The Langley Park–Cheverly Line, designated Route F8, is a daily bus route operated by the

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between the Cheverly Metro station of the Orange Line of the

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and Takoma – Langley Crossroads Transit Center in

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. The line operates every 30–35 minutes during peak hours and every 60–65 minutes at all other times. F8 trips are roughly 54–60 minutes.

Current route

Route F8 operates on weekdays between 5:35 AM and 8:41 PM, every Saturday between 5:47 AM and 9:22 PM, and every Sundays between 9:55 AM and 7:00 PM. Route F8 operates out of Landover Division at all times. It originally operated out of Bladensburg until 1989.

F8 Stops

History

The line originally operated as a DC Transit Bus Route as the Prince George's–Langley Park Line and was designated as Route G8 which began service in April, 1960 between Langley Park and Prince George's Hospital, via Merrimac Drive, 14th Avenue, Kanawha Street, 15th Avenue, University Boulevard, Campus Drive, Adelphi Road, Toledo Road, Prince George's Plaza Shopping Center, Belcrest Road, Queens Chapel Road, Hamilton Street, 38th Avenue, Jefferson Street, Baltimore Avenue, Annapolis Road, and Landover Road. The line was eventually converted into a WMATA Metrobus Route on February 4, 1973 when WMATA acquired DC Transit. On December 3, 1978, G8 was simply renamed as route "F8", even though it retained its same exact routing. Around 1992, when Charles Armentrout Drive opened in Hyattsville, F8 was minorly rerouted to divert off Baltimore Avenue (U.S. Alt Route 1) onto Charles Armentrout Drive and then use Rhode Island Avenue (U.S. Route 1) to get back to Baltimore Avenue (U.S. Route 1). On December 11, 1993, F8 was extended from its original terminus at Prince George's Hospital to the Cheverly station, via Cheverly Avenue to replace the segment of F2's routing that got discontinued. F8 was also rerouted to serve the newly opened West Hyattsville and Prince George's Plaza stations. On May 15, 2003, the former Metrobus bus bays in front of the former

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store inside Prince George's Plaza, were demolished in order to build a new

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store. Route F8 stopped directing entering into and looping inside the Prince George's Plaza. On December 30, 2012, the, line was renamed from the Prince George's–Langley Park Line to the Langley Park–Cheverly Line. When the

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opened on December 22, 2016, the F8 was rerouted, along with several other Metrobus, Ride On buses, Shuttle UM and TheBus routes, to serve the newly opened Transit Center. Route F8 would serve Bus Bay C. During the

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pandemic, route F8 was relegated to operate on its Saturday schedule beginning on March 16, 2020. However on March 18, 2020, the line was further reduced to operate on its Sunday schedule. Weekend service was also suspended beginning on March 21, 2020. On August 23, 2020, additional service was added to route F8 along with its weekend service being restored. Full service was restored on September 5, 2021. As part of WMATA's Better Bus Redesign beginning on June 29, 2025, the F8 was discontinued and replaced by a combination of rerouted Metrobus routes and TheBus routes.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Langley Park-Cheverly Line F8 Orange Line (Washington Metro) 1978 establishments in Washington, D.C.