This is a list of

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operated by the

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(WMATA), branded as Metrobus. Many are the descendants of streetcar lines operated by the

Capital Transit Company Streetcars in Washington, D.C. transported people across the city and region from 1862 until 1962. The first streetcars in Washington, D.C., were drawn by horse car, horses and carried people short distances on flat terrain; but the introductio ...

or its predecessors.

Current routes

The list of Metrobus routes has been split by region: * List of Metrobus routes in Washington, D.C. * List of Metrobus routes in Maryland * List of Metrobus routes in Virginia

Numbering

Most Metrobus routes follow the rules below: * Metrobus routes in

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, have either a two digit number (31, 42, 64, etc.) or a letter followed by a number (A2, S2, X8, etc.). * Metrobus routes in

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, 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 Northern Virginia, locally referred to as NOVA or NoVA, comprises several counties and independent cities in the Commonwealth of Virginia in the United States. It is a widespread region radiating westward and southward from Washington, D.C. Wit ...

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:

Divisions

References

Metrobus timetables
accessed October 2017.

Notes

{{Transit In DC Routes

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Bus routes, Washington