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Posted by WMATAGMOAGH on Thu Jul 1 17:52:51 2010, in response to Re: WhineMATA, posted by Scrabbleship on Thu Jul 1 14:25:43 2010. The N9 was an express bus from Montgomery Mall to Federal Triangle that operated express via the Clara Barton Parkway after making the Glen Echo stop. It was rerouted via Massachusetts Avenue after the Red Line opened to Grosvenor and N9 ridership dropped as people began to take the subway instead, at which time it became the N7. The N8 is the predecessor to Ride On route 29. (Incidentally, both route designations have since been used for various Wesley Heights service for the past 10 years or so).The T4 ran from Bethesda to White Flint via Old Georgetown Road. The T6 ran from Friendship Heights to Shady Grove. In the early 1990s, it became the 42 and 46. The rerouting of the 42 due to security restrictions at NIH and the subsequent extension of the 34 to Friendship Heights have nothing to do with transit subsidies, which are often the underlying issue for who runs what (who can operate the service at the lowest cost). The 48 used to be a WMATA route as well (either Q4 or Q6), the 41 used to be a WMATA route (also a Q route), the 26 used to be the C8, the 1/11 used to be the J4/J6. Incidentally, the busiest Ride On route in terms of ridership (the 55) was never a WMATA route. There have been proposals to make the 15 into a WMATA route, so this sort of thing can go the other way, too. |
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