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T14
Rhode Island Avenue-New Carrollton Line
A New Flyer XDE40 (7046) on the T14
Overview
System	Metrobus
Operator	Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority
Garage	Landover
Livery	Local
Status	In Service
Began service	1950s-1960s
Ended service	85: 2007 84: 2014
Predecessors	84, 85
Route
Locale	Prince George's County, Northeast
Communities served	New Carrollton, Riverdale Park, Edomndston, Bladensburg, Colmar Manor, Cottage City, Mount Rainier, Woodridge
Landmarks served	East Pines, Peace Cross
Start	New Carrollton station
Via	Rhode Island Avenue N.E., Rhode Island Avenue, Bladensburg Road, Annapolis Road, Kenilworth Avenue, Good Luck Road, Westbrook Drive
End	Rhode Island Avenue–Brentwood station
Service
Level	Daily
Frequency	40 minutes
Weekend frequency	60 minutes
Operates	4:37 AM – 10:28 PM
Ridership	412,957 (FY 2023)
Transfers	SmarTrip only
Timetable	Rhode Island Avenue-New Carrollton Line
Route map ← T2  {{{system_nav}}}  T18 →

The Rhode Island Avenue–New Carrollton Line, designated Route T14, is a daily bus route operated by the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority between the New Carrollton station of the Orange Line of the Washington Metro and Rhode Island Avenue–Brentwood station of the Red Line of the Washington Metro. The line operates every 20–25 during the peak periods and 60 minutes during the weekday middays and on the weekends. Route T14 trips roughly take 50 minutes.

Background

Route T14 operates daily between New Carrollton station and Rhode Island Avenue stations primarily running into neighborhoods unlike route T18 which is a direct route. The line also operates a limited stop segment between Mount Rainier Terminal and Rhode Island Avenue alongside routes G9 and T18 at all times serving only five stops. Local service is provided by routes 83 and 86.

Route T14 currently operates out of Landover division.

T14 stops

Bus stop	Direction	Connections
Prince George's County, Maryland
New Carrollton station Bus Bay K	Westbound station, Eastbound terminal	Metrobus: A12, B21, B22, B24, B27, F4, F6, F12, F13, F14, G12, G14, 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)
85th Avenue / Lenox Court Apartments	Westbound	TheBus: 16
85th Avenue / Carrollan Gardens Condos	Eastbound	TheBus: 16
85th Avenue / Carrollan Manor Apartments	Bidirectional	TheBus: 16
85th Avenue / Longfellow Street	Bidirectional
85th Avenue / Legation Road	Westbound
Westbrook Drive / 85th Avenue	Eastbound
Westbrook Drive / Madison Street	Westbound
Westbrook Drive / Nicholson Street	Eastbound
Westbrook Drive / Oglethorpe Street	Westbound
Westbrook Drive / Oliver Street	Eastbound
Westbrook Drive / Powhatan Street	Westbound
Powhatan Street / Westbrook Drive	Eastbound
85th Place / Powhatan Street	Bidirectional
85th Place / Fremont Street	Bidirectional
85th Place / Carrollton Parkway	Westbound
85th Place / Ravenswood Road	Eastbound
Carrollton Parkway / 85th Place	Bidirectional
Carrollton Parkway / Fairbanks Street	Bidirectional
Carrollton Parkway / Quentin Street	Bidirectional
Carrollton Parkway / Lamont Drive	Westbound	TheBus: 16
Lamont Drive / Carrollton Parkway	Eastbound	TheBus: 16
Lamont Drive / Quentin Street	Bidirectional	TheBus: 16
Lamont Drive / Fairbanks Street	Westbound	TheBus: 16
Good Luck Road / Lamont Elementary School	Bidirectional
Good Luck Road / Nashville Road	Bidirectional
Good Luck Road / Harland Street	Westbound
Good Luck Road / Trexler Road	Eastbound
Good Luck Road / Ian Street	Westbound
Good Luck Road / Adrian Street	Eastbound
Auburn Avenue / Chestnut Avenue	Bidirectional	Metrobus: F6 TheBus: 14
Auburn Avenue / 3rd Street	Bidirectional	Metrobus: F6 TheBus: 14
Auburn Avenue / 2nd Street	Bidirectional	Metrobus: F6 TheBus: 14
Auburn Avenue / 1st Street	Bidirectional	Metrobus: F6 TheBus: 14
Auburn Avenue / Riverdale Road	Bidirectional	Metrobus: F6 TheBus: 14
Riverdale Road / Auburn Avenue	Westbound	Metrobus: F4 TheBus: 14
Riverdale Road / 67th Place	Bidirectional	Metrobus: F4 TheBus: 14 MTA: Purple Line (at Beacon Heights-East Pines station (Planned)
Riverdale Road / 67th Avenue	Bidirectional	Metrobus: F4 TheBus: 14
Riverdale Road / 64th Avenue	Westbound	Metrobus: F4 TheBus: 14
Riverdale Road / Eastpine Drive	Eastbound	Metrobus: F4 TheBus: 14
Riverdale Road / Mustang Drive	Westbound	Metrobus: F4 TheBus: 14
Riverdale Road / 63rd Avenue	Eastbound	Metrobus: F4 TheBus: 14
Riverdale Road / 61st Avenue	Westbound	Metrobus: F4 TheBus: 14
Riverdale Road / 57th Avenue	Bidirectional	Metrobus: F4, R12 TheBus: 14 MTA: Purple Line (at Riverdale Park-Kenilworth station) (Planned)
Kenilworth Avenue / Nicholson Street	Bidirectional	Metrobus: R12 TheBus: 14
Kenilworth Avenue / Nicholson Street	Bidirectional	Metrobus: R12 TheBus: 14
Kenilworth Avenue / Jefferson Street	Eastbound	Metrobus: R12
Kenilworth Avenue / Spring Lane	Westbound	Metrobus: R12
Kenilworth Avenue / Kennedy Street	Eastbound	Metrobus: R12
Kenilworth Avenue / Greenway Drive	Bidirectional	Metrobus: R12
Edmonston Road / Hamilton Street	Bidirectional
Edmonston Road / Gallatin Street	Bidirectional
Edmonston Road / Farragut Street	Eastbound
Edmonston Road / Emerson Street	Bidirectional
Edmonston Road / Decatur Street	Bidirectional
Edmonston Road / Chesapeake Road	Bidirectional
Edmonston Road / Buchanan Street	Bidirectional
Edmonston Road / 51st Street	Bidirectional
Edmonston Road / Upshur Street	Westbound
Edmonston Road / Tilden Road	Eastbound
Edmonston Road / Taylor Street	Bidirectional
Edmonston Road / Annapolis Road	Bidirectional	Metrobus: F1, T18 TheBus: 18
Annapolis Road / 48th Street	Bidirectional	Metrobus: F1, F8, T18 TheBus: 18
Annapolis Road / 46th Street	Bidirectional	Metrobus: F1, F8, T18 TheBus: 18
Bladensburg Road / 43rd Avenue	Bidirectional	Metrobus: F1, T18 TheBus: 18
Bladensburg Road / 42nd Avenue	Eastbound	Metrobus: F1, T18 TheBus: 18
Bladensburg Road / 41st Avenue	Westbound	Metrobus: F1, T18 TheBus: 18
Bladensburg Road / 40th Place	Eastbound	Metrobus: F1, T18 TheBus: 18
Bladensburg Road / 40th Avenue	Eastbound	Metrobus: F1, T18 TheBus: 18
Bladensburg Road / 38th Avenue	Bidirectional	Metrobus: F1, T18 TheBus: 18
38th Avenue / Parkwood Street	Bidirectional	Metrobus: F1, T18 TheBus: 18
38th Avenue / Perry Street	Bidirectional	Metrobus: F1, T18 TheBus: 12, 18
Rhode Island Avenue / 37th Place	Westbound	Metrobus: 83, 86, F1, T18 TheBus: 12, 17
Rhode Island Avenue / 37th Street	Eastbound	Metrobus: 83, 86, F1, T18 TheBus: 17
Rhode Island Avenue / 34th Street	Westbound	Metrobus: 83, 86, B2, F1, T18 TheBus: 17
Rhode Island Avenue / Municipal Place	Eastbound	Metrobus: 83, 86, B2, F1, T18 TheBus: 17
Northeast Washington, D.C.
Rhode Island Avenue NE / Newton Street NE	Bidirectional	Metrobus: 83, 86, T18
Rhode Island Avenue NE / South Dakota Avenue NE	Eastbound	Metrobus: 83, 86, T18
Rhode Island Avenue NE / 24th Street NE	Westbound	Metrobus: 83, 86, T18
Rhode Island Avenue NE / 18th Street NE	Bidirectional	Metrobus: 83, 86, E2, T18
Rhode Island Avenue NE / Montana Avenue NE	Eastbound	Metrobus: 83, 86, S41, T18
Rhode Island Avenue NE / Brentwood Road NE	Westbound	Metrobus: 83, 86, S41, T18
Rhode Island Avenue NE / 12th Street NE	Bidirectional	Metrobus: 83, 86, D8, H8, H9, S41, T18
Rhode Island Avenue–Brentwood Station Bus Bay D	Eastbound station, Westbound terminal	Metrobus: 83, 86, D8, H8, H9, P6, S41, T18 Metropolitan Branch Trail Washington Metro:

History

Route T14 was originally named the Bowie-Belair Line and operated alongside the former route T12 Route between Rhode Island Avenue-Brentwood station and Bowie State University, between March 27, 1976, when both routes were created as brand new Metrobus Routes. Then on December 3, 1978, when New Carrollton station opened, both routes T12 & T14 were truncated to only operate between New Carrollton station & Bowie State University. In the early 1990s, the line was discontinued and replaced by routes B24, B25, and B27.

Routes 84 and 85 operated alongside much of exactly the same routing, even when both routes were still streetcar routes that had yet to become Metrobus routes with route 84 operating daily and route 85 operating peak hours only. Routes 84 and 85 originally operated all the way between West Potomac Park & the Eastpine Shopping Center in Riverdale mostly operating via, Riverdale Road, Kenilworth Avenue, Edmonston Road, Annapolis Road, Bladensburg Road, and North Capitol Street, to Downtown Washington D.C. as streetcar routes and the first few years of being Metrobus routes in 1973.

On March 27, 1976, routes 84 & 85 were rerouted to make a turn from Rhode Island Avenue, onto the intersection of Washington Place to enter and serve the newly opened Rhode Island Avenue–Brentwood station. Routes 84 & 85 would then loop back onto Washington Place and then make a turn to get back onto Rhode Island Avenue and follow the rest of their routing along with routes 82, 83, & 86, the rest of the way from the Rhode Island Avenue–Brentwood station all the way up to West Potomac Park via Downtown Washington D.C. The routes would also serve Rhode Island when going Southbound.

On September 21, 1978, routes 82, 83, 86, 84, 85 were shorten to terminate at Rhode Island Avenue–Brentwood station only due to it being cost effective and duplicate to both the Red Line and other Metrobus routes. Passengers would have to transfer to either another Metrobus route or the Red Line to travel the rest of the way to Downtown Washington D.C. or West Potomac Park from Rhode Island Avenue–Brentwood station.

On November 21, 1978, when New Carrollton station opened, routes 84 & 85 were extended from their terminus at Eastpine Shopping Center, to New Carrollton station via Riverdale Road, Auburn Avenue, Good Luck Road, Lamont Drive, Carrollton Parkway, 85th Place, Powhatan Street, Westbrook Drive, 85th Avenue, West Lanham Drive, and Ellin Road. While route 84 would be the main route that operated seven days a week between Rhode Island Avenue–Brentwood station & New Carrollton, route 85 would operate during weekday peak hours that would only allow passengers to board in Washington D.C. and alight in Maryland. Route 84 would still serve the Eastpine Shopping Center terminal while route 85 will bypass the terminal inside the shopping center.

On December 30, 2007, route 85 was discontinued and replaced it with modified route 84 trips which would have the same restrictions as the route 85 trips, while allowing passengers to board in Washington D.C. and alight in Maryland. During that same time, route 84's diversion into the Eastpine Shopping Center was removed and route 84 was rerouted to follow 85's routing straight along Riverdale Road through the Eastpine Shopping Center.

On December 14, 2014, route 84 was renamed Route T14 keeping the same routing and discontinuing the 84 designation. WMATA also began a new limited-stop segment along Rhode Island Avenue between Mount Rainier terminal and Rhode Island Avenue-Brentwood station along with route T18. The limited stop segment was to reduce bus bunching along Rhode Island Avenue and improve on time performance for routes T14 and T18. Buses would only serve the following stops:

• Rhode Island Ave & 12th St NE
• Rhode Island Ave & Montana Ave NE (eastbound)/14th St NE (westbound)
• Rhode Island Ave & 18th St NE
• Rhode Island Ave & South Dakota Ave NE (eastbound)/24th St NE (westbound)
• Rhode Island Ave & Newton St NE

Passengers wishing for local service will have to use routes 83 or 86.

During the COVID-19 pandemic, the route was relegated to operate on its Saturday supplemental schedule beginning on March 16, 2020. However beginning on March 18, 2020, the route was further reduced to operate on its Sunday schedule. Also beginning on March 21, 2020, all weekend service was suspended. On August 23, 2020, route T14 was restored to its regular weekday schedule but with a reduced Saturday schedule and all Sunday schedule suspended.

On September 26, 2020, WMATA proposed to eliminate all route T14 Sunday service due to low federal funding in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. However, on March 14, 2021, route T14 Sunday service was restored.

References

1. "Metrobus FY2023 Annual Line Performance Report" (PDF). wmata.com. April 27, 2024. Retrieved May 28, 2024.
2. "Bus Routes Change Sunday to Link With Orange Line". Washingtonpost.com. Retrieved 21 January 2019.
3. "Rhode Island Avenue Great Streets Plan : Existing Conditions Analysis" (PDF). Planning.dc.gov. Retrieved 2019-01-12.
4. "Metro News Release". Wmata.com. Retrieved 2019-01-12.
5. ^ "Metrobus service changes effective December 14 to shorten wait times, reduce crowding". www.wmata.com. Archived from the original on January 13, 2019. Retrieved 21 April 2020.
6. "Metro announces additional COVID-19 changes, including reduced service beginning Monday | WMATA". www.wmata.com. Retrieved 31 January 2021.
7. "METRO SERVICE LEVELS & HOURS FURTHER REDUCED TO SUPPORT ESSENTIAL TRIPS ONLY, STARTING WEDNESDAY | WMATA". www.wmata.com. Retrieved 31 January 2021.
8. "Weekend: Metro service limited to 26 bus routes, reduced rail service; expect wait times of 30 minutes; customers urged to travel only if essential | WMATA". www.wmata.com. Retrieved 31 January 2021.
9. "Metrobus Service Changes beginning August 23 | WMATA". www.wmata.com. Retrieved 31 January 2021.
10. "Proposed Service Adjustments by Jurisdiction" (PDF). Retrieved 27 September 2020.
11. "Metrobus Service Changes Beginning March 14, 2021 | WMATA". www.wmata.com. Retrieved 11 March 2021.

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