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CityLink Purple (abbreviated PR) is a bus route operated by the Maryland Transit Administration in Baltimore and its suburbs. The line currently runs from the Wal-Mart parking lot in Catonsville to Bullneck Road/Turner's Station Dundalk (the destination sign found on buses) mostly along the corridors of Frederick Road on the west side and Eastern Avenue on the east side, serving the communities of Yale Heights, Pigtown, downtown Baltimore, Fells Point, and Highlandtown. The bus route is the successor to the 8 Catonsville, 10 Highlandtown, and 26 Sparrows Point streetcar lines. History Route 10 was electrified in 1893 as a streetcar route between Roland Park and Point Breeze. Between Roland Park and downtown Baltimore, the route was similar to that of the current Route 27. There were also branches to Union Avenue and Sweet Air industrial parks. From downtown to Point Breeze, routing was similar to that of today's route, with slight variations in the streets on which t ...
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The Maryland Transit Administration provides primary public bus service for the Baltimore metropolitan area and commuter bus service in other parts of Maryland. There are 76 bus routes which include 45 LocalLink routes, 12 high-frequency CityLink routes, eight Public transport bus service#Express bus service, express bus routes (which operate from the suburbs to downtown Baltimore), 19 commuter bus routes, and five Intercounty Connector (ICC) routes which operate primarily from central Maryland to Washington, D.C. or Washington Metro, Washington Metrorail stations. Local and commuter bus routes operate in conjunction with one Baltimore Metro Subway, subway line, three Baltimore Light Rail, light rail lines and MARC Train service, and connect to other transit agencies. Operation MTA bus service operates throughout the Baltimore-Washington Metropolitan Area and other parts of the state, including 12 CityLink high-frequency color routes; LocalLink routes 21 through 95; Express BusLin ...
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Route 8 (MTA Maryland)
CityLink Red (abbreviated RD) is a MTA BaltimoreLink bus route operated by the Maryland Transit Administration in Baltimore and its suburbs. The line currently runs from the University of Maryland Transit Center to the Lutherville Light Rail Stop along the corridors of York Road and Greenmount Avenue, and is the most heavily used MTA bus line. The CityLink Red bus replaced Route 8 bus route due to BaltimoreLink, and is the successor to the 8 Towson and 7 Govanstown streetcar lines."The Routes of Baltimore Transit: 1900 to today"
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Route 8 was electrified in 1895 as a streetcar running from Towson to Catonsville. Back then, it ...
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Route 36 (MTA Maryland)
CityLink Yellow (abbreviated YL) is a bus route operated by the Maryland Transit Administration in Baltimore and its suburbs. The line currently runs from the intersection of York Road and Northern Parkway to the Riverview, with some trips making short turns at Washington Boulevard and Monroe Street. The line serves the corridors of The Alameda, Kirk Avenue, Guilford Avenue, and Washington Boulevard. History The Route 36 designation has been used for the north end of this route since 1947 without Route 36 being one of the first bus routes in the Baltimore area not to have a streetcar origin. The only portion of the north end of this line to have been served by a streetcar was the section along Guilford Avenue, where the No. 1 Streetcar line ran from 1895 to 1947 as an elevated streetcar. The south end was not a part of this route until it annexed the southern portion of Route 11 in 2008. Route 11 served the Washington Boulevard corridor since 1959. Prior to that, the ...
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Route 35 (MTA Maryland)
LocalLink Route 56 is a bus route operated by the Maryland Transit Administration in Baltimore and its suburbs. The line runs between the Park and Ride station in White Marsh and Charles Center in Downtown Baltimore. In June 2017, LocalLink 56 replaced the former local bus Route 35, which connected the city's downtown area with White Marsh, to the east of the city, and UMBC to the west. Route 35 was the successor to the No. 3 Wilkens Avenue and No, 6 Monument Street streetcar lines. BaltimoreLink rebranding Local transit buses running between White Marsh and Downtown Baltimore previously operated as the ''Route 35'' line. This bus line connected the city's downtown area with White Marsh, to the east of the city, and UMBC to the west. Route 35 was the successor to the No. 3 Wilkens Avenue and No. 6 Monument Street streetcar lines. It was discontinued in June 2017 with the overhaul and rebranding of Baltimore's transit system. The connection between White Marsh and Downtown Ba ...
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Route 30 (MTA Maryland)
Route 30 was a bus route operated by the Maryland Transit Administration in Baltimore. The line ran from Edmondson Village in west Baltimore to Bayview Medical Center in southeast Baltimore during rush hour and City Hall In local government, a city hall, town hall, civic centre (in the UK or Australia), guildhall, or municipal hall (in the Philippines) is the chief administrative building of a city, town, or other municipality. It usually houses the city o ... during the midday until 20 February 2015. Route 30 was known as Route 6 until it was renamed and rerouted to Bayview Medical Center in August 2010. The line did not provide any unique service. Rather, it supplemented service to two other area bus routes: Routes 10 and 20 at identical frequencies with the schedules evenly coordinated. It supplemented Route 10 along the Eastern Avenue corridor during peak hours. History Route 6 was initially proposed late in 2007 to begin in early 2008, to supplement both R ...
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