar lines operated by the Capital Transit Company or its predecessors.

WMATA New Flyer XN40 running on the 32 route in the "Local" scheme.
A New Flyer DE40LFA running on the 37 in the "MetroExtra" scheme.
Passengers board an Orion VII on the 5A "Express" bus at Rosslyn, headed for Dulles International Airport. Pictured here is 2704 (now retired), which was taken before its rehabilitation in 2012.
WMATA Orion V 9652 (now retired) at Greenbelt station in Prince George's County, Maryland, headed for New Carrollton. Route T17 was replaced by routes G12 & G14 on December 17, 2010.

Current routes

The list of Metrobus routes has been split by region:

Numbering

Most Metrobus routes follow the rules below:[1][2]

  • Metrobus routes in Washington, D.C., have either a two digit number (31, 42, 64, etc.) or a letter followed by a number (A2, S2, X8, etc.).
  • Metrobus routes in Montgomery County, MD, have a letter followed by a number (C4, Q4, Z6, etc.).
  • Metrobus routes in Prince George's County, MD, have a letter followed by two numbers (F12, J12, P12, etc.).
  • Metrobus routes in Northern Virginia have one or two numbers followed by a letter (1A, 16C, 29N, etc.).

Odd-numbered routes are typically part-time variants of even-numbered routes. At one time, odd numbered routes were express routes, but that distinction has been abandoned. Most Maryland and Washington, D.C., routes are grouped by their first digit. When this system was laid out in 1936, the following clustering was used:

Category Route numbers
Streetcars
Buses in D.C. & Maryland
  • A West Anacostia, Martin Luther King, Jr. Avenue, Maryland
  • B Bladensburg Road, Annapolis Road, Bowie
  • C Branch Avenue, Central Avenue, University Blvd, Maryland
  • D Northwest, Suitland
  • E Northwest, Northeast, Crosstown
  • F East–West Highway, New Carrollton
  • G Northwest, Brookland, Greenbelt
  • H Bladensburg Road, Branch Avenue, Brookland, Columbia Road
  • J Silver Spring, Forestville, District Heights
  • K Forestville, New Hampshire Avenue Maryland
  • L Connecticut Avenue
  • M Pennsylvania Avenue, Northwest
  • N Massachusetts Avenue, National Harbor
  • P Anacostia, North Capitol Street, District Heights, Suitland, Oxon Hill
  • Q Veirs Mill Road, Maryland
  • R Riggs Road, Kenilworth Ave, Queens Chapel Road
  • S 16th Street Lines
  • T Annapolis Road, Rhode Island Ave NE, River Road, Falls Road
  • U Minnesota Avenue
  • V Minnesota Avenue, Capitol Heights, Suitland, District Heights, Oxon Hill
  • W Martin Luther King, Jr. Avenue, Oxon Hill, Indian Head
  • X Benning Road–H Street Line
  • Y Georgia Avenue, Maryland
  • Z US 29, Maryland
Buses in Virginia
  • 1 Arlington Blvd, Wilson Blvd
  • 2 Lee Hwy, Washington Blvd
  • 3 Annandale, Lee Hwy
  • 4 Arlington Blvd, Leesburg Pike
  • 5 Dulles Toll Rd, Reston
  • 7 Lincolnia, Shirlington
  • 8 Fairlington, Foxchase, Seminary Valley
  • 10 Alexandria, Ballston, Crystal City, Pentagon
  • 11 Mount Vernon
  • 15 Chain Bridge Road
  • 16 Columbia Pike
  • 17 King Park, Pentagon
  • 18 Burke, Orange Hunt, Springfield
  • 21 Crystal City, Shirlington, Landmark, Pentagon
  • 22 Ballston, Fairlington, Pentagon, Shirlington
  • 23 Crystal City, Mclean, Shirlington
  • 25 Ballston, Landmark,Pentagon, Shirlington
  • 26 Annandale, Culmore
  • 28 Falls Church, Leesburg Pike, Skyline City, Pentagon
  • 29 Annandale, Little River Turnpike, Pentagon
  • 38 Ballston, Farragut Square, Georgetown
  • MWY Alexandria, Crystal City, Jefferson Davis Hwy, Potomac Yards
  • REX Richmond Highway

Divisions
Division Name Location Routes Served[3] City Section
Andrews Federal Center (A) 7541 Andrews Federal Campus Drive, Suitland, MD 20746 32, 36, 96, C11, C12, C13, C14, D12, D14, H12, J12, K12, NH1 Southeast D.C., Southern Prince George's County, Maryland
Bladensburg (B) 2251 26th Street NE, Washington, D.C. 20018-1405 59, 60, 62, 63, 64, 80, B2, D4, D8, D31, D32, D33, D34, E2, G8, H2, H4, H6, H8, H9, K2, K6, K9, R1, R2, R4, S41, U4, W45, W47, X2, X8
Select Trips: 52, 54, 79, S9
Weekends: 74, D6, U5, U6, U7, V8		 Northeast and Southeast Washington D.C.
Cinder Bed Road (C) 7901 Cinder Bed Rd, Lorton, VA 22135 17B, 17G, 17K, 17M, 18G, 18J, 18P, 26A, 29G, 29K, 29N, REX Fairfax County, Virginia
Four Mile Run (F) 3501 South Glebe Road, Arlington, VA 22202 1A, 1B, 1C, 2A, 2B, 3F, 3Y, 4B, 7A, 7M, 8W, 10A, 10B, 16A, 16C, 16E, 16G, 16H, 16Y, 21C, 22A, 22F, 23A, 23B, 23T, 25B, 28A, 28F, 38B, Metroway Northern Virginia
Landover (L) 3433 Pennsy Drive, Landover, MD 20785 83, 86, 89M, A12, B21, B22, B24, B27, C21, C22, C26, C27, C29, F1, F2, F4, F6, F8, F12, F13, F14, G12, G14, P12, R12, T14, T18, V12, V14 Northern, Central, and Southern portions of Prince George's County, Maryland
Montgomery (M) 5400 Marinelli Road, North Bethesda, MD 20852 70, 79, C2, C4, C8, J1, J2, Q1, Q2, Q4, Q5, Q6, S2, S9, Y2, Y7, Y8, Z2, Z6, Z7, Z8
Weekdays: L8, T2		 Montgomery County, Maryland
Southern Avenue Annex (P) 1301 Boones Hill Road, Capitol Heights, MD 20743 Weekdays: D6, U5, U6, U7, V2, V4, V8, W4, X3, X9 Southeast D.C. & the southern portion of Prince George's County, Maryland
Shepherd Parkway (S) 2 DC Village Lane SW, Washington, D.C. 20032 90, 92, A2, A4, A6, A7, A8, A31, A32, A33, D51, M6, NH2, P6, P18, S35, V7, W1, W2, W3, W4, W5, W6, W8, W14
Select Trips: B2, D12
Weekdays: 74
Select trips and Weekends: V2, V4		 Southeast & Southwest D.C. & the southern portion of Prince George's County, Maryland
Western (W) 5230 Wisconsin Avenue NW, Friendship Heights, Washington, D.C. 20015 31, 33, 42, 43, 52, 54, D2, D32, D34, E4, G2, L2, M4, N2, N4, N6, W45, W47
Select trips: D6, H2, H4
 Northwest D.C.

References
  1. Rowlands, DW; Alpert, David (September 20, 2018). "8W? 30N? U7? How Metrobus numbers came to be". Greater Greater Washington. Retrieved January 27, 2019.
  2. Malouff, Dan. "Here's what that bus route number means". Retrieved November 22, 2019.
  3. "WMATA Routes by Division (March 14, 2021)". public.tableau.com. Retrieved March 14, 2021.

Notes
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