| T18 | ||||||
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| Annapolis Road Line | ||||||
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 Route T18 at New Carrollton station | ||||||
| Overview | ||||||
| System | Metrobus | |||||
| Operator | Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority | |||||
| Garage | Landover | |||||
| Livery | Local | |||||
| Status | In Service | |||||
| Began service | December 3, 1978 | |||||
| Route | ||||||
| Locale | Prince George's County, Northeast | |||||
| Communities served | New Carrollton, West Lanham Hills, Landover Hills, Mattapony, Bladensburg, Colmar Manor, Cottage City, Brentwood, Mount Rainier, Brookland, Langdon, Woodridge | |||||
| Start | New Carrollton station | |||||
| Via | Annapolis Road, Bladensburg Road, Rhode Island Avenue NE | |||||
| End | Rhode Island Avenue-Brentwood station | |||||
| Length | 50 minutes | |||||
| Service | ||||||
| Level | Daily | |||||
| Frequency | 12 minutes (7AM - 9PM) 45-60 minutes (After 9PM) | |||||
| Journey time | 5:00 AM – 2:00 AM | |||||
| Ridership | 1,689,774 (FY 2023) | |||||
| Transfers | SmarTrip only | |||||
| Timetable | Annapolis Road Line | |||||
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The Annapolis Road Line, designated Route T18, 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 the Rhode Island Avenue–Brentwood station of the Red Line of the Washington Metro. The line operates every 12 minutes during the weekdays between 7AM and 9PM and 45-60 minutes after 9PM. T18 trips roughly take 50 minutes.
Background
Route T18 also operates alongside route T14 but under different line names and routes. Route T18 also runs a direct route while route T14 runs primarily thru neighborhoods. Route T18 operates weekly between New Carrollton station and Rhode Island Avenue–Brentwood station providing service along Annapolis Road and connecting passengers between Prince Georges County and Northeast. Route T18 also runs a limited stop segment between Mount Rainier terminal and Rhode Island Avenue-Brentwood station alongside routes G9 and T14 only stopping along five stops. Local service is provided by routes 83 and 86.
Route T18 currently operates out of Landover division.
T18 stops
| Bus stop | Direction | Connections | ||
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| 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, T14 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)
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| Harkins Road / Ellin Road | Bidirectional | Metrobus: B24, B27, F6, F13, G12, G14
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| Harkins Road / Sherwood Street | Bidirectional | Metrobus: B24, B27, F6, F13, G12, G14
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| Harkins Road / Annapolis Road | Westbound | Metrobus: B24, B27, F6, F13, G12, G14
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| Annapolis Road / Harkins Road | Eastbound | Metrobus: B24, B27, F6, F13, G12, G14
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| Annapolis Road / 77th Avenue | Bidirectional | Metrobus: F13
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| Annapolis Road / 76th Avenue | Bidirectional | Metrobus: F13
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| Annapolis Road / Gallatin Street | Bidirectional | Metrobus: F13 MTA: Purple Line (at Glenridge station) (Planned)
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| Annapolis Road / Ardwick Ardmore Road | Bidirectional | Metrobus: F13
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| Annapolis Road / Greenvale Parkway | Westbound | Metrobus: F13
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| Annapolis Road / 72nd Avenue | Eastbound | Metrobus: F13
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| Annapolis Road / 71st Avenue | Bidirectional | Metrobus: F13
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| Annapolis Road / 69th Place | Bidirectional | Metrobus: F13
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| Annapolis Road / 69th Avenue | Bidirectional | Metrobus: F13
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| Annapolis Road / 68th Avenue | Bidirectional | Metrobus: F13
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| Annapolis Road / Cooper Lane | Bidirectional | Metrobus: F13, L12
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| Annapolis Road / 65th Avenue | Bidirectional | Metrobus: L12
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| Annapolis Road / 62nd Avenue | Bidirectional | Metrobus: L12
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| Annapolis Road / 57th Avenue | Westbound | |||
| 57th Avenue / Annapolis Road | Bidirectional | |||
| 57th Avenue / Bladensburg High School | Bidirectional | |||
| 57th Avenue / 58th Avenue | Bidirectional | |||
| 57th Avenue / Bladensburg High School | Bidirectional | |||
| 57th Avenue / Emerson Street | Bidirectional | |||
| 58th Avenue / #4213 | Bidirectional | |||
| 58th Avenue / #4245-#4251 | Bidirectional | |||
| 58th Avenue / Roger Heights Elementary School | Bidirectional | |||
| Emerson Street / 57th Avenue | Bidirectional | |||
| 57th Avenue / Annapolis Road | Bidirectional | |||
| Annapolis Road / 56th Avenue | Bidirectional | |||
| Annapolis Road / Landover Road | Bidirectional | Metrobus: F1, F8 TheBus: 18
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| Annapolis Road / 54th Street | Westbound | Metrobus: F1, F8 TheBus: 18
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| Annapolis Road / 53rd Avenue | Bidirectional | Metrobus: F1, F8 TheBus: 18
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| Annapolis Road / Bladensburg Elementary School | Bidirectional | Metrobus: F1, F8 TheBus: 18
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| Annapolis Road / Edmonston Road | Bidirectional | Metrobus: F1, F8, T14 TheBus: 18
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| Annapolis Road / 48th Street | Bidirectional | Metrobus: F1, F8, T14 TheBus: 18
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| Annapolis Road / 46th Street | Bidirectional | Metrobus: F1, F8, T14 TheBus: 18
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| Bladensburg Road / 43rd Avenue | Bidirectional | Metrobus: F1, T14 TheBus: 18
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| Bladensburg Road / 42nd Avenue | Eastbound | Metrobus: F1, T14 TheBus: 18
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| Bladensburg Road / 41st Avenue | Westbound | Metrobus: F1, T14 TheBus: 18
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| Bladensburg Road / 40th Place | Eastbound | Metrobus: F1, T14 TheBus: 18
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| Bladensburg Road / 40th Avenue | Eastbound | Metrobus: F1, T14 TheBus: 18
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| Bladensburg Road / 38th Avenue | Bidirectional | Metrobus: F1, T14 TheBus: 18
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| 38th Avenue / Parkwood Street | Bidirectional | Metrobus: F1, T14 TheBus: 18
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| 38th Avenue / Perry Street | Bidirectional | Metrobus: F1, T14 TheBus: 18
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| Rhode Island Avenue / 37th Place | Westbound | Metrobus: 83, 86, F1, T14 TheBus: 17
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| Rhode Island Avenue / 37th Street | Eastbound | Metrobus: 83, 86, F1, T14 TheBus: 17
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| Rhode Island Avenue / 34th Street | Westbound | Metrobus: 83, 86, B2, F1, T14 TheBus: 17
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| Rhode Island Avenue / Municipal Place | Eastbound | Metrobus: 83, 86, B2, F1, T14 TheBus: 17
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| Northeast Washington, D.C. | ||||
| Rhode Island Avenue NE / Newton Street NE | Bidirectional | Metrobus: 83, 86, T14
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| Rhode Island Avenue NE / South Dakota Avenue NE | Eastbound | Metrobus: 83, 86, T14
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| Rhode Island Avenue NE / 24th Street NE | Westbound | Metrobus: 83, 86, T14
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| Rhode Island Avenue NE / 18th Street NE | Bidirectional | Metrobus: 83, 86, E2, T14
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| Rhode Island Avenue NE / Montana Avenue NE | Eastbound | Metrobus: 83, 86, S41, T14
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| Rhode Island Avenue NE / Brentwood Road NE | Westbound | Metrobus: 83, 86, S41, T14
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| Rhode Island Avenue NE / 12th Street NE | Bidirectional | Metrobus: 83, 86, D8, H8, H9, S41, T14
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| Rhode Island Avenue–Brentwood Station Bus Bay D |
Eastbound station, Westbound terminal |
Metrobus: 83, 86, D8, H8, H9, P6, S41, T14 Metropolitan Branch Trail Washington Metro: 
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History
Route T18 was created as a brand new Metrobus Route by WMATA on December 3, 1978 to operate between New Carrollton station and Rhode Island Avenue–Brentwood station shortly after New Carrollton station opened on November 20, 1978.
Route T18 was designed to replace the segment of routes T14, T16, and T17 routing between Annapolis Road in New Carrollton and the Rhode Island Avenue Metro Station, via Capital Plaza Mall, since routes T14, T16, and T17 were truncated to terminate at New Carrollton.
Route T18 would operate along Ellin Road, Harkins Road, and Annapolis Road, then divert off Annapolis Road after passing the Baltimore–Washington Parkway and Capital Plaza, and make a loop along 57th Avenue, 58th Avenue, Emerson Street, and then 57th Avenue to serve Bladensburg High School, as well as the adjacent apartment complexes. Then the route returns onto Annapolis Road remaining straight on Annapolis Road and Bladensburg Road, then turn onto the intersection of 38th Avenue and 38th Street, another left turn at the intersection of Rhode Island Avenue and remain straight on Rhode Island Avenue before reaching the intersection of Washington Place NE and ultimately making a left turn onto that street to enter Rhode Island Avenue–Brentwood station. Route T18 would then turn back and operate on the same routing (except in the exact opposite direction), back towards New Carrollton station.
Limited Stop Segment
Beginning on December 14, 2014, route T18 began a newly limited stop segment along Rhode Island Avenue between Mount Rainier terminal and Rhode Island Avenue-Brentwood station along with route T14. The limited stop segment was to reduce bus bunching along Rhode Island Avenue and improve on time performance for route 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.
Incidents
On January 10, 2022, a man was stabbed on board a T18 bus along Rhode Island Avenue between 14th Street and Montana Avenue. The suspect ran away from the scene.
References
- "Metrobus FY2023 Annual Line Performance Report" (PDF). wmata.com. April 27, 2024. Retrieved May 22, 2024.
- ^ "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.
- ^ Feaver, Douglas B. (November 30, 1978). "Bus Routes Change Sunday to Link with Orange Line". The Washington Post. ISSN 0190-8286. Retrieved November 3, 2019.
- "Man stabbed on Metrobus in Northeast DC". wusa9.com. January 11, 2022. Retrieved 12 January 2022.