The Eastover–Addison Road Line, designated Route P12, was a daily bus route operated by the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority between the Addison Road station of the Blue & Silver Lines of the Washington Metro and Eastover Shopping Center in Forest Heights, Maryland. The line operated every 12 minutes between 7AM and 9PM and 30 minutes after 9PM. P12 trips were roughly 60 minutes long.
Background Route P12 operated daily between Addison Road station and Eastover Shopping Center via Southern Avenue station and Suitland station. The line mostly provided service along Addison Road, Silver Hill Road and Iverson Street connecting many neighborhoods to various Metrorail stations. The P12 operated every 12 minutes between 7AM and 9PM and 30 minutes after 9PM daily.
Route P12 operated out of Landover division.
P12 Stops
Bus stopDirectionConnectionsPrince George's County, MarylandAddison Road stationBus Bay CWestbound station,Eastbound terminal Metrobus: A12, C21, C22, C27, C29, J12, F14, V12, V14 TheBus: 18, 20, 23 Washington Metro: Addison Road / St. Margaret's Church Bidirectional TheBus: 20Addison Road / Ernie Banks StreetBidirectional TheBus: 20Addison Road / Wilburn DriveBidirectional TheBus: 20Addison Road / Gethsemane United Methodist ChurchBidirectionalAddison Road / Ronald RoadBidirectional TheBus: 20Addison Road / Walker Mill RoadBidirectional TheBus: 20Addison Road / St. Paul Baptist ChurchBidirectional Metrobus: V12Walker Mill Road / Rochelle AvenueBidirectional Metrobus: V12, V14 TheBus: 20Walker Mill Road / County RoadEastbound Metrobus: V14County Road / #2004-#2008EastboundCounty Road / Tilghman's Lane WestboundCounty Road / Atwood StreetBidirectional TheBus: 20County Road / Belwood StreetBidirectional TheBus: 20County Road / District Heights ParkwayBidirectionalCounty Road / Elmhurst StreetBidirectional TheBus: 20County Road / Foster StreetBidirectional TheBus: 20Old Silver Hill Road / Parkland DriveBidirectional Metrobus: J12, V12 TheBus: 24Old Silver Hill Road / Parkland CourtBidirectional TheBus: 24Old Silver Hill Road / Kentucky AvenueBidirectional TheBus: 24Silver Hill Road / Pennsylvania AvenueWestbound TheBus: 24 (Westbound only)Silver Hill Road / West AvenueBidirectional Metrobus: K12Silver Hill Road / Plaza DriveEastbound Metrobus: K12Silver Hill Road / Silver Hill CourtWestbound Metrobus: K12Silver Hill Road / Royal Plaza DriveBidirectional Metrobus: K12Silver Hill Road / Sunset LaneEastbound Metrobus: K12Silver Hill Road / Brooks DriveWestbound Metrobus: K12Silver Hill Road / Porter AvenueBidirectional Metrobus: K12Silver Hill Road / Suitland RoadBidirectional Metrobus: D14, K12, V12 TheBus: 34Silver Hill Road / Swann RoadBidirectional Metrobus: D14, K12, V12 TheBus: 34Silver Hill Road / Randall RoadBidirectional Metrobus: D14, K12, V12 TheBus: 34Silver Hill Road / Parkway Terrace DriveEastbound Metrobus: D14, K12, V12 TheBus: 34Suitland Station Roadway / Suitland Federal CenterBidirectional Metrobus: D12, D14, K12, V12 TheBus: 34 MTA Maryland Bus: 735, 850Suitland stationBus Bays M and NBidirectional Metrobus: D12, D14, K12, V12 TheBus: 34 MTA Maryland Bus: 735, 850 Washington Metro: Silver Hill Road / Maywood LaneBidirectional Metrobus: D12Silver Hill Road / Terrace DriveBidirectional Metrobus: D12Silver Hill Road / Silver Park DriveBidirectional Metrobus: D12Silver Hill Road / St. Barnabas RoadEastbound Metrobus: D12Silver Hill Road Road / Old Silver Hill RoadWestbound Metrobus: D12Iverson Street / Branch AvenueThe Shops at IversonBidirectional Metrobus: C12, C14, H13 TheBus: 32Iverson Street / 28th AvenueBidirectional Metrobus: C12 TheBus: 32Iverson Street / 26th AvenueBidirectional Metrobus: C12, H12Iverson Street / 25th AvenueBidirectional Metrobus: C12, H12Iverson Street / 24th StreetBidirectional Metrobus: C12, H12Iverson Street / 23rd PlaceBidirectional Metrobus: C12, H12Iverson Street / 23rd ParkwayBidirectional Metrobus: C12, H12Iverson Street / 22nd AvenueBidirectionalIverson Street / 21st AvenueBidirectionalIverson Street / 19th PlaceWestboundIverson Street / Iverson PlaceEastboundIverson Place / #4707WestboundIverson Place / #4708EastboundWheeler Road / Iverson PlaceBidirectionalWheeler Road / Manor DriveBidirectionalWheeler Road / Leland DriveEastboundWheeler Road / Brierfield RoadWestboundWheeler Road / Calais CourtBidirectionalWheeler Road / Vermillion AvenueBidirectionalWheeler Hills Road / Wheeler RoadBidirectionalWheeler Hills Road / #4551BidirectionalForest Hills Apartments / Wheeler Hills RoadWestboundForest Hills Apartments / #1417EastboundForest Hills Apartments / Rental OfficeBidirectionalForest Hill Apartments / Southern AvenueWestbound Metrobus: A2, D12, D14, NH1, W2 TheBus: 33, 35, 37Southern Avenue / #1380Bidirectional Metrobus: A2, D12, D14, NH1, W2, W14 TheBus: 33, 35, 37Southern Avenue stationBus Bays E and NBidirectional Metrobus: 32, A2, A32, D12, D14, NH1, P18, W1, W2, W14 TheBus: 33, 35, 37 Washington Metro: Southern Avenue / #1380Bidirectional Metrobus: A2, D12, D14, NH1, W2 TheBus: 33, 35, 37Southern Avenue / United Medical CenterWestbound Metrobus: A2, D12, D14, NH1, W2 TheBus: 33, 35, 37 Southern Avenue / Forest Hills ApartmentsEastbound Metrobus: A2, D12, D14, NH1, W2 TheBus: 33, 35, 37Southern Avenue / 13th Street SEBidirectional Metrobus: A2, D12, D14, NH1, P18, W2, W14 TheBus: 33, 35, 37Southern Avenue / Wheeler RoadBidirectional Metrobus: A2, A6, A7, D12, D14, NH1 TheBus: 33, 35, 37Southern Avenue / 9th Street SEBidirectional Metrobus: A6, A7, D12, D14, NH1 TheBus: 33, 35, 37Southern Avenue / Chesapeake Street SEBidirectional Metrobus: A6, A7, D12, D14, NH1, P18, W14 TheBus: 33, 35, 37Southview Drive / Southview CourtBidirectional Metrobus: NH1Southview Drive / #1125Westbound Metrobus: NH1Southview Drive / #1224Eastbound Metrobus: NH1Southview Drive / #1271Bidirectional Metrobus: NH1Southview Drive / #1333Bidirectional Metrobus: NH1Southview Drive / #1373Bidirectional Metrobus: NH1Southview Drive / #1510Bidirectional Metrobus: NH1Iverson Street / Sutler DriveBidirectional Metrobus: NH1Iverson Street / #1305Eastbound Metrobus: NH1Iverson Street / #1306Westbound Metrobus: NH1Iverson Street / Owens RoadBidirectional Metrobus: NH1 TheBus: 33Owens Road / #1100Bidirectional Metrobus: NH1 TheBus: 33Kennebec Street / Owens RoadBidirectional Metrobus: NH1 TheBus: 33Kennebec Street / #1101EastboundKennebec Street / #1100WestboundKennebec Street / Glassmanor DriveEastboundKennebec Street / Deal DriveWestbound Metrobus: D12Deal Drive / Audrey LaneWestbound Metrobus: D12Audrey Lane / Deal DriveEastbound Metrobus: D12Audrey Lane / #632Westbound Metrobus: D12Audrey Lane / Neptune AvenueBidirectional Metrobus: D12Audrey Lane / Eastover Park & Ride Lot(Eastover)Eastbound station,Westbound terminal Metrobus: D12, D14, P18, W14 TheBus: 35, 37Eastover Shopping Center / #5035BEastboundEastover Shopping Center / Dollar TreeEastboundEastover Shopping Center / Giant Super MarketEastboundAudrey Lane / Indian Head HighwayEastbound Metrobus: D12, D14, P18, W14 TheBus: 35, 37
History Route P12 was created as a brand new bus route by the WM&A Bus Company in 1965, to operate as part of the District Heights-Silver Hill Road Line between the Eastover Shopping Center in Forest Heights, Maryland and the intersection of Shady Glen Drive and Central Avenue along Walker Mill Road. P12 was eventually converted into a WMATA Metrobus Route on February 4, 1973, when WMATA acquired all four bus companies that operated throughout the Washington D.C. Metropolitan Area and merged them to form its own Metrobus System.
On December 3, 1978, route P12 was extended from its original terminus at the intersection of Shady Glen Drive & Central Avenue to Deanwood station beginning on December 3, 1978. The name of the P12 was also changed to the Eastover–Deanwood Line.
On January 4, 1981, two months after the Addison Road station opened, route P12 discontinued service to Deanwood station and instead terminate at Addison Road station. Route P14 and R12 would replace the P12 between Deanwood and Addison Road stations operating along the former P12 routing. The only changes route P12 would also have was that the P12 would operate along Central Avenue to Shady Glen Drive, then turn onto Shady Glen Drive to the Eastover Shopping Center and vice versa to Addison Road. The line was then renamed the Eastover–Addison Road Line.
On January 13, 2001, when both Suitland and Southern Avenue stations opened, P12 went through a minor rerouting change to divert to Suitland and Southern Avenue stations.
In 2014, it was proposed for the P12 and V12 to swap routings between Addison Road station and the intersection of Addison Road and Walker Mill Road which will provide a more direct route for the P12 as the V12 is focused to become a neighborhood focused route. Also P12 was also proposed to terminate only at Southern Avenue station with a brand new P10 service operating between Southern Avenue and Eastover Shopping Center but discontinue service at United Medical Center with alternative service provided by the A2, W2, and W3.
This was because discontinuing service through United Medical Center property will save time and increase reliability, since buses will make fewer turns and will no longer get stuck behind illegally parked vehicles at the hospital entrance, swapping P12 and V12 routing on Walker Mill Road and Shady Glen Drive will provide a more direct route for the P12 as the V12 is already designed to be a more neighborhood-focused service, and splitting the P12 route at Southern Avenue Station will increase reliability and on time performance plus also provides the flexibility to focus future resources on the portions of the line with the highest demand. According to Performance Measures, only 11% of passengers on the route travel through Southern Avenue Station, the route averages approximately 52 passengers per hour on weekday, and 41 passengers per hour on Saturdays and Sundays north of Southern Avenue Station, and the route averages approximately 58 passengers per hour of weekdays, 54 passengers per hour on Saturdays and 56 passengers per hour on Sundays south of Southern Avenue Station.
On June 21, 2015, routes P12 and V12 swapped their routing between the intersection of Addison Road and Walker Mill Road and Addison Road station. Route P12 would operate along Addison Road, while route V12 would operate along Shady Glen Drive, Walker Mill Road, and Central Avenue. Also, route P12 discontinued service to the United Medical Center and instead serve bus stops along Southern Avenue. As a result of these changes, route P12 also became a more direct route while route V12 a neighborhood-focused route which was WMATA's "Better Bus Service" initiative program's goal.
During the COVID-19 pandemic, route P12 operated on its Saturday supplemental schedule beginning on March 16, 2020. However beginning on March 18, 2020, Route P12 began operating on its Sunday service. Weekend service was also reduced to operate every 30 minutes. Route P12 regular service was restored on August 23, 2020.
On September 5, 2021, service was increased to operate every 12 minutes daily between 7 a.m. to 9 p.m.
In 2024 during WMATA's FY2024 Budget crisis, WMATA proposed to reduce the frequency of buses from every 12 minutes to 20 minutes daily and eliminate all trips after midnight daily for the P12. However on April 25, 2024, Metro’s Board of Directors approved a $4.8 billion capital and operating budget which avoided service cuts.
On January 12, 2025, all service in the Forest Hill Apartments were eliminated, with service being rerouted along Southern Avenue SE. This is due to a cease-and-desist complaint letter from the owner of Forest Hill Apartments.
Better Bus Redesign In 2022, WMATA launched its Better Bus Redesign project, which aimed to redesign the entire Metrobus Network and is the first full redesign of the agency's bus network in its history.