The Kenilworth Avenue Line, designated Route P14, is a daily bus route operated by the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority. It runs between Greenbelt station of the Green and Yellow Lines of the Washington Metro and Deanwood station of the Orange and Silver Lines of the Washington Metro. Buses run every 30 minutes Mondays-Saturdays and every 60 minutes on Sundays. Trips are roughly 45 minutes long.
Background Route P14 operates daily from Greenbelt station and Deanwood station mostly along Kenilworth Avenue. The route provides service along Kenilworth Avenue and smaller communities to various Metrorail stations. Route P14 operates out of Landover division.
Route P14 stops
Bus stopDirectionConnectionsPrince George's County, MarylandGreenbeltBus Bay FSouthbound station,Northbound terminal Metrobus: P12, P20, P21, P32 RTA: 302/G TheBus: P19, P22, P2X Shuttle-UM: 129 BoltBus Washington Metro: MARC: Camden LineGreenbelt Metro Drive / Cherrywood LaneBidirectional Metrobus: P12, P20, P21, P32 RTA: 302/G TheBus: P22 Shuttle-UM: 129Cherrywood Lane / Springhill DriveBidirectional Metrobus: P20, P32 RTA: 302/G TheBus: P22Springhill Drive / Cherrywood LaneBidirectional TheBus: P22Springhill Drive / Cherrywood TerraceBidirectional TheBus: P22Springhill Drive / Springhill LaneBidirectional TheBus: P22Springhill Drive / Market LaneBidirectionalSpringhill Drive / Lakeside DriveBidirectionalEdmonston Road / Springhill DriveBidirectionalEdmonston Road / Springhill CourtBidirectionalEdmonston Road / Edmonston CourtBidirectionalEdmonston Road / Breezewood DriveBidirectionalBreezewood Drive / Springhill LaneBidirectionalBreezewood Drive / Cherrywood TerraceBidirectional TheBus: P22Breezewood Drive / Cherrywood LaneBidirectional TheBus: P22Cherrywood Lane / #5510Bidirectional Metrobus: P20, P32 RTA: 302/G TheBus: P2260th Avenue / Greenbelt RoadBidirectional60th Avenue / Seminole Street Bidirectional60th Avenue / Quebec PlaceNorthbound60th Avenue / Quebec StreetSouthboundCunningham Drive / Pontiac StreetSouthboundPontiac Street / Cunningham DriveNorthboundPontiac Street / 60th AvenueBidirectionalPontiac Street / 63rd AvenueBidirectionalWestchester Park DriveBidirectional Shuttle-UM: 143Edmonston Road / Pontiac StreetBidirectionalEdmonston Road / 63rd AvenueBidirectionalEdmonston Road / Charlton AvenueBidirectionalEdmonston Road / Bryn Mawr RoadBidirectionalEdmonston Road / Wellesley DriveBidirectionalEdmonston Road / Knoxville DriveBidirectionalEdmonston Road / Radcliffe DriveBidirectionalKenilworth Avenue / Good Luck RoadNorthboundCampus Drive / 52nd AvenueBidirectionalCampus Drive / 51st AvenueBidirectionalCollege ParkBus Bay ABidirectional Metrobus: M42, P10, P31 RTA: 302/G TheBus: P37 Shuttle-UM: 104, 109 MTA Maryland: 204 Washington Metro: MARC: Camden Line MTA: Purple Line (Planned)River Road / American Physics BuildingBidirectional Metrobus: P31River Road / Rivertech CourtBidirectional Metrobus: P31River Road / Haig DriveBidirectional Metrobus: P31 MTA: Purple Line (at Riverdale Park North–UMD station) (Planned)River Road / Kenilworth AvenueBidirectional Metrobus: P31, P35Kenilworth Avenue / Rittenhouse StreetBidirectional Metrobus: P31, P35Kenilworth Avenue / Quintana StreetBidirectional Metrobus: P31, P35Kenilworth Avenue / Powhatan RoadSouthbound Metrobus: P30, P31, P35, P42 MTA: Purple Line (at Riverdale Park-Kenilworth station) (Planned)Kenilworth Avenue / East-West HighwayNorthbound Metrobus: P30, P31, P35, P42 MTA: Purple Line (at Riverdale Park-Kenilworth station) (Planned)Kenilworth Avenue / Nicholson StreetBidirectional Metrobus: P42Kenilworth Avenue / Jefferson StreetNorthbound Metrobus: P42Kenilworth Avenue / Spring LaneSouthbound Metrobus: P42Kenilworth Avenue / Kennedy StreetNorthbound Metrobus: P42Kenilworth Avenue / Greenway DriveSouthbound Metrobus: P42Kenilworth Avenue / Carters LaneNorthbound Metrobus: P42Kenilworth Avenue / Fountain Park ApartmentsBidirectionalKenilworth Avenue / Decatur StreetBidirectionalKenilworth Avenue / Buchanan StreetBidirectionalKenilworth Avenue / Upshur StreetBidirectionalKenilworth Avenue / Kenilworth TowersBidirectionalKenilworth Avenue / 49th AvenueBidirectionalKenilworth Avenue / Lawrence StreetBidirectionalKenilworth Avenue / 52nd AvenueBidirectionalKenilworth Avenue / Lydell RoadBidirectional TheBus: P22Kenilworth Avenue / #2529Northbound TheBus: P22Kenilworth Avenue / Creston StreetSouthbound TheBus: P22John Hanson HighwayBaltimore–Washington ParkwayNortheast Washington, D.C.Eastern Avenue / Olive Street NEBidirectional Metrobus: C35, C63Minnesota Avenue NE / Quarles Street NEBidirectional Metrobus: C35, C63, D24, P62Minnesota Avenue NE / 48th Street NENorthbound Metrobus: C35, C63, D24, P62DeanwoodBus Bay CNorthbound station,Southbound terminal Metrobus: C35, C63, D24, P62 Washington Metro:
History
Route R12 was created as a brand new express streetcar route around 1963 operating as an express streetcar route all the way between Farragut Square in Downtown D.C. & Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt weekdays only, and between Federal Triangle and Beltway Plaza Mall on Saturdays as part of the "Kenilworth Avenue Express" Streetcar Line, with routes R11 & R15 operating between Farrugut Square & Springhill Lake Apartment Complex peak hours only, and routes R13 & R14 operating between Southwest D.C. & the Macke Industrial Park Complex.
In 1973, all routes were converted into Metrobus Routes when WMATA took over all of the streetcar companies that operated throughout the Washington D.C. Metropolitan Area and merged them all into its "Metrobus" System keeping their exact same routing as their streetcar lines.
Following the opening of Stadium–Armory station, routes R11, R12, & R15 were shorten to terminate their routes at the Stadium Armory on July 18, 1977 with all routes discontinuing service to Farragut Square. Routes R11 and R15 will also operate during early Saturday morning trips before the first Blue Line train operated.
Routes R13 and R14 were discontinued on July 18, 1977 being replaced by the R11, R12, and R15
On September 26, 1977, early Saturday morning service on routes R11 & R15's were discontinued, due to new Blue and Orange Line service being introduced during earlier times on Saturday mornings. Weekday peak hour service was not changed.
On December 3, 1978, shortly after Deanwood station opened, R12 was truncated even further to only operate up to Deanwood station discontinuing service to Stadium–Armory station. Route R11 and R15 were rerouted to operate as a brand new express route between Beltway Plaza Mall (R11)/Greenbelt Center (R15) and New Carrollton station, running primarily along via Greenbelt Road, Cherrywood Lane, Kenilworth Avenue, the Capital Beltway, and John Hanson Highway.
As a result of these changes, R11 & R15 were split their own separate line as the, "Greenbelt-New Carrollton Express Line" while R12 remained a part of its own line, which was renamed the, "Kenilworth Avenue Line".
On January 4, 1981 when Addison Road station opened, R12 was extended from Deanwood station to Addison Road station via Minnesota Avenue NE, and route P12's former routing on Addison Road, Palmer Highway, Addison Road, Seat Pleasant Drive, Hill Road, and Central Avenue when P12 discontinue service to Deanwood. On the other hand, during the time this particular change took place, R12 was truncated to only operate up to the Beltway Plaza Mall, discontinuing service to Goddard Space Flight Center. Route R12 was renamed the " Kenilworth Avenue–Addison Road" Line as of result. From 1990 On December 11, 1993, when both College Park–University of Maryland station & Greenbelt station opened, R12 was rerouted to operate between Deanwood & New Carrollton stations, via the segment of its route between the Deanwood station and intersection of Keniworth Avenue and River Road. Route R12 would run along River Road to serve College Park station, before returning onto River Road to rejoin Kenilworth Avenue. R12 would then operate on the same exact routing it had been operating on between the intersection of Kenilworth Avenue & River Road and Beltway Plaza, and run along Cherrywood Lane to serve Greenbelt station. Then R12 would operate past the Capital Office Park & Greenbelt Federal Courthouse, before turning onto Kenilworth Avenue, and then operating the rest of the way to the New Carrollton station, Route R12 was renamed the, "Kenilworth Avenue-New Carrollton Line".
Also Routes R11 and R15 were discontinued and was replaced by the R12 which operates on a combination of both former routes between Greenbelt & the New Carrollton station, essentially replacing both of those Metrobus Routes in their entirety. The segment of R12's former route between the Deanwood & Addison Road station, was replaced by both routes V14 & V15, which were extended from Addison Road to operate between Deanwood station & Penn Mar Shopping Center, via R12's former routing.
From 2010 Bus service in Greenbelt, Maryland were controversial over the last few years due to lack of services. The proposal was mentioned as part of Metro's systemwide bus and rail cuts proposed during a budget crisis in spring of 2010. The Metro Board then took all service cuts off the table before approving the budget for this fiscal year. Alterations to Greenbelts bus service came back up at the request of the City and Prince George's County. At the time of the proposal, the R12 was suffering bus bunching and scheduling problems due to its long route.
Proposals were set for route R12 including shortening the section to Greenbelt station with the Greenbelt to New Carrollton portion to be replaced by a new route T14 operating between Goddard Corporate Park and Beltway Plaza along the old R12 routing in Old Greenbelt. This however would lead to a reduction of service and a loss of a direct route from route R12 routing to New Carrollton station.
Other proposals were a route G12 would run on route R12's routing in Old Greenbelt running between Greenbelt station and New Carrollton station in May and discontinue service into Franklin Park and the Beltway Plaza loop being replaced by route G14 and G16. In September 2010, it was proposed for route R12 to still terminate at Greenbelt station and split the Greenbelt to New Carrollton station portion to route G12 but route R12 would serve Franklin Park instead of route G14 and G16 and serve the Beltway Plaza loop.
On December 19, 2010, R12 was shorten to only operate between Deanwood station & Greenbelt station. The rest of its route between Greenbelt and New Carrollton station, was replaced by a new route G12 under the request of the city of Greenbelt to break R12's super lengthy route into two separate routes and in order to improve service reliability, adherence to schedule times, and avoid duplication with the already existing Prince George's County TheBus Routes & other Metrobus Routes.
Route R12 was rerouted inside Franklin Park and the Springhill Lake Complex. Buses previously operated along Edmonston Road, Springhill Drive, Springhill Lane, Breezewood Drive, and backtrack to Beltway Plaza Mall via Cherrywood Lane and Greenbelt Road before running again on Cherrywood Lane to Greenbelt station going northbound and from Greenbelt to Beltway Plaza to Springhill Lake Complex going southbound under the same path. The route was change to operate along Greenbelt Road, Beltway Plaza, Cherrywood Lane, Breezewood Drive, Edmonston Road, Springhill Drive, and back along Cherrywood Lane to Greenbelt station Northbound. The route would operate vice versa going from Greenbelt station, Springhill Lake Complex, and Beltway Plaza going southbound. Service along Springhill Lane was replaced by TheBus route 16.