The District Heights–Seat Pleasant Line, designated Route V14, is a daily bus route operated by the
Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority
The Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA ), commonly referred to as Metro, is a tri-jurisdictional government agency that operates transit service in the Washington metropolitan area. WMATA was created by the United States Con ...
between the
Deanwood station of the
Orange Line of the
Washington Metro
The Washington Metro (or simply Metro), formally the Metrorail,[Google Books search/preview](_blank) and Penn Mar Shopping Center in
District Heights
District Heights is an incorporated municipality in Prince George's County, Maryland, United States, located near Maryland Route 4. Per the 2020 census, the population was 5,959. For more information, see the separate articles on Forestville and ...
. The line operates every 20–30 minutes during the rush hour, 60 minutes during weekday middays, and 60 minutes on the weekends. V14 trips are roughly 40–45 minutes long.
Background
Route V14 operates daily between
Deanwood station and Penn Mar Shopping Center. Select trips are also operated between Penn Mar Shopping Center and
Addison Road station
Addison Road–Seat Pleasant is a rapid-transit railway station on the Washington Metro's Blue and Silver Lines. It is operated by the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority, who opened it in 1980. It was the eastern end of the Blue Li ...
only. The route provides service inside multiple neighborhoods to various Metrorail stations.
Route V14 currently operates out of Landover division.
History
Routes V14 and V15 were created as brand new Metrobus Routes to provide alternative Metrobus service between the newly opened
Addison Road station
Addison Road–Seat Pleasant is a rapid-transit railway station on the Washington Metro's Blue and Silver Lines. It is operated by the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority, who opened it in 1980. It was the eastern end of the Blue Li ...
& Penn Mar Shopping Center on January 4, 1981, when the V12 was shortened to operate between
Addison Road and
Potomac Avenue station
Potomac Avenue is an island-platformed Washington Metro station bordering the Barney Circle, Capitol Hill and Hill East neighborhoods of Southeast Washington, D.C., United States. The station was opened on July 1, 1977, and is operated by the W ...
s only. The main difference was that the V14 and V15 would mostly operate along Addison Road, Central Avenue, Suffolk Avenue, Walker Mill Road and other various streets instead of operating straight along
Pennsylvania Avenue
Pennsylvania Avenue is a diagonal street in Washington, D.C., and Prince George's County, Maryland, that connects the White House and the United States Capitol and then crosses the city to Maryland. In Maryland it is also Maryland Route 4 (MD 4) ...
. While V14 would be the primary Metrobus Route on the line that operate throughout most of the day, route V15 would only operate during the weekday peak-hours only.
1993 Changes
On December 11, 1993, both the V14 and V15 were extended north from
Addison Road station
Addison Road–Seat Pleasant is a rapid-transit railway station on the Washington Metro's Blue and Silver Lines. It is operated by the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority, who opened it in 1980. It was the eastern end of the Blue Li ...
, to operate to
Deanwood station in order to replace the
R12 former routing between Deanwood and Addison Road stations, via
Central Avenue, Hill Road, Seat Pleasant Drive, Addison Road, and Minnesota Avenue NE. Main differences were that the V14 would operate straight on Hill Road between the intersections of Seat Pleasant Drive and Central Avenue while the V15 would divert from the intersection of Hill Road onto the intersection of Hastings Drive, then make turn onto the intersection of Pepper Mill Drive, before returning onto Central Avenue. The routing between Addison Road and Penn Marr Shopping Center mostly remained the same other than for a small segment in the
Pepper Mill Village neighborhood that was altered. As a result of these changes, the line was renamed from the District Heights Line to the District Heights–Seat Pleasant Line.
2015 Proposed Changes
In 2015, WMATA proposed to eliminate route V15 and the segment along Pepper Mill Drive and Hastings Drive. Route V14 would add weekend service and run its full route on Sundays instead of terminating at
Addison Road station
Addison Road–Seat Pleasant is a rapid-transit railway station on the Washington Metro's Blue and Silver Lines. It is operated by the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority, who opened it in 1980. It was the eastern end of the Blue Li ...
.
2016 Changes
On March 27, 2016, route V15 was discontinued and replaced by the V14 which added weekend service. Route V14 also would operate the full route on Sundays between
Deanwood station and Penn Mar Shopping Center instead of
Addison Road station
Addison Road–Seat Pleasant is a rapid-transit railway station on the Washington Metro's Blue and Silver Lines. It is operated by the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority, who opened it in 1980. It was the eastern end of the Blue Li ...
.
References
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