Route 21 was a
bus route
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operated by the
Maryland Transit Administration
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in
Baltimore
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. The line ran from the
Mondawmin Metro Subway Station to
Fells Point
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, serving the corridors of
Gilmor Street
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*List of roads in Baltimore County, Maryland
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Preston/
Biddle Street
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*List of roads in Baltimore County, Maryland
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s, and
Caroline Street, and the communities of
Sandtown-Winchester,
Mt. Royal, and
Butcher's Hill. The bus route was the successor to the 21 Preston Street–Caroline Street and Dolphin Street
streetcar line
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s.
On June 18, 2017, as a part of the
BaltimoreLink network redesign, Route 21 was discontinued, and replaced by the
CityLink Lime,
CityLink Pink, and
CityLink Navy routes.
History
Route 21 was
electrified
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in 1895 as a streetcar line along Preston and Caroline Streets. In 1938, the line was converted to a rubber tire bus service.
In 1957, the line was extended along Carey Street to the current loop at Cumberland and Carey Streets. The line did not have any routing changes until February 8, 2009, when it was extended north to the
Mondawmin Metro Subway Station along
Pennsylvania Avenue
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.
References
*1929 Baltimore Streetcar map, provided by
Baltimore Streetcar Museum
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Transportation at Johns Hopkins Hospital
1938 establishments in Maryland