Metro News Release
For immediate release: December 14, 2009
Three Virginia Metrobus lines to change December 27
New limited-stop bus route in Alexandria
Metrobus service will change on three lines in Virginia on Sunday, December 27.
16B, E, P Columbia Pike Line
The Sunday schedule will change. Scheduled departures from the Pentagon Metrorail station will not change, but trip times along the route, as well as trip times arriving and leaving Annandale and Culmore, will be adjusted.
28A, NEW 28X Alexandria - Tysons Corner Line
The route 28A will be changed to include service provided by the current route 28B in Alexandria. As a result of these route changes, Metrobus service will be discontinued in several areas, with alternate service provided by Alexandria’s DASH regional bus service. A map of the new route is available at www.metrobus28line.com/28%20Brochure.pdf.
A weekday eastbound 28A bus will be added to leave Tysons Corner at 4:20 p.m. Buses will operate every 30 minutes weekly, except weekdays between 9 and 10:05 p.m. when buses will leave Tysons Corner with greater frequency. An earlier and later weekday bus to Tysons Corner will be added to leave Columbia Pike and Carlin Springs Road at 5:09 a.m. and the King Street Metrorail station at 10:50 p.m. Additionally, a later bus will leave Tysons Corner at midnight heading to the King Street Metrorail station. The Saturday and Sunday scheduled times also will change.
A new limited-stop 28X route will serve 13 stops on Leesburg Pike/Broad Street between Tysons Corner and Baileys Crossroads during peak periods weekdays. Route 28X buses will run every 25 to 35 minutes. For more information see the news release.
TAGS S80, S91 - Springfield Circulator
Route S80 will be changed in the Metro Park office development area to provide two-way bus service on Walker Lane and serve new stops on eastbound Walker Lane and southbound Beulah Street. The schedule will be adjusted slightly.
The route S91 bus that leaves Franconia-Springfield Metrorail station at 6:56 a.m. will instead leave the station at 6:58 a.m. and arrive at the Springfield mall at 7:03 a.m.
For information on upcoming Metrobus service changes in Maryland and the District of Columbia, visit http://www.wmata.com/bus/timetables/upcoming_timetable_changes.cfm or call 202-637-7000.
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Media contact for this news release: Bessy Guevara or Lisa Farbstein at 202-962-1051.
For all other inquiries, please call customer service at 202-637-7000.
News release issued at 1:31 pm, December 14, 2009.