This is a list of bus routes operated by the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA), branded as Metrobus in Northern Virginia. Most routes operated under Northern Virginia trolleys, the Alexandria, Barcroft and Washington Transit Company (AB&W), and the Washington Virginia & Maryland Coach Company (WV&M) prior to the 1960s.
Most Metrobus routes in Northern Virginia begin with a single or double digit number followed by a letter. [1] [2]
Many current routes operate under former streetcar routes. The streetcars provided the main transportation in the Northern Virginia area from the 1800s to the 1940s. [3] The Alexandria, Barcroft and Washington Transit Company (AB&W) and the Washington Virginia & Maryland Coach Company (WV&M) operated some of the routes prior to 1973. In 1973, WMATA acquired the two bus companies along with other bus companies to form its current Metrobus system. [4] At one point, most VA routes would enter into Downtown before Metro was built in which all buses would terminate at stations in various locations. Today, the main Northern VA hub is at Pentagon station which connects to Arlington Transit, DASH, Fairfax Connector, Loudoun County Transit, PRTC OmniRide, and Ride Smart Northern Shenandoah Valley lines.
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, service has been mostly reduced to Sunday service schedules during the weekdays with select routes both added and suspended from March 18 until August 22, 2020. Routes 16C, 28A, 29K, 29N, and REX were the only routes that ran during the weekends with the rest of the routes suspended. [5] On August 23, 2020, more routes came back during the weekdays and weekends returning Metrobus service to 75%. [6]
Most Virginia Metrobus routes operate inside Northern Virginia. However a few routes will go into Downtown DC under former streetcar routings and demand.
Route | Terminals | Streets traveled | Service notes | Divisions | ||
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1A, 1B Wilson Boulevard–Vienna Line |
↔ | Ballston–MU station |
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1C Fair Oaks–Fairfax Boulevard Line |
Fair Oaks Mall | ↔ | Dunn Loring station |
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2A Washington Blvd.–Dunn Loring Line |
Dunn Loring station | ↔ | Ballston–MU station |
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2B Fair Oaks–Jermantown Road Line |
Fair Oaks Mall | ↔ | Dunn Loring station |
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3F, 3Y Langston Boulevard-McPherson Square Line |
East Falls Church station | ↔ |
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4B Pershing Drive–Arlington Boulevard Line |
Seven Corners Transit Center | ↔ | Rosslyn station |
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7A Landmark–North Fairlington Line |
Pentagon station | ↔ | Van Dorn Street station |
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7M Mark Center–Pentagon Line |
Mark Center | ↔ | Pentagon station |
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8W Foxchase–Seminary Valley Line |
Mark Center | ↔ | Pentagon station |
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10A Alexandria–Pentagon Line |
Huntington station | ↔ | Pentagon station |
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10B Hunting Point–Ballston Line |
Hunting Point | ↔ | Ballston–MU station |
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11Y Mount Vernon Express Line |
Mount Vernon (Mt Vernon Highway & Grist Mill Woods Rd) | ↔ | West Potomac Park (18th & C Sts, NW) |
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16A, 16C, 16E Columbia Pike Line |
↔ |
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16M Columbia Pike–National Landing Line |
Skyline City (Seminary Rd & Magnolia La) | ↔ | Crystal City station |
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16Y Columbia Pike–Farragut Square Line |
Barcroft (Four Mile Run Dr & Columbia Pike) | ↔ | McPherson Square station |
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17B, 17M Kings Park–North Springfield Line |
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↔ | Pentagon station |
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17G, 17K Kings Park Express Line |
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↔ | Pentagon station |
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18G, 18J Orange Hunt Line |
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↔ | Pentagon station |
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18P Burke Centre Express Line |
Burke Centre (Oak Leather Dr & Oakenshaw Court) | ↔ | Pentagon station |
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21C Landmark–Holmes Run Parkway Line |
Landmark (Stevens Avenue & South Walker Street) | ↔ | Pentagon station |
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22A, 22F Barcroft–South Fairlington Line |
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↔ | Pentagon station |
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23A, 23B, 23T McLean–Crystal City Line |
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25B Carlin Springs Road Line |
Ballston–MU station | ↔ |
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26A Annandale–East Falls Church Line |
East Falls Church station | ↔ | NVCC–Annandale |
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28A Leesburg Pike Line |
Tysons station (south side) | ↔ | King Street – Old Town station |
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28F Skyline City Line |
Skyline City (5113 S George Mason Drive) | ↔ | Pentagon station |
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29G Annandale Line |
Annandale (Americana & Heritage Drives) | ↔ | Pentagon station |
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29K, 29N Alexandria–Fairfax Line |
↔ | King Street – Old Town station |
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38B Ballston–Farragut Square Line |
Ballston–MU station | ↔ | Farragut Square |
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MWY Metroway |
Pentagon City station | ↔ | Braddock Road station |
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REX Richmond Highway Express |
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↔ | King Street – Old Town station |
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Route | History |
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1A, 1B |
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2A |
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3F, 3Y |
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4B |
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7A |
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7M |
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8W |
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10A |
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10B |
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11Y |
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16A, 16C, 16E |
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16M |
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16Y | |
17B, 17M |
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17G, 17K | |
18G, 18J |
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18P |
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21C |
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22A, 22F |
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23A, 23B, 23T |
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25B |
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26A |
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28A |
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29G |
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29K, 29N |
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38B | |
Metroway | |
REX |
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During the years, Fairfax Connector, DASH, Arlington Transit, and PRTC OmniRide took over parts of Northern Virginia for WMATA as it would be easier to operate and maintain. Some of the discontinued routes from WMATA are now operated under those bus carriers. Other routes were discontinued due to either low ridership, duplication of another route, merged into other routes, or low funding. However some routes would be reincarnated into new routes for Metrobus. Examples of reincarnations were the 7M, 16C, and 26A.
Route | Terminals | Streets traveled | History | ||
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1D Wilson Boulevard-Fairfax Line |
Dunn Loring station | ↔ | Ballston–MU station |
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1E Wilson Boulevard–Vienna Line |
Seven Corners Transit Center | ↔ | Ballston–MU station |
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1F Wilson Boulevard Line |
Seven Corners Transit Center | ↔ | Ballston–MU station |
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1H [38] | ↔ | ||||
1M, 1V, 1W
[35]
[21] Wilson Boulevard-Annandale Line |
Annandale | ↔ |
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1X
[35]
[21] Wilson Boulevard-Fairfax Line |
Annandale | ↔ |
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1Z Wilson Boulevard–Vienna Line |
Vienna station | ↔ | Ballston–MU station |
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2C, 2G Washington Boulevard Line |
Ballston–MU station | ↔ |
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2M
[35] Washington Boulevard Line |
Ballston–MU station | ↔ |
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2T Tysons Corner–Dunn Loring Line |
Tysons Corner station | ↔ | Dunn Loring station |
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2V | ↔ | ||||
2W Vienna-Oakton Line |
Oakton | ↔ | Vienna station | ||
2X | ↔ | ||||
3A Annandale Road Line |
Annandale (Patriot & Americana Drives) | ↔ | Seven Corners Transit Center |
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3B, 3E Lee Highway Line |
↔ | Rosslyn station |
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3F Lee Highway Line |
Tysons Corner Center | ↔ | Rosslyn station | ||
3R [38] | ↔ | ||||
3T [38] | ↔ |
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3T Pimmit Hills Line |
McLean station | ↔ |
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3W, 3Z
[46] Westpark-West Falls Church Line |
West Falls Church station | ↔ | Tysons-Westpark Transit Center |
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4A Pershing Drive–Arlington Boulevard Line |
Seven Corners Transit Center | ↔ | Rosslyn station |
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4C
[47] Culmore-Ballston Line |
↔ | ||||
4E, 4H Pershing Drive–Arlington Boulevard Line |
Rosslyn station | ↔ |
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4G [38] | ↔ | ||||
4S Pershing Drive–Arlington Boulevard Line |
Annandale | ↔ | Rosslyn station |
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5A, 5B, 5C
[21] North Reston Express Line |
Reston | ↔ | |||
5A D.C.–Dulles Line |
Washington Dulles International Airport | ↔ | L'Enfant Plaza station (D & 7th Streets SW) |
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5B D.C.-Tysons Corner Line |
Tysons Corner Center | ↔ | L'Enfant Plaza station (D & 7th Streets SW) | ||
5D
[21] North Reston Express Line |
Reston | ↔ |
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5E, 5G, 5H
[21] South Reston Express Line |
Franklin Farm, Reston | ↔ | |||
5E1 [21] | Reston | ↔ | Downtown | ||
5F | Franklin Farm, Reston | ↔ | |||
5J | ↔ | ||||
5K
[35] Chain Bridge Road Line |
Rosslyn station | ↔ | Fairfax | ||
5N
[50] Chain Bridge Road Line |
↔ | ||||
5P | ↔ | ||||
5S
[47] Herndon-West Falls Church Line |
Herndon | ↔ |
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5W | ↔ | ||||
5Y
[21] Herndon Express Line |
↔ | ||||
5Z
[21] Tysons Corner Express Line |
↔ | ||||
6A Bradlee-South Fairlington Line [47] |
↔ | ||||
6B, 6E, 6F
[21] Bradlee-South Fairlington Line [47] |
Pentagon station | ↔ |
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6D [52] | Pentagon station | ↔ | US Route 1 and Glebe Road | ||
6G [21] [38] | Braddock Road station | ↔ | Pentagon station | ||
6L [38] | Park Center | ↔ | Pentagon station | ||
6P [52] | ↔ | ||||
7B Lincolnia-Park Center-Pentagon Line |
Pentagon station | ↔ | NVCC Alexandria campus |
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7C, 7P Park Center–Pentagon Line |
Park Center (2701 Park Center Drive) | ↔ | Pentagon station |
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7D Lincolnia-Park Center-Pentagon Line |
Pentagon station | ↔ | Southern Towers Apartments (Stratford Bldg.) |
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7E Lincolnia-North Fairlington Line |
Pentagon station | ↔ | Southern Towers Apartments (Stratford Bldg.) |
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7F, 7Y Lincolnia–North Fairlington Line |
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↔ |
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7G, 7L, 7M Lincolnia-North Fairlington Line |
Pentagon station | ↔ |
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7H Lincolnia-Park Center-Pentagon Line |
Pentagon station | ↔ | Lincolnia (Lincolnia Rd & Quantrell Av) |
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7W
[55] Lincolnia–Pentagon Line |
Lincolnia (Lincolnia Rd & Quantrell Av) | ↔ | Pentagon station |
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7X Lincolnia-Pentagon Line |
Pentagon station | ↔ | Lincolnia (Lincolnia Rd & Quantrell Av) |
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8M
[38] Foxchase-Seminary Valley Line |
Southwest Mall | ↔ | Shirley Duke |
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8S, 8Z Foxchase–Seminary Valley Line |
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↔ | Pentagon station |
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8X Foxchase-Seminary Valley Line |
Pentagon station | ↔ | Quaker Lane (& Osage Street) |
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8Y | ↔ |
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9A Huntington-Pentagon Line |
Pentagon station | ↔ | Huntington station |
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9B Hunting Towers–Potomac Yard–Crystal City Line |
Hunting Towers | ↔ | Crystal City station |
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9C, 9D, 9F, 9G Fort Belvoir–Pentagon Line |
Fort Belvoir | ↔ | Pentagon station |
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9E Huntington-Potomac Yard-Pentagon Line |
Braddock Road station | ↔ | Rosslyn station |
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9P Fort Belvoir Line |
↔ |
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9S Crystal City-Potomac Yard Shuttle |
Crystal City station |
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10C, 10D Alexandria–Arlington Line |
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↔ | Hunting Point |
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10E, 10N Alexandria–Pentagon Line |
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↔ | Pentagon station |
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10P Mount Vernon Avenue-Potomac Yard-Crystal City Line |
Crystal City station | ↔ | Braddock Road station |
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10R, 10S Hunting Towers-Pentagon Line |
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↔ | Rosslyn station |
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10S, 10T Alexandria–Arlington–Pentagon Line |
Hunting Towers | ↔ |
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11A
[38] National Airport-Washington Line |
Federal Triangle | ↔ | Mount Vernon |
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11B
[38]
[21] National Airport-Landmark Line |
Rose Hill | ↔ | National Airport |
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11C
[38]
[21] National Airport-Landmark Line |
Mount Vernon Hospital | ↔ | National Airport |
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11C Mount Vernon Line |
Mount Vernon (Mt Vernon Highway & Grist Mill Woods Rd) | ↔ | Braddock Road station |
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11D
[21] National Airport-Springfield Line |
Springfield | ↔ | National Airport |
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11E [38] | Federal Triangle | ↔ | Landmark |
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11F
[38]
[21] National Airport-Landmark Line |
↔ | ||||
11G [38] | ↔ | ||||
11H, 11T Mount Vernon Line |
National Airport | ↔ | Mount Vernon |
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11M, 11P
[21] National Airport-Washington Line |
National Airport | ↔ | |||
11P Hunting Towers–Potomac Yard–Crystal City Line |
Hunting Towers | ↔ | Crystal City station |
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11W
[38]
[21] National Airport-Washington Line |
↔ | ||||
11X National Airport-Landmark Line |
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11Y, 11Z
[21] National Airport-Washington Line |
Woodlawn Plantation | ↔ | 10th & Pennsylvania | ||
12A, 12E, 12F, 12G Centreville South Line |
Centreville South | ↔ | Vienna station | ||
12C, 12D Centreville North Line |
Sully Station/Westfields | ↔ | |||
12L, 12M Little Rocky Run-Vienna Line |
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↔ | |||
12R, 12S Stringfellow Road-Vienna Line |
Westfields | ↔ | |||
12A, 12E
[21] Alexandria–Pentagon Line |
Pentagon station | ↔ | Federal Triangle |
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12B Alexandria–Pentagon Line |
Pentagon station | ↔ | Federal Triangle |
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13A, 13B National Airport-Pentagon-Washington Line |
Pentagon station | ↔ | Federal Triangle |
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13C, 13D
[21] Pentagon-Washington Line |
Pentagon station | ↔ | Capitol Hill |
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13E
[21] Pentagon-Washington Line |
Pentagon station | ↔ | Federal Triangle |
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13F, 13G National Airport-Pentagon-Washington Line |
Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport station | ↔ | Federal Triangle |
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13M Pentagon-Rosslyn Line |
Pentagon station | ↔ | Rosslyn station | ||
13Y Arlington–Union Station Line |
Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport station | ↔ | Washington Union Station |
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14A, 14B, 14C, 14D Montgomery-Tysons Beltway Express |
Tysons-Westpark Transit Center | ↔ |
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14E | ↔ |
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14M Montgomery-Tysons Beltway Express |
Bethesda station | ↔ | Tysons-Westpark Transit Center |
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14T, 14W Tysons-Westpark Shuttle |
Tysons-Westpark Transit Center |
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15A
[38] Alexandria–Pentagon Line |
Pentagon station [21] | ↔ |
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15B [38] | Pentagon City station | ↔ |
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15D
[21] Alexandria–Pentagon Line |
↔ |
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15F | Pentagon station | ↔ |
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15K Chain Bridge Road Line |
East Falls Church station | ↔ |
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15L Chain Bridge Road Line |
East Falls Church station | ↔ | Rosslyn station |
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15M George Mason University-Tysons Corner Line |
Tysons Corner station | ↔ | George Mason University |
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16B, 16J, 16P Columbia Pike Line |
Pentagon station | ↔ |
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16C Columbia Pike Line |
Pentagon station | ↔ | Culmore | ||
16D Columbia Pike Line |
Pentagon station | ↔ | Annandale (Patriot & Americana Drives) |
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16F Columbia Pike–Federal Triangle Line |
Culmore (Glen Carlyn & Vista Drives) | ↔ | Federal Triangle (11th & E Streets, NW) |
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16G, 16H Columbia Pike–Pentagon City Line |
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↔ | Pentagon station |
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16K Columbia Heights West-Pentagon City Line |
Pentagon station | ↔ | Arlington Mill (Dinwiddie St & Columbia Pike) |
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16L Annandale–Skyline City–Pentagon Line |
Annandale (Heritage Dr. & McWhorter Pl.) | ↔ | Pentagon station |
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16S, 16U, 16X Shirlington-Pentagon Line |
Pentagon station | ↔ | Shirlington (Quincy Street & 28th Street S.) |
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16V Shirlington-Pentagon Line |
Pentagon station | ↔ | Shirlington |
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16W Columbia Heights West–Pentagon City Line |
Pentagon station | ↔ | Skyline City |
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16X Columbia Pike–Federal Triangle Line |
Culmore (Glen Carlyn & Vista Drives) | ↔ | Federal Triangle (11th & F Streets, NW) |
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17A, 17F Kings Park Line |
Pentagon station | ↔ |
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17C | ↔ | ||||
17H Kings Park Express Line |
Kings Park West (Twinbrook Dr & Twinbrook Run Dr) | ↔ | Pentagon station |
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17L Kings Park Express Line |
Kings Park West (Twinbrook Dr & Twinbrook Run Dr) | ↔ | Pentagon station |
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17P, 17Z [70] | Kings Park | ↔ | Downtown D.C. |
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18A, 18B Springfield Line |
Pentagon station | ↔ | Bren Marr | ||
18C
[35] Orange Hunt-Burke Center Line |
↔ | ||||
18D, 18N | Pentagon station | ↔ | Van Dorn Street Station (18D) |
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18E, 18F Springfield Line |
Pentagon station | ↔ | Springfield (Commercial Dr & Industrial Rd) |
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18H Orange Hunt Line |
Orange Hunt (Huntsman Blvd & Cork County Court) | ↔ | Pentagon station |
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18K
[38] Orange Hunt Line |
Orange Hunt | ↔ |
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18L | ↔ | ||||
18M [38] | West Springfield | ↔ | Southwest Mall | ||
18R, 18S Burke Centre Line |
Franconia–Springfield station | ↔ |
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18X, 18Y Burke Centre Line |
Springfield | ↔ | Pentagon station |
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19G
[21] Huntington Line |
Pentagon station | ↔ | |||
19L
[46] Lorton Express Line |
↔ | ||||
20A Fair Oaks Line |
Fairfax Government Center | ↔ | Vienna/Fairfax–GMU station |
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20G, 20P | Fair Lakes | ↔ | Vienna/Fairfax–GMU station |
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20E Fairfax City Express |
Fairfax | ↔ | |||
20F, 20W, 20X, 20Y Chantilly-Greenbriar Line |
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↔ | Vienna/Fairfax–GMU station | ||
21A, 21D Landmark–Pentagon Line |
Landmark (S. Reynolds Street & Duke Street) | ↔ | Pentagon station |
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21B, 21C, 21D, 21F Landmark-Pentagon Line |
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↔ | Pentagon station | ||
22B Pentagon–Army-Navy Drive–Shirley Park Line |
Shirley Park (S. Meade Street & 28th Street S.) | ↔ | Pentagon station |
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22B Barcroft–South Fairlington Line |
Ballston–MU station | ↔ | Barcroft (Columbia Pike & Four Mile Run Dr) |
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22C, 22F Walker Chapel–Pentagon Line |
Pentagon station | ↔ | Ballston–MU station |
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22C Barcroft–South Fairlington Line |
Ballston–MU station | ↔ | Pentagon station |
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23B, 23E [38] | ↔ |
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23C McLean–Crystal City Line |
Langley CIA Headquarters | ↔ | Crystal City station |
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23M, 23N | McLean Hamlet | ↔ | Ballston–MU station | ||
23W Westpark Shuttle Line |
Tysons-Westpark Transit Center | ↔ | Tysons Corner Center |
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23X Great Falls Bus Line |
Great Falls | ↔ | West Falls Church station |
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24A | ↔ | ||||
24F | ↔ | ||||
24M Ballston-Pentagon Line |
Ballston–MU station | ↔ | Pentagon station |
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24P Ballston-Pentagon Line |
Ballston–MU station | ↔ | Pentagon station |
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24T McLean Hamlet-East Falls Church Line |
Tysons-Westpark Transit Station | ↔ | East Falls Church station |
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25A, 25C, 25D, 25E Ballston-Bradlee-Pentagon Line |
Pentagon station | ↔ |
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25F, 25G, 25J, 25P, 25R Ballston-Bradlee-Pentagon Line |
Pentagon station | ↔ |
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25S |
↔ |
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26A, 26E East Falls Church Line ( GEORGE) |
↔ | East Falls Church station |
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26G, 26H
[47] Burke Centre-Dunn Loring Line |
↔ |
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26T | Springfield Mall | ↔ | Tysons Corner Shopping Center | ||
26W West Falls Church Line ( GEORGE) |
Falls Church | ↔ | West Falls Church station |
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27B
[21]
[38] Hayfield-Franconia Line |
↔ | ||||
27E, 27F Landmark Express Line |
Landmark Mall | ↔ |
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27H [38] | Pentagon station | ↔ | |||
27K [38] | Springfield Town Center | ↔ | Pentagon station | ||
27P Hayfield-Franconia Line |
↔ |
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27W [38] | Pentagon station | ↔ | Beacon Hill |
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27X [21] | Pentagon station | ↔ | |||
27Y, 27Z
[46] Saratoga Line |
↔ | ||||
28B Alexandria-Tysons Corner Line |
Tysons Corner | ↔ | King Street–Old Town station |
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28C NVCC Alexandria-King Street Line |
NVCC Alexandria Campus | ↔ | King Street–Old Town station |
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28T Tysons Corner-West Falls Church Line |
Tysons-Westpark Transit Center | ↔ | West Falls Church station |
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28G Skyline City Line |
Skyline City (5113 S George Mason Drive) | ↔ | Pentagon station |
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28X Leesburg Pike Limited Line |
East Falls Church station | ↔ | Mark Center |
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29A, 29B Annandale Line |
Pentagon station | ↔ | Annandale | ||
29C Annandale Line |
Pentagon station | ↔ | NVCC–Annandale |
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29E, 29H, 29X Annandale Line |
Pentagon station | ↔ |
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29L [52] [38] | Pentagon station | ↔ | |||
29M [52] | ↔ | ||||
29W Braeburn Drive–Pentagon Express Line |
NVCC–Annandale | ↔ | Pentagon station |
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29Z [38] | Pentagon station | ↔ | |||
38A, 38C
[34]
[35] Ballston-Farragut Square Line |
Farragut Square | ↔ | Ballston–MU station | ||
38F Ballston-Farragut Square Line |
Farragut Square | ↔ | Ballston–MU station | ||
S80, S91 (TAGS)
[79] Springfield Circulator |
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↔ | Franconia–Springfield station |
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S81 Springfield Circulator |
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↔ | Franconia–Springfield station |
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S82 Metro Park Shuttle |
Franconia–Springfield station | ↔ | Metro Park Building |
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V1 Pan Am Parking Lot/Vienna Shuttle Line |
Vienna/Fairfax–GMU station | ↔ | Pan Am Shopping Center |
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W99 West Ox Road Shuttle [82] |
Vienna/Fairfax–GMU station | ↔ | McConnell Public Safety and Transportation Operations Center | ||
Y31 Yorktown High School Line |
Yorktown High School | ↔ | Washington-Lee High School (Washington Blvd. & N. Quincy Street) |
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