The Sheriff Road–Capitol Heights Line, designated Route F14, was a bus route that operated Monday to Saturday that was operated by the

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between

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of the

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and Silver Lines of the

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and

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of the Green Line of the

. The line operated every 30–35 minutes during rush hours and 50 minutes at all other times. Trips roughly took 60 minutes to complete.

Background

Route F14 operated Monday through Saturday between 4:39 AM to 8:52 PM on weekdays and 5:02 AM to 8:52 PM on Saturdays. The line connects New Carrollton to Temple Hills without having to take Metrorail or enter Washington DC. It connected multiple neighborhoods to various Metrorail stations. A portion of the F14 routing between

Capitol Heights station Capitol Heights station is an island-platformed Washington Metro station in Capitol Heights, Maryland, United States. The station was opened on November 22, 1980, and is operated by the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA). P ...

and

Addison Road station Addison Road station is a rapid transit station on the Washington Metro's Silver and Blue Lines. It is operated by the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority, who opened it in 1980. It was the eastern end of the Blue Line until 2004. T ...

along

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was replaced by the A12 on Sundays. Route F14 operated out of Landover Division.

F14 stops

History

The F14 began operation as the Sheriff Road Line under the Washington Marlboro & Annapolis Motor Lines Inc. (WM&A) in 1951, to operate between the

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neighborhood in Northeast Washington D.C. and Glenn Dale Hospital in

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, mostly operating along Kenilworth Terrace, Sheriff Road, and Palmer Highway. F14 was eventually acquired by WMATA on February 4, 1973. On December 3, 1978 shortly after

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and New Carrollton stations opened, F14 was rerouted to operate between New Carrollton and Deanwood mostly operating along Annapolis Road, Whitfield Chapel Road, Palmer Highway, Sheriff Road, Addison Road, and Minnesota Avenue. The segment of F14's routing on Sheriff Road NE & Eastern Avenue NE, was replaced by a new route U4. The F14's loop inside the Mayfair neighborhood was also replaced by route U2. The segment of F14's routing between the intersection of Palmer Highway and Whitfield Chapel Road and Glenn Dale Hospital, was replaced by route T12. On January 4, 1981, after both Addison Road and Capitol Heights station opened, route F14 was rerouted to operate between

& Bradbury Heights (Ridge Road SE & Southern Avenue SE), instead of operating to Deanwood station. The F14 would keep its original route between New Carrollton and the intersection of Addison Road & Sheriff Road in Chapel Oaks, then was rerouted to operate along Addison Road, and East Capitol Street and serve Capitol Heights station when operating towards Bradbury Heights. The route would enter Capitol Heights station bus bays when operating to New Carrollton. The F14 would then remain on East Capitol Street, which would become Central Avenue, then turn onto Addison Road, then serve Addison Road station. The line would then operate along Central Avenue, Larchmont Avenue, Marlboro Pike, and Bowen Road, to reach its Bradbury Heights terminal at the intersection of Ridge Road SE & Southern Avenue SE. The line would operate on its same routing back to New Carrollton. The segment of F14's routing between the intersection of Addison Road & Sheriff Road and Deanwood station, was taken over by route R12. On December 11, 1993, routes F13 and F14 swapped their routing. The F14's terminal at

, was relocated from the western side of the station to the eastern side of New Carrollton. The F14 was also rerouted to operate between New Carrollton and the intersection of Martin Luther King Jr. Highway & Belle Haven Drive, via the Glenarden neighborhood and Landover Mall. Route F13 operated along Ellin Road, Harkins Road, Annapolis Road, and Whitfield Chapel Road. On January 13, 2001, when

opened, route F14 was extended from Bradbury Heights to Naylor Road station via Southern Avenue and Branch Avenue. The line was also renamed to the Sheriff Road–Capitol Heights Line. In 2014, WMATA proposed to reroute the F14 by turning left on Landover Road from Brightseat Road to serve a portion of the A12 route before turning back onto MLK highway where the A12 was proposed to be extended to

via Brightseat Road. Service between Brightseat and Landover Road and Brightseat and Martin Luther King Jr. Highway will be discontinued and replaced by extended route A12. During the

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, the route was reduced to operate on its Saturday supplemental schedule beginning on March 16, 2020. Saturday service was also suspended beginning on March 21, 2020. Full service resumed on August 23, 2020. On May 29, 2022, Saturday service was increased. As part of WMATA's Better Bus Redesign beginning on June 29, 2025, the F14 was combined with the V12 and was renamed the P61. The F14 portion between New Carrollton and

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remained the same, but the route followed Garrett A. Morgan Boulevard before serving Morgan Boulevard station, before turning onto Central Avenue and then onto Shady Glen Drive, following the V12 routing to

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. F14 service between

and

was replaced by Route P63 (former Routes C21, C22, C26, C27, and C29) and service between

and Northwest stadium was discontinued or covered by other routes.

References

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