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==History==
==History==
[[File:WMATA 1979 GMC RTS on the F4 Metrobus Route at the Silver Spring Metro Station.jpg|thumb|left|250px|WMATA 1979 GMC RTS on the F4 Metrobus route at the Silver Spring Metro station]]
[[File:WMATA 1979 GMC RTS on the F4 Metrobus Route at the Silver Spring Metro Station.jpg|thumb|left|250px|WMATA 1979 GMC RTS on the F4 Metrobus route at the Silver Spring Metro station]]



[[File: WMATA GMC Fishbowl at the Silver Spring Metro Station, operating on the F6 Metrobus Route in the direction of the Greenbelt Center.jpg |250px|left|thumb|WMATA GMC Fishbowl Bus at the Silver Spring Metro Station, operating on the F6 Metrobus Route]]
[[File: WMATA GMC Fishbowl at the Silver Spring Metro Station, operating on the F6 Metrobus Route in the direction of the Greenbelt Center.jpg |250px|left|thumb|WMATA GMC Fishbowl Bus at the Silver Spring Metro Station, operating on the F6 Metrobus Route]]



F4 & F6 were both created as brand new Metrobus routes to replace the segment of the former J2 & J4 streetcar lines between Silver Spring & the Beltway Plaza, which was discontinued on February 19, 1978,<ref name="1978 changes">{{Cite news|url=https://www.greenbeltnewsreview.com/issues/GNR19780119.pdf|title=Bus Route Changes to Affect Greenbelt|last=Likowaki|first=Barbara|date=January 19, 1978|work=Greenbelt News Review|access-date=May 10, 2019}}</ref> shortly after the Silver Spring Metro station opened. During this particular time, J2 was truncated to only operate between the Silver Spring Metro station & Montgomery Mall,<ref name="1978 changes" /> while J4 was truncated to only operate between the Silver Spring Metro station & the intersection of East–West Highway/Old Georgetown Pike & Wisconsin Avenue in Bethesda.<ref name="1978 changes" /> F4 & F6 operated together as part of the Prince George's–Silver Spring Line (later renamed the New Carrollton–Silver Spring Line in 2007) from February 19, 1978 all the way up until June 17, 2012.
F4 & F6 were both created as brand new Metrobus routes to replace the segment of the former J2 & J4 streetcar lines between Silver Spring & the Beltway Plaza, which was discontinued on February 19, 1978,<ref name="1978 changes">{{Cite news|url=https://www.greenbeltnewsreview.com/issues/GNR19780119.pdf|title=Bus Route Changes to Affect Greenbelt|last=Likowaki|first=Barbara|date=January 19, 1978|work=Greenbelt News Review|access-date=May 10, 2019}}</ref> shortly after the Silver Spring Metro station opened. During this particular time, J2 was truncated to only operate between the Silver Spring Metro station & Montgomery Mall,<ref name="1978 changes" /> while J4 was truncated to only operate between the Silver Spring Metro station & the intersection of East–West Highway/Old Georgetown Pike & Wisconsin Avenue in Bethesda.<ref name="1978 changes" /> F4 & F6 operated together as part of the Prince George's–Silver Spring Line (later renamed the New Carrollton–Silver Spring Line in 2007) from February 19, 1978 all the way up until June 17, 2012.


The route originally operated between the [[Silver Spring station (Maryland)|Silver Spring Metro station]] and Greenbelt Center (Crescent Road & Gardenway),<ref name="1978 changes" /> F6 operated on a very similar routing as the J2 & J4 streetcar lines between Silver Spring and the intersection of East–West Highway & Ager Road<ref name="1978 changes" /> and then operated on the former F9 streetcar line routing via Ager Road, Nicholson Street/Ager Road Service Road/Kirkwood Place/Ager Road. F6 would then operate via Hamilton Street, Queens Chapel Road, and Belcrest Road to get back to the Prince George's Plaza Shopping Center, and follow the remaining segment of the J2 & J4 streetcar lines' routing between the Prince George's Plaza Shopping Center & Beltway Plaza, via the University of Maryland College Park Campus.<ref name="1978 changes" /> The only difference though, would be that F6 would provide new Metrobus service between the Beltway Plaza & Greenbelt Center (in Old Greenbelt), which the former streetcar lines (Metrobus routes J2 & J4) did not provide.<ref name="1978 changes" />
The route originally operated between the [[Silver Spring station (Maryland)|Silver Spring Metro station]] and Greenbelt Center (Crescent Road & Gardenway),<ref name="1978 changes" /> F6 operated on a very similar routing as the J2 & J4 streetcar lines between Silver Spring and the intersection of East–West Highway & Ager Road<ref name="1978 changes" /> and then operated on the former F9 streetcar line routing via Ager Road, Nicholson Street/Ager Road Service Road/Kirkwood Place/Ager Road. F6 would then operate via Hamilton Street, Queens Chapel Road, and Belcrest Road to get back to the Prince George's Plaza Shopping Center, and follow the remaining segment of the J2 & J4 streetcar lines' routing between the Prince George's Plaza Shopping Center & Beltway Plaza, via the University of Maryland College Park Campus<ref name="1978 changes" /> The only difference though, would be that F6 would provide new Metrobus service between the Beltway Plaza & Greenbelt Center (in Old Greenbelt), which the former streetcar lines (Metrobus routes J2 & J4) did not provide.<ref name="1978 changes" />


=== 1993 service changes ===
=== 1993 service changes ===

[[File: WMATA Metrobus Route F6 at Silver Spring Metro Station.jpg |250px|left|thumb|WMATA 1993 Flxible bus idling at its terminus at the Silver Spring Metro Station after completing its trip on the F6 Metrobus Route towards the Silver Spring Metro Station]]

[[File: WMATA 2000 Orion VI at the Silver Spring Metro Station, turning back and operating on the F6 Metrobus Route in the direction of the New Carrollton Metro Station.jpg |250px|left|thumb|WMATA 2000 Orion VI bus at the Silver Spring Metro Station, turning back and operating towards the New Carrollton Metro Station]]


On December 11, 1993,<ref name="1993 changes">{{cite web|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/local/1993/12/09/metro-shuffling-its-bus-schedule/29c11358-4cae-44aa-91f7-d1b863257131/|title=Metro Shuffling Its Bus Schedule|last=Pierre|first=Robert E.|date=December 9, 1993|publisher=The Washington Post|accessdate=January 27, 2019}}</ref> the F6 was rerouted to operate between the Silver Spring and New Carrollton Metro stations like its sister Metrobus route F4 had been doing since December 3, 1978.<ref name="link with orange">{{Cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/local/1978/11/30/bus-routes-change-sunday-to-link-with-orange-line/74b7bfbd-4100-411b-b9eb-d51f9e4a0031/|title=Bus Route Changes Sunday to Link with Orange Line|last=Feaver|first=Douglas|date=November 30, 1978|work=Washington Post|access-date=May 10, 2019}}</ref> The segment of F6's routing between the Silver Spring Metro Station & University of Maryland College Park Campus remained mostly the same, only with the exception that F6 would be rerouted to divert to serve both newly-opened {{stl|WMATA|West Hyattsville}} and {{stl|WMATA|Prince George's Plaza}} Metro stations.<ref name="link with orange" /><ref name="response">{{cite web |work=Metro-Venture |url=https://metroventure.wordpress.com/2012/02/01/f4-f6-prince-georges-silver-spring-line/ |title=Response to "F4, F6 – Prince George’s–Silver Spring Line" |author=Bruce R. Gilson |date=August 15, 2012 |access-date=January 27, 2019}}</ref> The major change in F6's routing; however, was the fact that F6 was rerouted to operate on a completely new route segment between the University of Maryland College Park Campus & New Carrollton Metro Station, by remaining straight on Campus Drive past the intersection of Baltimore Avenue (U.S. Route 1), where the street turns into Paint Branch Parkway, then using River Road to enter/serve the newly opened College Park - U of MD Metro Station, and then operating the rest of the way to the New Carrollton Metro Station, via River Road, Kenilworth Avenue (MD 201), Good Luck Road, Auburn Avenue, Riverdale Road, Finns Lane, Harkins Road, and Ellin Road.
On December 11, 1993,<ref name="1993 changes">{{cite web|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/local/1993/12/09/metro-shuffling-its-bus-schedule/29c11358-4cae-44aa-91f7-d1b863257131/|title=Metro Shuffling Its Bus Schedule|last=Pierre|first=Robert E.|date=December 9, 1993|publisher=The Washington Post|accessdate=January 27, 2019}}</ref> the F6 was rerouted to operate between the Silver Spring and New Carrollton Metro stations like its sister Metrobus route F4 had been doing since December 3, 1978.<ref name="link with orange">{{Cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/local/1978/11/30/bus-routes-change-sunday-to-link-with-orange-line/74b7bfbd-4100-411b-b9eb-d51f9e4a0031/|title=Bus Route Changes Sunday to Link with Orange Line|last=Feaver|first=Douglas|date=November 30, 1978|work=Washington Post|access-date=May 10, 2019}}</ref> The segment of F6's routing between the Silver Spring Metro Station & University of Maryland College Park Campus remained mostly the same, only with the exception that F6 would be rerouted to divert to serve both newly-opened {{stl|WMATA|West Hyattsville}} and {{stl|WMATA|Prince George's Plaza}} Metro stations.<ref name="link with orange" /><ref name="response">{{cite web |work=Metro-Venture |url=https://metroventure.wordpress.com/2012/02/01/f4-f6-prince-georges-silver-spring-line/ |title=Response to "F4, F6 – Prince George’s–Silver Spring Line" |author=Bruce R. Gilson |date=August 15, 2012 |access-date=January 27, 2019}}</ref> The major change in F6's routing; however, was the fact that F6 was rerouted to operate on a completely new route segment between the University of Maryland College Park Campus & New Carrollton Metro Station, by remaining straight on Campus Drive past the intersection of Baltimore Avenue (U.S. Route 1), where the street turns into Paint Branch Parkway, then using River Road to enter/serve the newly opened College Park - U of MD Metro Station, and then operating the rest of the way to the New Carrollton Metro Station, via River Road, Kenilworth Avenue (MD 201), Good Luck Road, Auburn Avenue, Riverdale Road, Finns Lane, Harkins Road, and Ellin Road.


The segment of F6's former routing between the University of Maryland College Park Campus & Greenbelt Center (Crescent Road & Gardenway) was taken over by the C2 Metrobus Route, which was extended from its previous terminus at Beltway Plaza to the Greenbelt Center (Crescent Road & Gardenway).<ref name="link with orange" /> C2 was designed to operate on almost the exact same routing as F6 originally did between the University of Maryland College Park Campus & Greenbelt Center (Crescent Road & Gardenway), via the Beltway Plaza, only with the exception that C2 would divert onto Cherrywood Lane & Greenbelt Metro Drive, in between in order to serve the newly opened Greenbelt Metro Station, before returning to Greenbelt Road/ entering the Beltway Plaza. At the same time, however; F6 completely took over the segment of C2's former routing between the University of Maryland College Park Campus as C2 was rerouted to no longer serve, nor operate by the Prince George's Plaza Shopping Center.
The segment of F6's former routing between the University of Maryland College Park Campus & Greenbelt Center (Crescent Road & Gardenway) was taken over by the C2 Metrobus Route, which was extended from its previous terminus at Beltway Plaza to the Greenbelt Center (Crescent Road & Gardenway).<ref name="link with orange" /> C2 was designed to operate on almost the exact same routing as F6 originally did between the University of Maryland College Park Campus & Greenbelt Center (Crescent Road & Gardenway), via the Beltway Plaza, only with the exception that C2 would divert onto Cherrywood Lane & Greenbelt Metro Drive, in between in order to serve the newly opened Greenbelt Metro Station, before returning to Greenbelt Road/ entering the Beltway Plaza. At the same time, however; F6 completely took over the segment of C2's former routing between the University of Maryland College Park Campus as C2 was rerouted to no longer serve, nor operate by the Prince George's Plaza Shopping Center.


=== 2003 service changes ===
=== 2003 service changes ===
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=== 2008 service changes ===
=== 2008 service changes ===

[[File: WMATA 2006 New Flyer DE40LFR at the Silver Spring Metro Station, turning back and operating on the F6 Metrobus Route in the direction of the New Carrollton Metro Station.jpg |250px|left|thumb]]

[[File:WMATA 2005 New Flyer DE40LF bus exiting the Silver Spring Metro Station, operating towards the New Carrollton Metro Station.jpg |250px|left|thumb|F6 inside the original Silver Spring Metro Station Bus Bay]]


On September 28, 2008, F4 & F6's Metrobus Stop/Terminal was relocated from Bay N inside the original Silver Spring Metro Station Bus Bay, to the temporary Metrobus Stop/Terminal that WMATA placed on the curb located north of intersection of Wayne Avenue & Colesville Road, right across from the Silver Spring Metro station. The reason why this particular change took place was due to the fact that the original Silver Spring Metro Station Bus Bay, where all buses originally terminated, as well as the adjacent Kiss & Ride Lot, were both demolished in order to make room for the brand new [[Silver Spring Transit Center]] to be constructed.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/md-politics/metro-says-it-will-not-operate-troubled-silver-spring-hub/2013/04/25/7a3edfdc-addf-11e2-8bf6-e70cb6ae066e_story.html |title=Metro says it will not operate troubled Silver Spring hub |publisher=The Washington Post |date=April 25, 2013 |accessdate=January 27, 2019}}</ref> Upon the center's delayed opening in 2015, the routes began stopping there.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://ggwash.org/view/39369/the-silver-spring-transit-center-is-finally-open|title=The Silver Spring Transit Center is finally open|first=Dan|last=Reed|date=September 21, 2015|website=Greater Greater Washington|access-date=January 27, 2019}}</ref>
On September 28, 2008, F4 & F6's Metrobus Stop/Terminal was relocated from Bay N inside the original Silver Spring Metro Station Bus Bay, to the temporary Metrobus Stop/Terminal that WMATA placed on the curb located north of intersection of Wayne Avenue & Colesville Road, right across from the Silver Spring Metro station. The reason why this particular change took place was due to the fact that the original Silver Spring Metro Station Bus Bay, where all buses originally terminated, as well as the adjacent Kiss & Ride Lot, were both demolished in order to make room for the brand new [[Silver Spring Transit Center]] to be constructed.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/md-politics/metro-says-it-will-not-operate-troubled-silver-spring-hub/2013/04/25/7a3edfdc-addf-11e2-8bf6-e70cb6ae066e_story.html |title=Metro says it will not operate troubled Silver Spring hub |publisher=The Washington Post |date=April 25, 2013 |accessdate=January 27, 2019}}</ref> Upon the center's delayed opening in 2015, the routes began stopping there.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://ggwash.org/view/39369/the-silver-spring-transit-center-is-finally-open|title=The Silver Spring Transit Center is finally open|first=Dan|last=Reed|date=September 21, 2015|website=Greater Greater Washington|access-date=January 27, 2019}}</ref>

Revision as of 10:05, 29 October 2019

See also: New Carrollton–Silver Spring Line
F6
New Carrollton–Fort Totten Line
A New Flyer XDE40 (7012) running on the F6
Overview
SystemMetrobus
OperatorWashington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority
GarageLandover
LiveryLocal
StatusIn service
Began service1978
PredecessorsR3
Route
LocalePrince George's County & Northeast Washington, D.C.
Communities servedNew Carrollton, Riverdale, College Park, University Park, Hyattsville, Green Meadows, Chillum, & Queens Chapel
Landmarks servedNew Carrollton Metro, Parkdale High School, American Physics Building, College Park Metro, UMD College Park, Northwestern High School, Prince George's Plaza Metro, West Hyattsville Metro, & Fort Totten Metro
StartNew Carrollton station
ViaSargent Road, Good Luck Road, Finns Lane, Campus Drive
EndFort Totten station
Service
LevelWeekday service only
Frequency30–60 minutes
Operates5:20 AM – 9:35 PM
TransfersSmarTrip only
TimetableNew Carrollton–Fort Totten Line
← F4  {{{system_nav}}}  F8 →

The New Carrollton–Fort Totten Line, designated Route F6, is a weekday-only bus route operated by the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority between the New Carrollton Orange Line station of the Washington Metro and the Fort Totten station on the Red and Green Lines. The line operates every 30 minutes during peak hours and 60 minutes all other times, weekdays only. F6 trips are roughly 60 minutes. When Parkdale High School is open, select trips are added to the F6 to operate between New Carrollton station and Prince George's Plaza station only.[1]

History

File:WMATA 1979 GMC RTS on the F4 Metrobus Route at the Silver Spring Metro Station.jpg
WMATA 1979 GMC RTS on the F4 Metrobus route at the Silver Spring Metro station


File:WMATA GMC Fishbowl at the Silver Spring Metro Station, operating on the F6 Metrobus Route in the direction of the Greenbelt Center.jpg
WMATA GMC Fishbowl Bus at the Silver Spring Metro Station, operating on the F6 Metrobus Route


F4 & F6 were both created as brand new Metrobus routes to replace the segment of the former J2 & J4 streetcar lines between Silver Spring & the Beltway Plaza, which was discontinued on February 19, 1978,[2] shortly after the Silver Spring Metro station opened. During this particular time, J2 was truncated to only operate between the Silver Spring Metro station & Montgomery Mall,[2] while J4 was truncated to only operate between the Silver Spring Metro station & the intersection of East–West Highway/Old Georgetown Pike & Wisconsin Avenue in Bethesda.[2] F4 & F6 operated together as part of the Prince George's–Silver Spring Line (later renamed the New Carrollton–Silver Spring Line in 2007) from February 19, 1978 all the way up until June 17, 2012.

The route originally operated between the Silver Spring Metro station and Greenbelt Center (Crescent Road & Gardenway),[2] F6 operated on a very similar routing as the J2 & J4 streetcar lines between Silver Spring and the intersection of East–West Highway & Ager Road[2] and then operated on the former F9 streetcar line routing via Ager Road, Nicholson Street/Ager Road Service Road/Kirkwood Place/Ager Road. F6 would then operate via Hamilton Street, Queens Chapel Road, and Belcrest Road to get back to the Prince George's Plaza Shopping Center, and follow the remaining segment of the J2 & J4 streetcar lines' routing between the Prince George's Plaza Shopping Center & Beltway Plaza, via the University of Maryland College Park Campus[2]. The only difference though, would be that F6 would provide new Metrobus service between the Beltway Plaza & Greenbelt Center (in Old Greenbelt), which the former streetcar lines (Metrobus routes J2 & J4) did not provide.[2]

1993 service changes

On December 11, 1993,[3] the F6 was rerouted to operate between the Silver Spring and New Carrollton Metro stations like its sister Metrobus route F4 had been doing since December 3, 1978.[4] The segment of F6's routing between the Silver Spring Metro Station & University of Maryland College Park Campus remained mostly the same, only with the exception that F6 would be rerouted to divert to serve both newly-opened West Hyattsville and Hyattsville Crossing Metro stations.[4][5] The major change in F6's routing; however, was the fact that F6 was rerouted to operate on a completely new route segment between the University of Maryland College Park Campus & New Carrollton Metro Station, by remaining straight on Campus Drive past the intersection of Baltimore Avenue (U.S. Route 1), where the street turns into Paint Branch Parkway, then using River Road to enter/serve the newly opened College Park - U of MD Metro Station, and then operating the rest of the way to the New Carrollton Metro Station, via River Road, Kenilworth Avenue (MD 201), Good Luck Road, Auburn Avenue, Riverdale Road, Finns Lane, Harkins Road, and Ellin Road.

The segment of F6's former routing between the University of Maryland College Park Campus & Greenbelt Center (Crescent Road & Gardenway) was taken over by the C2 Metrobus Route, which was extended from its previous terminus at Beltway Plaza to the Greenbelt Center (Crescent Road & Gardenway).[4] C2 was designed to operate on almost the exact same routing as F6 originally did between the University of Maryland College Park Campus & Greenbelt Center (Crescent Road & Gardenway), via the Beltway Plaza, only with the exception that C2 would divert onto Cherrywood Lane & Greenbelt Metro Drive, in between in order to serve the newly opened Greenbelt Metro Station, before returning back to Greenbelt Road/ entering the Beltway Plaza. At the same time, however; F6 completely took over the segment of C2's former routing between the University of Maryland College Park Campus as C2 was rerouted to no longer serve, nor operate by the Prince George's Plaza Shopping Center.

2003 service changes

On May 15, 2003, the F6 no longer entered and looped inside the Prince George's Plaza Shopping Center in order for WMATA's former Prince George's Plaza Shopping Center Metrobus terminal to be demolished to make room for a new Target store.[6]

2008 service changes

On September 28, 2008, F4 & F6's Metrobus Stop/Terminal was relocated from Bay N inside the original Silver Spring Metro Station Bus Bay, to the temporary Metrobus Stop/Terminal that WMATA placed on the curb located north of intersection of Wayne Avenue & Colesville Road, right across from the Silver Spring Metro station. The reason why this particular change took place was due to the fact that the original Silver Spring Metro Station Bus Bay, where all buses originally terminated, as well as the adjacent Kiss & Ride Lot, were both demolished in order to make room for the brand new Silver Spring Transit Center to be constructed.[7] Upon the center's delayed opening in 2015, the routes began stopping there.[8]

Rerouting to serve Fort Totten

Beginning June 17, 2012, F6 was rerouted to operate between the New Carrollton and Fort Totten Metro stations instead of between the New Carrollton and Silver Spring Metro stations. The portion of F6's former routing between the intersection of East–West Highway & Riggs Road & the Silver Spring Metro station was completely replaced by route F4.[9] Route R3 was cut back in the process, operating back and forth between the Prince George's Plaza & Greenbelt Metro stations on weekday peak hours only and was renamed the Greenbelt–Prince George's Plaza Line. The R3 was eventually discontinued on March 27, 2016.[10]

References

  1. ^ "New Carrollton–Fort Totten Line Timetable" (PDF). WMATA. August 24, 2014.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g Likowaki, Barbara (January 19, 1978). "Bus Route Changes to Affect Greenbelt" (PDF). Greenbelt News Review. Retrieved May 10, 2019.
  3. ^ Pierre, Robert E. (December 9, 1993). "Metro Shuffling Its Bus Schedule". The Washington Post. Retrieved January 27, 2019.
  4. ^ Bruce R. Gilson (August 15, 2012). "Response to "F4, F6 – Prince George's–Silver Spring Line"". Metro-Venture. Retrieved January 27, 2019.
  5. ^ "Metrobus service suspended at Prince Georges Plaza". www.gazette.net. Archived from the original on March 29, 2019. Retrieved January 27, 2019.
  6. ^ "Metro says it will not operate troubled Silver Spring hub". The Washington Post. April 25, 2013. Retrieved January 27, 2019.
  7. ^ Reed, Dan (September 21, 2015). "The Silver Spring Transit Center is finally open". Greater Greater Washington. Retrieved January 27, 2019.
  8. ^ "Metro invests in 'better bus' service in DC, Maryland, Virginia" (Press release). WMATA. May 24, 2012. Retrieved January 27, 2019.
  9. ^ "Metrobus adds Sunday service to Greenbelt, extends Metroway as part of service changes effective March 27". WMATA. March 25, 2016. Retrieved January 27, 2019.
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