Metrobus (Washington, D.C.)

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Metrobus (Washington, D.C.)

Metrobus is a bus service operated by the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority

Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority

The Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority is a tri-jurisdictional government agency authorized by United States Congress, that operates transit service in the Washington, D.C....
(WMATA). Its fleet consists of 1,460 buses covering an area of 1,500 square miles (3,900 km²) in Washington, D.C.

Washington, D.C.

Washington, D.C. , formally the District of Columbia and commonly referred to as Washington, the District, or simply D.C., is the Capital of the United States, founded on July 16, 1790....
, Maryland

Maryland

Maryland is a U.S. state located in the Mid Atlantic States of the United States, bordering Virginia, West Virginia and the Washington, D.C. to the south and west, Pennsylvania to the north, and Delaware to the east....
, and Virginia

Virginia

The Commonwealth of Virginia is an United States U.S. state on the East Coast of the United States of the Southern United States. The state is known as the "Old Dominion" and sometimes as "Mother of Presidents", because it is the birthplace of Lists of United States Presidents by place of birth#By state....
. There are over 300 bus routes serving 12,301 stops, including 3,133 bus shelters and nearly every Metrorail

Washington Metro

The Washington Metro is the rapid transit system in Washington, D.C. and its surrounding suburbs. The system is administered by the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority ....
station. In fiscal year 2007, Metrobus provided 131.5 million trips, 39% of all Washington Metro trips. On a typical weekday, it provides about 460,000 trips.

Metro stopped issuing and accepting paper bus transfers as of January 4 2009; bus and rail riders must use a SmarTrip

SmarTrip

Express routes: B30, P17, P19, W13, 5A, 11Y, 17A, 17B, 17G, 17H, 17K, 17L, 17M, 18E, 18G, 18H, 18P, 29E, 29G, 29H, and 29X.

Transfers and passes
All Metrobuses have SmarTrip

SmarTrip

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Metrobus is a bus service operated by the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority

Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority

Washington, D.C.

Maryland

Virginia

Washington Metro

SmarTrip

Fares

The current Metrobus fare structure is as follows:

Local bus within District of Columbia (except as noted below): $1.35 (using cash) $1.25 (using SmarTrip)

Route 98 (Adams-Morgan/U St Link), S80, S91 (Springfield TAGS): 25¢^[1]
Routes 2T, 2W, 3T, 12C, 12D, 12E, 12F, 12L, 12M, 12R, 12S, 18R, 18S, 20F, 20W, 20X, 20Y, 24T, 28T, and REX: $1.00
Routes 94, A2, A4, A5, A6, A7, A8, M8, M9, W2, W3, W4, W6 and W8: 75¢^[1]
Routes B2, P1, P2, P6, U2 and 90 southbound, south of Good Hope Road: 75¢^[1]
Routes 26A, 26E, 26W: 50¢^[2]

Express bus: $3.10 (using cash) $3.00 (using SmarTrip) ^[3]

NOTES:

Express routes: B30, P17, P19, W13, 5A, 11Y, 17A, 17B, 17G, 17H, 17K, 17L, 17M, 18E, 18G, 18H, 18P, 29E, 29G, 29H, and 29X.

Transfers and passes

All Metrobuses have SmarTrip

SmarTrip

The SmarTrip card is a plastic contact-less stored-value card smartcard used for payment within the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority system in Washington, D.C....
card readers which automatically deduct the correct fare from a rider's SmarTrip card (including transfer credit). Formerly, Metrobus issued paper transfers which gave the rider free transfers to any regular bus for two hours. Beginning January 4 2009, when a rider uses a SmarTrip card they will automatically receive rail-to-bus transfer credit, and bus-to-bus free transfer time for regular buses is increased to three hours. Express routes have different requirements. This section discusses the transfer policy to and from Metrobus and other regional bus operators. The routes can be Metrobus routes or routes of other regional operators. Note that as of January 4, 2009, transfer credit is issued on a SmarTrip card, riders using cash payment cannot obtain a paper transfer.

Cost of bus fare
From	to Local Buses¹	to Express Buses² (Metrobus or Fairfax Connector)	to PRTC routes
Metrorail Washington Metro The Washington Metro is the rapid transit system in Washington, D.C. and its surrounding suburbs. The system is administered by the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority ....	Free	$2.20 (using cash) $2.10 (using SmarTrip)	$2.90 to PRTC OmniRide $1.60 to PRTC MetroDirect
Metrobus: 2T, 2W, 3T, 12C, 12D, 12E, 12F, 12L, 12M, 12R, 12S, 18R, 18S, 20F, 20W, 20X, 20Y, 24T, 28T, and REX	Free	$2.00	$2.80 to PRTC OmniRide $1.50 to PRTC MetroDirect
Metrobus: 26A, 26E, 26W (GEORGE)	Free	$2.75	$2.00 to PRTC MetroDirect
Metrobus: All other local routes	Free	$1.75	$2.55 to PRTC OmniRide $1.25 to PRTC MetroDirect
Arlington Transit (ART) Connect-A-Ride DASH Fairfax Connector (except Routes 380, 595, and 597) Ride-On	Free	$1.75	N/A
Fairfax Connector routes 380, 595, 597 Metrobus express routes PRTC OmniRide	Free	Free	N/A
The Bus CUE	Free	$1.75	N/A

NOTES:

Local Buses: Metrobus local routes, Ride-On, The Bus (Prince George's County), DC Circulator, Fairfax Connector (except Routes 380, 595, and 597), Connect-A-Ride, Fairfax CUE, DASH, and Arlington Transit.
Express Buses: Metrobus express routes, PRTC OmniRide, PRTC MetroDirect, Fairfax Connector routes 380, 595, and 597.

Fleet roster

All buses are fully accessible under the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990

Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990

The Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 is the short title of United States , codified at et seq. It was List of United States federal legislation on July 26, 1990, by President George H....
. All buses have bike racks except for 3951-3954 and C001-C004.

Year	Builder	Model	Length (ft)	Width (in)	Engine	Transmission	Numbers	Total	Garages assigned to
1990	Flxible Flxible The Flxible Co. was a motorcycle sidecar, funeral car, ambulance, intercity coach and transit bus manufacturing company based in the United States that was founded in 1913, and which closed in 1996....	Metro-B 40102-6C	40	102	Cummins L10 Cummins L Series engine The Cummins ISL is a straight-6 diesel engine designed and produced by Cummins. It is 8.9 liters in displacement, and went into production in 1998....	Voith D863.3	9301-9413	113	Arlington, Montgomery, Northern, Royal Street, Southern Avenue Annex, Western
1990	Flxible	Metro-B 35102-6C	35	102	Cummins L10	Voith D863.3	9481-9498	14	Landover
1992	BIA Orion Orion Bus Industries Orion International, previously Orion Bus Industries and Ontario Bus Industries in Canada and Bus Industries of America in the United States is a Mississauga, Ontario, Canada-based bus manufacturer established by the government of Ontario in 1975....	05.501	40	102	Detroit Diesel Series 50 EGR Detroit Diesel 50 The Detroit Diesel Series 50 is an straight-4 diesel engine, that was introduced in 1993 by Detroit Diesel. The Series 50 was developed from the existing block of its sister engine, the Detroit Diesel 60, which itself was initially designed by Detroit Diesel.... (Originally Detroit Diesel 6V92TA Series 92 The Detroit Diesel Series 92 is a two-stroke cycle, V engine diesel engine, produced with versions ranging from four to 16 cylinders. Among these, the most popular were the 6V92 and 8V92, which were V6 engine and V8 engine configurations of the same engine respectively.... )	Allison B-400R (Originally Allison HT-748 ATEC)	9601-9660	60	Arlington, Landover, Montgomery, Royal Street
1993	Flxible	Metro-D 40102-6C	40	102	Cummins L10E	Voith D863.3	9701-9785	85	Landover, Montgomery, Northern
1994	Flxible	Metro-D 40102-6M	40	102	Cummins M11E Cummins M Series engine The Cummins M Series engine is a straight-6 10.8-liter diesel engine designed and produced by Cummins. Introduced as the M11 in 1994, it was built on the previous Cummins L Series engine engine ....	Voith D863.3	9801-9818	18	Montgomery
1994	Flxible	Metro-D 40102-4D	40	102	Detroit Diesel Series 50	Voith D863.3	9819-9835	17	Montgomery
1995	American Ikarus North American Bus Industries North American Bus Industries, commonly known as NABI, is a major transit bus manufacturing company based in Anniston, Alabama. NABI was founded in 1992 when the Hungary firm Ikarus Bus, a key bus supplier to Eastern Europe, spun off a majority share of their American operations to American/Hungarian investors amid financial instabiliti...	436.06	60	102	Cummins M11E	Voith D864.3 (Originally ZF Ecomat 5HP-600)	5201-5245	45	Bladensburg, Montgomery, Northern
1995	Flxible	Metro-E 40102-4D	40	102	Detroit Diesel Series 50	Allison VR-731RH	4001-4104	104	Arlington, Montgomery, Southern Avenue Annex
1997-1998	Orion	V 05.501	40	102	Detroit Diesel Series 50 EGR	Allison B-400R	4200-4412	212	Arlington, Landover, Montgomery, Northern, Royal Street, Southern Avenue Annex, Western
1999	Orion	II 02.504	26	96	Cummins B5.9	Allison AT-545	3701-3742^[1]	42	Bladensburg, Western
1999	Orion	V 05.504	30	96	Detroit Diesel Series 50 EGR	Allison B-400R	3900-3950	50	Arlington, Landover, Western, Northern, Southern Avenue Annex
2000	Orion	VI 06.501	40	102	Detroit Diesel Series 50 EGR	Allison B-400R	2000-2099	100	Arlington, Landover, Montgomery, Western
2000	Orion	V 05.501	40	102	Detroit Diesel Series 50 EGR	Allison B-400R	2100-2231	132	Northern, Western
2001	Goshen	GCII "cutaway van"	22	96	Navistar T444E Navistar T444E engine The T444E is a Diesel V8 engine manufactured by Navistar International Corporation. It was used by Ford Motor Company, branded the Ford Power Stroke engine, from 1994 through 2003, replacing an earlier 7.3 L indirect-injection V8 from Navistar....	PowerStroke V-8 Turbo	C001-C004^[2]	4	Four Mile Run
2001	New Flyer New Flyer Industries New Flyer Industries Inc. is a bus manufacturer in North America, headquartered in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Manitoba, Canada. It also has factories in Crookston, Minnesota and St....	C40LF CNG CNG CNG can mean:Compressed natural gas, e.g., CNG vehiclesCypriot National Guard, the combined arms force of the Republic of Cyprus*Chinese National Geography, magazine published in China...	40	102	Cummins C Gas Plus Cummins C Series engine The Cummins ISC is a straight-6 diesel engine, design by a Cummins production line, which is 8.3 liters in displacement. This went into production in March 1998 by Cummins....	Allison B-400R	2300-2399	100	Bladensburg
2002	New Flyer	C40LF CNG CNG CNG can mean:Compressed natural gas, e.g., CNG vehiclesCypriot National Guard, the combined arms force of the Republic of Cyprus*Chinese National Geography, magazine published in China...	40	102	Cummins C Gas Plus	Allison B-400R	2401-2459	59	Bladensburg
2002	New Flyer	C40LF CNG CNG CNG can mean:Compressed natural gas, e.g., CNG vehiclesCypriot National Guard, the combined arms force of the Republic of Cyprus*Chinese National Geography, magazine published in China...	40	102	John Deere Deere & Company Deere & Company is an United States corporation based in Moline, Illinois, and the leading manufacturer of agricultural machinery in the world.... 6081 CNG	Allison B-400R	2460-2464	5	Bladensburg
2002	Neoplan Neoplan USA Neoplan USA was a major transit bus manufacturing company based in Denver, Colorado, which was entirely separate from the German corporation, Neoplan, licensing its designs from the German company of the same name....	AN460 Transliner articulated	60	102	Detroit Diesel Series 60 EGR	Allison B-500R	5301-5321	21	Northern
2002	Thomas Thomas Built Buses Thomas Built Buses, Inc. is a bus manufacturer based in High Point, North Carolina, United States and a subsidiary of Daimler AG.Perley A....	SLF230	30	96	Cummins ISB	Allison B-300R	3951-3954^[3]	4	Arlington
2004	Van Hool Van Hool Van Hool NV is a Belgium coachbuilder and manufacturer of buses, Coach es, trolleybuses, and Trailer s.The company was founded in 1947 by Bernard Van Hool in Koningshooikt, nearby Lier, Belgium....	A330	40	102	Cummins ISL	Voith DIWA D864.3	1101-1129^[4]	29	First Transit
2005	Orion	VII 07.501 CNG CNG CNG can mean:Compressed natural gas, e.g., CNG vehiclesCypriot National Guard, the combined arms force of the Republic of Cyprus*Chinese National Geography, magazine published in China...	40	102	Cummins C Gas Plus	Voith DIWA D864.3	2501-2615	115	Four Mile Run
2006	Orion	VII 07.501 CNG CNG CNG can mean:Compressed natural gas, e.g., CNG vehiclesCypriot National Guard, the combined arms force of the Republic of Cyprus*Chinese National Geography, magazine published in China...	40	102	John Deere Deere & Company Deere & Company is an United States corporation based in Moline, Illinois, and the leading manufacturer of agricultural machinery in the world.... 6081 CNG	Voith DIWA D864.3	2616-2621(F) 2622-2635(B) 2636-2685, 2701-2730(F)	100	Bladensburg, Four Mile Run
2006	New Flyer	DE40LF Hybrid	40	102	Cummins ISL	GM/Allison EP-40	6001-6014(L), 6015-6039(M)	39	Landover, Montgomery
2006	New Flyer	DE40LFR Hybrid	40	102	Cummins ISL	GM/Allison EP-40	6040-6050(all grey paint scheme)	11	Landover
2006	Orion	07.503	30	102	Cummins C Gas Plus	Voith DIWA D864.3	3001-3035	35	Bladensburg, Four Mile Run
2006	New Flyer	D40LFR	40	102	Cummins ISM	Voith DIWA D864.3	6101-6217	117	Landover, Montgomery, Southern Avenue Annex
2007	New Flyer	C40LFR CNG CNG CNG can mean:Compressed natural gas, e.g., CNG vehiclesCypriot National Guard, the combined arms force of the Republic of Cyprus*Chinese National Geography, magazine published in China...	40	102	Cummins Westport C Gas Plus	Voith DIWA D864.3	2801-2825^[5]	25	Bladensburg
2008	NABI North American Bus Industries North American Bus Industries, commonly known as NABI, is a major transit bus manufacturing company based in Anniston, Alabama. NABI was founded in 1992 when the Hungary firm Ikarus Bus, a key bus supplier to Eastern Europe, spun off a majority share of their American operations to American/Hungarian investors amid financial instabiliti...	60-BRT CNG	60	102	Cummins Westport ISL G	Allison B-500R	5401-5422	22	Bladensburg, Four Mile Run
2009	New Flyer	DE42LFA BRT	42	102	Cummins ISL	GM/Allison EP-40	6301-6461	3/161	Landover, Montgomery, Northern, Western, West Ox
2009	New Flyer	DE62LFA BRT	62	102	Cummins ISL	GM/Allison EP-40	Unknown	0/22	Northern, Montgomery
2009	New Flyer	DE37LFA BRT	37	102	Cummins ISL	GM/Allison EP-40	Unknown	0/20	Bladensburg, Western
Grand total of buses:								1,681

NOTES:

3701-3742 are owned by the District of Columbia and currently operate out of Bladensburg and Western Divisions. These units may not be transferred outside of the District. 3717 and 3718 are wrapped for the Adams Morgan-U Street Link service.
C001-C004 are owned by the Transportation Association of Greater Springfield (TAGS) and operated by WMATA from Four Mile Run under contract, only on Routes S80 and S91.
3951-3954 are owned by the City of Falls Church
Falls Church, Virginia

Falls Church is an independent city in Virginia, United States. The population is 11,200. This city is a part of the Washington Metropolitan Area....
and operated by WMATA under contract from the Arlington Garage only on GEORGE services.
1101-1129 are for the DC Circulator
DC Circulator

The DC Circulator is a downtown circulator bus system in Washington, D.C., U.S.A.. It is owned by a public-private partnership among the District of Columbia Department of Transportation, the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority , and DC Surface Transit, Inc., and operated by First Transit....
service, with partial funding by WMATA, operated by First Transit under contract.
2801-2814 are painted in blue and gray livery for the new limited 79 service, or MetroExtra. The rest (2815-2822, 2824-2825)are in normal WMATA bicentennial colors, red, white & blue. All of the 2800s operate from Bladensburg Division. 2823 is painted in WMATA's new "local" paint scheme.
2400-2464 were originally going to be Pierce Transit
Pierce Transit

Pierce Transit, in full "The Pierce County Public Transportation Benefit Area Corporation", is a mass transit agency serving Pierce County, Washington, the second most populous county in Washington state....
buses but were delivered to WMATA instead with WMATA specifications.
5401-5422 were "piggybacked" onto an enormous 60-BRT order by the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority
Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority

The Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority is the state chartered regional transportation planning and public transportation operating agency for the Los Angeles County, California, and is the successor agency to the former Southern California Rapid Transit District....
. These new 60-BRT buses are painted in red and grey with white and blue striped curved divider from top back to bottom front. This is WMATA's new "LOCAL" paint scheme .
2320 is also painted in the new "local" paint scheme. 2320 is the first New Flyer C40LF bus from the 2001-02 model year to be rehabilitated and refurbished by Metro.

Metrobus (Washington, D.C.)

Fares

Transfers and passes

Fleet roster

Divisions