The Sheriff Road–Capitol Heights Line, designated Route F14, was a bus route that operated Monday to Saturday that was operated by the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority between New Carrollton station of the Orange and Silver Lines of the Washington Metro and Naylor Road station of the Green Line of the Washington Metro. The line operated every 30–35 minutes during rush hours and 50 minutes at all other times. Trips roughly took 60 minutes to complete. The route was combined with the V12 and renamed to Route P61 during WMATA's Better Bus Redesign.
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 and Addison Road station along East Capitol Street was replaced by the A12 on Sundays.
Route F14 operated out of Landover Division.
F14 stops
Bus stopDirectionConnectionsPrince George's County, MarylandNew CarrolltonBus Bay ASouthbound station,Northbound terminal Metrobus: A12, B21, B22, B24, B27, F4, F6, F12, F13, G12, G14, T14, T18 MTA Maryland Commuter Bus TheBus: 15X, 16, 21, 21X Greyhound Peter Pan Bus Lines Washington Metro: MARC: Penn Line Amtrak: Northeast Regional, Palmetto, Vermonter MTA: Purple Line (Planned)Corporate Drive / Garden City Drive Northbound Metrobus: A12, F12Ardwick Ardmore Road / Pennsy DriveSouthbound Metrobus: A12, F12 TheBus: 21Ardwick Ardmore Road / Ardwick PlaceBidirectional Metrobus: A12, F12 TheBus: 21Ardwick Ardmore Road / Whitetire RoadSouthbound Metrobus: A12 TheBus: 21Ardwick Ardmore Road / #8335-8361Southbound Metrobus: A12 TheBus: 21Ardwick Ardmore Road / #8440Northbound Metrobus: A12 TheBus: 21Ardwick Ardmore Road / Preston DriveSouthbound Metrobus: A12 TheBus: 21Ardwick Ardmore Road / West StreetNorthbound Metrobus: A12 TheBus: 21Martin Luther King Highway / Dellwood CourtSouthbound Metrobus: A12Martin Luther King Highway / Reed StreetNorthbound Metrobus: A12Johnson Avenue / Martin Luther King HighwaySouthbound Metrobus: A12Johnson Avenue / Hayes StreetNorthbound Metrobus: A12Hayes Street / Johnson AvenueBidirectional Metrobus: A12Hayes Street / Glenarden ParkwaySouthbound Metrobus: A12Glenarden Parkway / Hayes StreetNorthbound Metrobus: A12Glenarden Parkway / Martin Luther King HighwaySouthbound Metrobus: A12Glenarden Parkway / Municipal CenterNorthbound Metrobus: A12Glenarden Parkway / McLain AvenueSouthbound Metrobus: A12Glenarden Parkway / Reed StreetBidirectional Metrobus: A12Glenarden Parkway / Wesley StreetBidirectional Metrobus: A12Glenarden Parkway / Brightseat RoadSouthbound Metrobus: A12 TheBus: 21Brightseat Road / McLain AvenueNorthbound Metrobus: A12 TheBus: 21Brightseat Road / Reicher StreetBidirectional Metrobus: A12 TheBus: 21Brightseat Road / Hamlin StreetBidirectional Metrobus: A12 TheBus: 21Brightseat Road / Girard StreetNorthbound Metrobus: A12 TheBus: 21, 21XBrightseat Road / Evarts StreetBidirectional Metrobus: A12 TheBus: 21, 22Brightseat Road / Maple Ridge ApartmentsSouthbound Metrobus: A12 TheBus: 21, 22Brightseat Road / Maple Ridge ApartmentsBidirectional Metrobus: A12 TheBus: 21, 21X, 22Brightseat Road / Landover RoadBidirectional TheBus: 22Hill Oaks Road / Michele DriveBidirectionalHill Oaks Road / Nalley RoadBidirectional TheBus: 23Nalley Road / Capital View DriveBidirectional TheBus: 23Nalley Road / Nalley TerraceBidirectional TheBus: 23Belle Haven Drive / Nalley RoadBidirectional TheBus: 23Belle Haven Drive / Belle Haven CourtBidirectional TheBus: 23Village Green Drive / Belle Haven DriveNorthbound TheBus: 23Village Green Drive / Sheriff RoadBidirectional TheBus: 23Sheriff Road / Village Green DriveNorthbound TheBus: 23Belle Haven Drive / Sheriff RoadBidirectional TheBus: 23Belle Haven Drive / #1825-#1827BidirectionalBelle Haven Drive / Martin Luther King HighwayNorthbound Metrobus: A12, F12 TheBus: 18Martin Luther King Highway / King Shopping CenterBidirectional Metrobus: A12 TheBus: 18Martin Luther King Highway / Ryderwood CourtBidirectional Metrobus: A12 TheBus: 18Martin Luther King Highway / Roosevelt AvenueBidirectional Metrobus: A12 TheBus: 18Sheriff Road / Martin Luther King HighwaySouthbound Metrobus: A12 TheBus: 18, 23Sheriff Road / Giant Gate #2Northbound Metrobus: A12 TheBus: 18, 23Sheriff Road / Giant Main EntranceBidirectional TheBus: 23Sheriff Road / Cabin Branch DriveBidirectional TheBus: 23Sheriff Road / Glen Willow DriveBidirectional TheBus: 23Sheriff Road / Cypresstree DriveBidirectional TheBus: 23Sheriff Road / Cedar Heights DriveBidirectional TheBus: 23Sheriff Road / Marblewood AvenueBidirectionalSheriff Road / Fairmount Heights DriveSouthboundSheriff Road / 60th AvenueNorthboundAddison Road / Sheriff RoadBidirectional Metrobus: V14Addison Road / L StreetBidirectional Metrobus: V14Addison Road / 60th AvenueBidirectional Metrobus: V14Addison Road / 61st AvenueBidirectional Metrobus: V14Addison Road / Greig StreetNorthbound Metrobus: V14Addison Road / Field StreetSouthbound Metrobus: V14Addison Road / G StreetNorthbound Metrobus: V14Martin Luther King Highway / 68th StreetSouthboundNortheast Washington, D.C.63rd Street NE / Eastern AvenueNorthbound Metrobus: V2, V4, X963rd Street NE / Clay Street NESouthbound Metrobus: V2, V4Prince George's County, MarylandEast Capitol Street / Southern AvenueCapitol HeightsSouthbound Metrobus: 96, A12, V2, V4, X9 TheBus: 24, 25 Washington Metro: Capitol HeightsBus Bay ANorthbound Metrobus: 96, A12, V2, V4, X9 TheBus: 24, 25 Washington Metro: East Capitol Street / Maryland Park DriveBidirectional Metrobus: A12 TheBus: 24, 25East Capitol Street / Yost PlaceBidirectional Metrobus: A12 TheBus: 24, 25Addison Road-Seat PleasantBus Bay ABidirectional Metrobus: A12, C21, C22, C27, C29, J12, P12, V12, V14 TheBus: 18, 20, 23 Washington Metro: Central Avenue / Yolanda AvenueNorthbound Metrobus: J12, V14 TheBus: 24, 25Central Avenue / Yeoman PlaceSouthbound Metrobus: J12, V14 TheBus: 24, 25Central Avenue / Rollins AvenueNorthbound Metrobus: J12, V14 TheBus: 24, 25Central Avenue / Maryland Park DriveSouthbound Metrobus: J12, V14 TheBus: 25Central Avenue / Xenia AvenueNorthbound Metrobus: J12, V14 TheBus: 25Central Avenue / Ventura AvenueBidirectional Metrobus: J12, V14 TheBus: 25Central Avenue / Tunic AvenueSouthbound Metrobus: J12, V14 TheBus: 25Central Avenue / United States Post OfficeBidirectional Metrobus: J12 TheBus: 25Central Avenue / Quire AvenueSouthbound Metrobus: J12 TheBus: 25Central Avenue / Capitol Heights BoulevardBidirectional Metrobus: J12 TheBus: 25Central Avenue / Clovis AvenueNorthbound Metrobus: J12Larchmont Avenue / Clovis AvenueSouthbound Metrobus: J12Larchmont Avenue / Cumberland StreetBidirectional Metrobus: J12Larchmont Avenue / Doppler StreetBidirectional Metrobus: J12Larchmont Avenue / #717Bidirectional Metrobus: J12Larchmont Avenue / Emo StreetBidirectional Metrobus: J12Larchmont Avenue / Fable StreetBidirectional Metrobus: J12Larchmont Avenue / #1221Southbound Metrobus: J12Larchmont Avenue / #1218Northbound Metrobus: J12Larchmont Avenue / Marlboro PikeSouthbound Metrobus: J12 TheBus: 25Marlboro Pike / Jansen AvenueBidirectional Metrobus: J12 TheBus: 25Marlboro Pike / Glacier AvenueBidirectional TheBus: 25Marlboro Pike / Edgewick AvenueBidirectional TheBus: 25Marlboro Pike / Boones Hill RoadBidirectionalSouthern Avenue / Bowen Road SESouthbound Metrobus: V7, W4Southern Avenue / Pear StreetNorthbound Metrobus: V7, W4Southern Avenue / Ridge Road SESouthbound Metrobus: S35, V7, W4Southern Avenue / Rail StreetNorthbound Metrobus: S35, V7, W4Southern Avenue / Torque StreetBidirectional Metrobus: S35, V7, W4Southern Avenue / Barker Street SESouthbound Metrobus: S35, V7, W4Southern Avenue / Vine StreetNorthbound Metrobus: S35, V7, W4Southern Avenue / Massachusetts AvenueSouthbound Metrobus: M6, S35, V7, W4Southern Avenue / Byers StreetNorthbound Metrobus: M6, S35, V7, W4Southern Avenue / 42nd Street SEBidirectional Metrobus: M6, S35, V7, W4Southern Avenue / Ellis StreetNorthbound Metrobus: M6, S35, V7, W4Southern Avenue / 41st Street SESouthbound Metrobus: M6, S35, V7, W4Southern Avenue / 41st Place SEBidirectional Metrobus: M6, S35, V7, W4Southern Avenue / Fort Dupont Street SESouthbound Metrobus: M6, S35, V7, W4Southern Avenue / Belt RoadNorthbound Metrobus: M6, S35, V7, W4Southern Avenue / Suitland TerraceBidirectional Metrobus: M6Southern Avenue / Suitland RoadBidirectional Metrobus: M6Southern Avenue / Forest Glade LaneBidirectionalSouthern Avenue / 36th Place SESouthboundSouthern Avenue / Oxon Run PlaceNorthboundSouthern Avenue / 34th Street SEBidirectionalSouthern Avenue / Fairhill DriveBidirectionalBranch Avenue / Southern AvenueBidirectionalNaylor RoadBus Bay BNorthbound stop, Southbound terminal Metrobus: 36, C12, C14, H12 TheBus: 32 Washington Metro:
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 Mayfair neighborhood in Northeast Washington D.C. and Glenn Dale Hospital in Glenn Dale, Maryland, 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 Deanwood 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 New Carrollton station & 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 New Carrollton station, 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 Naylor Road station 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.