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The Landover Road Line, designated Route L12 is a daily bus route operated by the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority between Downtown Largo station of the Blue and Silver Lines of the Washington Metro and Capital Plaza Mall. The line operates every 20 minutes between 7AM and 9PM, and 30-60 minutes after 9PM. Route L12 trips roughly take 48 minutes. The line was a portion of the A12, which was split into two separate routes beginning on June 25, 2023.

Current route

Route L12 operates daily between Capital Plaza and Downtown Largo station providing service among the Landover community. Route L12 currently gets its buses out of Landover division.

L12 Stops

Bus stop	Direction	Connections
Prince George's County, Maryland
Downtown Largo station Bus Bay A	Westbound station, Eastbound terminal	Metrobus: C21, C22, C26, C27, C29 TheBus: 21, 26, 28 Washington Metro:
Largo Drive West / #9301	Westbound	Metrobus: C21, C22, C26, C27, C29
Harry S. Truman Drive / Largo Drive West	Eastbound	Metrobus: C21, C22, C26, C27, C29
Lottsford Road / Largo Drive West	Eastbound	Metrobus: C21, C22, C26, C27, C29
Lottsford Road / Harry S. Truman Drive	Bidirectional	Metrobus: C21, C22, C26, C27, C29 TheBus: 21, 28
Lottsford Road / Grand Boulevard	Bidirectional	TheBus: 21, 28
Lottsford Road / Zachery Street	Bidirectional	TheBus: 21, 28
Lottsford Road / Medical Center Drive	Bidirectional	Metrobus: C21, C22, C29
Lottsford Road / McCormick Drive	Bidirectional	TheBus: 21, 28
Lottsford Road / #9475	Westbound	TheBus: 21, 28
Lottsford Road / #9617	Eastbound	TheBus: 21, 28
Lottsford Road / Lottsford Court	Westbound	TheBus: 21, 28
Ruby Lockhart Boulevard / Cross Church Way	Bidirectional
Ruby Lockhart Boulevard / Ruby Turn	Bidirectional
Ruby Lockhart Boulevard / Grand Way Boulevard	Bidirectional
Ruby Lockhart Boulevard / Campus Way North	Bidirectional	TheBus: 28
Barlowe Road / Landover Road	Bidirectional	Metrobus: A12
Barlowe Road / Allendale Drive	Bidirectional	Metrobus: A12
Barlowe Road / Ray Leonard Road	Bidirectional	Metrobus: A12
Barlowe Road / Palmer Park Road	Bidirectional	Metrobus: A12
Matthew Henson Avenue / Barlowe Road	Eastbound	Metrobus: A12
Greenleaf Road / Matthew Henson Avenue	Bidirectional	Metrobus: A12
Greenleaf Road / Normandy Road	Bidirectional	Metrobus: A12
Greenleaf Road / Romney Court	Bidirectional	Metrobus: A12
Greenleaf Road / Muncy Road	Westbound	Metrobus: A12
Landover Road / Prospect Street	Eastbound	Metrobus: F12
Fire House Road / East Lombard Street	Bidirectional	Metrobus: F12 TheBus: 27
Fire House Road / Hawthorne Street	Westbound
Hawthorne Street / Fire House Road	Eastbound
Hawthorne Street / Kent Village Drive	Bidirectional
Hawthorne Street / Kent Town Drive	Bidirectional
Hawthorne Street / #6819	Bidirectional
Hawthorne Street / Pinebrook Avenue	Bidirectional
Pinebrook Avenue / Landover Road	Bidirectional
Landover Road / Pinebrook Avenue	Bidirectional	Metrobus: F12 TheBus: 27
Old Landover Road / Landover Road	Bidirectional	Metrobus: F12 TheBus: 27
Pennsy Drive / Landover station	Bidirectional	Metrobus: F12 TheBus: 27
Landover station Bus Bays C and D	Bidirectional	Metrobus: F12 TheBus: 27 Washington Metro:
Old Landover Road / Landover Road	Bidirectional	Metrobus: F12 TheBus: 27
Landover Road / Kilmer Street	Bidirectional
Landover Road / #6490	Westbound
Landover Road / Cheverly Terrace Apartments	Eastbound
Landover Road / Old Landover Road	Westbound	Metrobus: F13
Landover Road / 63rd Place	Eastbound	Metrobus: F13
Landover Road / Neighbor Lane	Westbound	Metrobus: F13
Landover Road / 62nd Avenue	Eastbound	Metrobus: F13
Hospital Drive / Landover Road	Bidirectional	Metrobus: F1, F8, F13 TheBus: 18
Hospital Drive / County Health Center	Bidirectional	Metrobus: F1, F8, F13
Annapolis Road / 62nd Avenue	Bidirectional	Metrobus: T18
Annapolis Road / 65th Avenue	Bidirectional	Metrobus: T18
Cooper Lane / Annapolis Road Capital Plaza	Westbound terminal, Eastbound station	Metrobus: F13, T18

History

The first proposal for a new Route L12 happened in 2012 when WMATA proposed to split the A12 into two routes with the A12 running between Addison Road station and New Carrollton station via Brightseat Road and Ardwick Industrial Park and discontinuing service to Capital Plaza and Landover station primarily running along Martin Luther King Jr. Highway. A new Route L12 will operate the A12 routing between Capital Plaza and Largo Town Center (now Downtown Largo) station via Landover station and Woodmore Town Center primarily running on Landover Road via Palmer Park and Hawthorne Street running along the old A12 routing. Stops between Martin Luther King Jr. Highway and Brightseat Road will be replaced by a rerouted route F14 which will discontinue service along a portion of Brightseat Road being replaced by Route A12.

The reason for the changes was that WMATA wanted to have one route running primarily along Martin Luther King Jr. Highway (A12) and another route running primarily on Landover Road (L12). However public feedback was opposed to the route change, which led WMATA to shelve the plans.

Later during WMATA's 2024 Fiscal Year Budget in March 2023, WMATA brought back the A12 and L12 proposal from 2014, which was almost identical to the original proposal. However one difference was route F14 would not be rerouted along Landover Road and instead remain on Brightest Road. Subsequently, the FY2024 budget was approved in April 2023, which included a new Route L12.

In June 2023, WMATA announced the new L12 will begin service on June 25, 2023. The line would be named under the Landover Road Line and will operate every 20 minutes between Downtown Largo station and Capital Plaza via Lottsford Road, Woodmore Towne Centre, Landover Road, Greenleaf Road, Matthew Henson Avenue, Barlowe Road, Fire House Road, Hawthorne Street, Pinebrook Avenue, Landover Station, Hospital Drive, and Annapolis Road, replacing the A12 which was rerouted to serve New Carrollton station beginning along the intersection of Glenarden Parkway & Martin Luther King Jr. Highway.

References

1. ^ "MARYLAND PROPOSED BUS SERVICE CHANGES" (PDF). Retrieved 12 June 2023.
2. "Fiscal Year 2024 Budget: Proposed Fare and Service Changes | WMATA". www.wmata.com. Retrieved 9 March 2023.
3. "WMATA Board approves $4.8 billion FY24 capital and operating budget". www.masstransitmag.com. Retrieved 12 June 2023.
4. "Metro's Board Approves $4.8B Budget, Simplifies Fares and Increases Frequency of Service; Redesign of Better Bus Network | WMATA". www.wmata.com. Retrieved 12 June 2023.
5. "Metrobus Changes Begin Sunday, June 25, 2023 | WMATA". www.wmata.com. Retrieved 12 June 2023.

External links

• L12 Landover Road Line – wmata.com

• Metrobus (Washington, D.C.) routes