Friendship Heights–Southeast Line

30N, 30S
Friendship Heights–Southeast Line
A New Flyer DE40LFA operating the 30N at Friendship Heights
Overview
SystemMetrobus
OperatorWashington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority
GarageAndrews Federal Center
LiveryLocal
StatusReplaced by Routes 31, 32, 33, 36
Began serviceAugust 24, 2014
Ended serviceSeptember 5, 2021
Predecessors31, 32, 33, 36
Route
LocalePrince George's County, Southeast, Southwest, Northwest, Montgomery County
Communities servedBethesda, Friendship Heights, McLean Gardens, Georgetown, Tenleytown, Foggy Bottom, Federal Triangle, Capitol Hill, Barney Circle, Fairlawn, Good Hope, Naylor Gardens, Hillcrest
Landmarks servedFriendship Heights station, Tenleytown–AU station, Washington National Cathedral, Georgetown, White House, Federal Triangle, Archives station, National Mall, U.S. Capitol, L’Enfant Square, Eastern Market station, Potomac Avenue station, Naylor & Good Hope Roads, SE (30S), Hillcrest (30N), Naylor Road station (30N), Southern Avenue station (30S)
StartFriendship Heights station
ViaWisconsin Ave, H Street NW (to Naylor Road/Southern Avenue) I Street NW (to Friendship Heights), Pennsylvania Avenue NW/SE, Naylor Road SE, Branch Avenue SE (30N), Alabama Avenue SE (30S)
End30N: Naylor Road station
30S: Southern Avenue station
Service
LevelDaily
Frequency60 Minutes
OperatesWeekdays Only
TransfersSmarTrip only
TimetableFriendship Heights–Southeast Line

The Friendship Heights–Southeast Line, designated as Routes 30N or 30S, were daily bus routes operated by the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority between Friendship Heights station of the Red Line of the Washington Metro and Naylor Road station or Southern Avenue station of the Green Line of the Washington Metro. Both lines operated every 60 minutes at all times. Trips were roughly 90 minutes long. This line provided service from Friendship Heights, operating through most of NW and SE DC and ending in Southern Prince Georges County via a one bus ride. Extra services are provided by the 32, 34, and 36 in Southeast and 31 and 33 in Northwest. Service was eliminated on September 5, 2021 due to redundancy.

Route

Route 30S along Wisconsin Avenue in the Friendship Heights neighborhood

Routes 30N and 30S operated every 60 minutes daily. Additional service wass provided by the 31, 32, 33, 34, and 36 in both Southeast and Northwest. Routes 30N and 30S wass a combination of routes 31, 32, 33, 34, 36, 37, and 39 that forms one long route as Routes 31, 33, and 37 run the portion between Friendship Heights station and Potomac Park or Federal Triangle via Wisconsin Avenue and Routes 32, 34, 36, and 39 run from Potomac Park or Archives station to Southern Avenue station or Naylor Road station via Pennsylvania Avenue. It was the 32 and 36 routing pre August 2014.

Routes 30N and 30S got their buses out of Andrews Federal Center division. Prior to June 23, 2019, 30N and 30S would get their buses out of Western division.

Route 30N stops

Bus stop Direction Connections
Bethesda, Maryland
Friendship Heights
Bus Bay C 		Eastbound stop,
Westbound terminal 		Bus transport Metrobus: 30S, 31, 33, 37, E4, E6, L2, L8, N2, N4, N6, T2
Bus transport Ride On: 1, 11, 23, 29, 34
Bus transport Friendship Heights Village Bus
Mainline rail interchange Washington Metro:
Washington, D.C.
Wisconsin Avenue NW / Jenifer Street NW Bidirectional Bus transport Metrobus: 30S, 31, 33, N2
Wisconsin Avenue NW / Harrison Street NW Bidirectional Bus transport Metrobus: 30S, 31, 33, N2
Wisconsin Avenue NW / Fessenden Street NW Bidirectional Bus transport Metrobus: 30S, 31, 33, 37, N2
Wisconsin Avenue NW / Chesapeake Street NW Bidirectional Bus transport Metrobus: 30S, 31, 33, N2
Wisconsin Avenue NW / River Road NW Eastbound Bus transport Metrobus: 30S, 31, 33, N2
Wisconsin Avenue NW / Brandywine Street NW Westbound Bus transport Metrobus: 30S, 31, 33, N2
Wisconsin Avenue NW / Albemarle Street NW
Tenleytown–AU 		Bidirectional Bus transport Metrobus: 30S, 31, 33, 37, 96, D32, H2, H3, H4, M4, N2, W45, W47
Bus transport AU Shuttle
Mainline rail interchange Washington Metro:
Wisconsin Avenue NW / Tenley Circle NW Bidirectional Bus transport Metrobus: 30S, 31, 33, 96, D32, H2, H3, H4, W47
Wisconsin Avenue NW / Van Ness Street NW Eastbound Bus transport Metrobus: 30S, 31, 33, 37, 96, D32, H2, H3, H4, W47
Wisconsin Avenue NW / Veazey Street NW Westbound Bus transport Metrobus: 30S, 31, 33, 37, 96, H2, H3, H4
Wisconsin Avenue NW / Upton Street NW Bidirectional Bus transport Metrobus: 30S, 31, 33, 96, D32 (Eastbound only), H3, H4, W47 (Eastbound only)
Wisconsin Avenue NW / Rodman Street NW Bidirectional Bus transport Metrobus: 30S, 31, 33, 96, D32 (Eastbound only), H3, H4, W47 (Eastbound only)
Wisconsin Avenue NW / Porter Street NW Bidirectional Bus transport Metrobus: 30S, 31, 33, 96, H3, H4
Wisconsin Avenue NW / Newark Street NW Bidirectional Bus transport Metrobus: 30S, 31, 33, 96
Wisconsin Avenue NW / Macomb Street NW Westbound Bus transport Metrobus: 30S, 31, 33, 96
Wisconsin Avenue NW / Woodley Road NW Bidirectional Bus transport Metrobus: 30S, 31, 33, 37, 96
Wisconsin Avenue NW / Cathedral Avenue NW Bidirectional Bus transport Metrobus: 30S, 31, 33, N2, N4, N6
Wisconsin Avenue NW / Garfield Street NW Bidirectional Bus transport Metrobus: 30S, 31, 33
Wisconsin Avenue NW / Edmunds Street NW Bidirectional Bus transport Metrobus: 30S, 31, 33
Wisconsin Avenue NW / Calvert Street NW Bidirectional Bus transport Metrobus: 30S, 31, 33
Wisconsin Avenue NW / Hall Place NW Bidirectional Bus transport Metrobus: 30S, 31, 33
Wisconsin Avenue NW / 35th Street NW Bidirectional Bus transport Metrobus: 30S, 31, 33
Wisconsin Avenue NW / 34th Street NW Bidirectional Bus transport Metrobus: 30S, 31, 33
Bus transport DC Circulator:
  Georgetown – Union Station
Wisconsin Avenue NW / R Street NW Bidirectional Bus transport Metrobus: 30S, 31, 33
Bus transport DC Circulator:
  Georgetown – Union Station
Wisconsin Avenue NW / Q Street NW Bidirectional Bus transport Metrobus: 30S, 31, 33, D1, D2, D6
Bus transport DC Circulator:
  Georgetown – Union Station
Wisconsin Avenue NW / P Street NW Bidirectional Bus transport Metrobus: 30S, 31, 33, G2 (Westbound only)
Bus transport DC Circulator:
  Georgetown – Union Station
Wisconsin Avenue NW / Dumbarton Street NW Eastbound Bus transport Metrobus: 30S, 31, 33, G2 (Eastbound only)
Bus transport DC Circulator:
  Georgetown – Union Station
Wisconsin Avenue NW / N Street NW Westbound Bus transport Metrobus: 30S, 31, 33
Bus transport DC Circulator:
  Georgetown – Union Station
M Street NW / Wisconsin Avenue NW Eastbound Bus transport Metrobus: 30S, 31, 33, 38B
Bus transport DC Circulator:
  Georgetown – Union Station
  Rosslyn – Georgetown – Dupont Circle
M Street NW / 31st Street NW Westbound Bus transport Metrobus: 30S, 31, 33, 38B
Bus transport DC Circulator:
  Georgetown – Union Station
  Rosslyn – Georgetown – Dupont
M Street NW / Thomas Jefferson Street NW Eastbound Bus transport Metrobus: 30S, 31, 33, 38B
Bus transport DC Circulator:
  Georgetown – Union Station
  Rosslyn – Georgetown – Dupont
M Street NW / 30th Street NW Westbound Bus transport Metrobus: 30S, 31, 33, 38B
Bus transport DC Circulator:
  Georgetown – Union Station
  Rosslyn – Georgetown – Dupont
Pennsylvania Avenue NW / 28th Street NW Bidirectional Bus transport Metrobus: 30S, 31, 33, 38B
Bus transport DC Circulator:
  Georgetown – Union Station (Eastbound only)
  Rosslyn – Georgetown – Dupont (Eastbound only)
Pennsylvania Avenue NW / L Street NW Bidirectional Bus transport Metrobus: 30S, 31, 33, 38B
Bus transport DC Circulator:
  Georgetown – Union Station
Pennsylvania Avenue NW / 26th Street NW Westbound Bus transport Metrobus: 30S, 31, 33, 38B
Bus transport DC Circulator:
  Georgetown – Union Station (Eastbound only)
Pennsylvania Avenue NW / 24th Street NW Bidirectional Bus transport Metrobus: 30S, 31, 33, 38B
Bus transport DC Circulator:
  Georgetown – Union Station (Eastbound only)
Pennsylvania Avenue NW / 22nd Street NW Bidirectional Bus transport Metrobus: 30S, 32, 33, 36, 38B
Bus transport DC Circulator:
  Georgetown – Union Station
Pennsylvania Avenue NW / 21st Street NW Eastbound Bus transport Metrobus: 30S, 32, 33, 36, 37, 39
Bus transport DC Circulator:
  Georgetown – Union Station
I Street NW / 20th Street NW Westbound Bus transport Metrobus: 30S, 32, 33, 36, 38B
I Street NW / 19th Street NW Westbound Bus transport Metrobus: 30S, 32, 33, 36, 37, 39, 38B
H Street NW / 18th Street NW Eastbound Bus transport Metrobus: 30N, 30S, 32, 33, 36
H Street NW / 17th Street NW (Eastbound)
I Street NW / 17th Street NW (Westbound)
Farragut Square 		Bidirectional Bus transport Metrobus: 3Y, 7Y, 11Y, 16Y, 30S, 32, 33, 36, 37, 38B, 39, 42, 43, 80, D1, D4, D5, D6, G8, L2, N2, N4, N6, S1
Bus transport DC Circulator:
  Georgetown – Union Station
Bus transport MTA Maryland Bus: 901, 902, 904, 905, 909, 950, 995
Bus transport Loudoun County Transit
Bus transport PRTC OmniRide
Mainline rail interchange Washington Metro: (at Farragut West)
(at Farragut North)
H Street NW / Madison Place NW
McPherson Square 		Eastbound Bus transport Metrobus: 11Y, 30S, 32, 33, 36, 37, 39, 42, 43, G8, S2, S9, X2
Mainline rail interchange Washington Metro:
I Street NW / 15th Street NW
McPherson Square 		Westbound Bus transport Metrobus: 11Y, 30S, 32, 33, 36, 37, 39, 42, 43, G8, S2, S9, X2
Mainline rail interchange Washington Metro:
15th Street NW / New York Avenue NW Eastbound Bus transport Metrobus: 11Y, 30S, 32, 33, 36
15th Street NW / F Street NW Westbound Bus transport Metrobus: 30S, 32, 33, 36
Pennsylvania Avenue NW / 14th Street NW Bidirectional Bus transport Metrobus: 11Y, 30S, 32, 33, 36, 52
Pennsylvania Avenue NW  / 13th Street NW Eastbound Bus transport Metrobus: 30S, 32, 33, 36, 37, 39, A9
Pennsylvania Avenue NW  / 12th Street NW Westbound Bus transport Metrobus: 30S, 32, 33, 36, 37, 39, A9
Pennsylvania Avenue NW / 10th Street NW Bidirectional Bus transport Metrobus: 16C, 30S, 32, 33, 36, 34, 37, 59, 63, 64, P6, S2
Bus transport MTA Maryland Bus: 610, 620, 640, 650, 705, 715, 820
Bus transport PRTC OmniRide
Pennsylvania Avenue NW  / 7th Street NW
Archives-Navy Memorial-Penn Quarter 		Bidirectional Bus transport Metrobus: 16C, 30S, 32, 34, 36, 37, 39, 70, 74, 79, A9, P6
Bus transport MTA Maryland Bus: 610, 640, 650, 705, 810, 820, 830, 840
Bus transport PRTC OmniRide
Mainline rail interchange Washington Metro:
Pennsylvania Avenue NW / Constitution Avenue NW Westbound Bus transport Metrobus: 30S, 32, 34, 36, P6, X1
4th Street SW / Madison Drive SW Westbound Bus transport Metrobus: 30S, 32, 34, 36, P6
Independence Avenue SW / 6th Street SW Eastbound Bus transport Metrobus: 30S, 32, 34, 36, 39
Independence Avenue SW / 4th Street SW Westbound Bus transport Metrobus: 30S, 32, 34, 36, 39, P6
Independence Avenue SW / 3rd Street SW Eastbound Bus transport Metrobus: 30S, 32, 34, 36, 39, P6
Independence Avenue SW / Washington Avenue SW Westbound Bus transport Metrobus: 30S, 32, 34, 36
Independence Avenue SW / 1st Street SW Eastbound Bus transport Metrobus: 30S, 32, 34, 36
Independence Avenue SE / South Capitol Street Eastbound Bus transport Metrobus: 30S, 32, 34, 36
Independence Avenue SE / New Jersey Avenue SE Westbound Bus transport Metrobus: 30S, 32, 34, 36
Independence Avenue SE / 1st Street SE Bidirectional Bus transport Metrobus: 30S, 32, 34, 36, 39
Independence Avenue SE / 2nd Street SE Eastbound Bus transport Metrobus: 30S, 32, 34, 36
Pennsylvania Avenue SE / 3rd Street SE Westbound Bus transport Metrobus: 30S, 32, 34, 36
Pennsylvania Avenue SE / North Carolina Avenue SE Eastbound Bus transport Metrobus: 30S, 32, 34, 36
Pennsylvania Avenue SE / 4th Street SE Westbound Bus transport Metrobus: 30S, 32, 34, 36
Pennsylvania Avenue SE / 6th Street SE Bidirectional Bus transport Metrobus: 30S, 32, 34, 36
Pennsylvania Avenue SE / 8th Street SE
Eastern Market 		Bidirectional Bus transport Metrobus: 30S, 32, 34, 36, 39, 90, 92
Bus transport DC Circulator:
  Eastern Market – L'Enfant Plaza
  Congress Heights – Union Station
Mainline rail interchange Washington Metro:
Pennsylvania Avenue SE / E Street SE Bidirectional Bus transport Metrobus: 30S, 32, 34, 36
Pennsylvania Avenue SE / 13th Street SE Bidirectional Bus transport Metrobus: 30S, 32, 34, 36
Pennsylvania Avenue SE / Potomac Avenue SE
Potomac Avenue 		Bidirectional Bus transport Metrobus: 30S, 32, 34, 36, B2, M6, V1, V4
Mainline rail interchange Washington Metro:
Pennsylvania Avenue SE / 15th Street SE Eastbound Bus transport Metrobus: 30S, 32, 34, 36, B2, M6, V1, V4
Pennsylvania Avenue SE / L'Enfant Square SE Bidirectional Bus transport Metrobus: 30S, 32, 34, 36, 39, B2, M6, V1, V2, V4
Pennsylvania Avenue SE / 27th Street SE Eastbound Bus transport Metrobus: 36, M6
Pennsylvania Avenue / 28th Street SE Westbound Bus transport Metrobus: 36, M6
Pennsylvania Avenue SE / 30th Street SE Bidirectional Bus transport Metrobus: 36, 39, M6
Pennsylvania Avenue SE / 31st Street SE Bidirectional Bus transport Metrobus: 36, M6
Pennsylvania Avenue SE / Branch Avenue SE Bidirectional Bus transport Metrobus: 36, 39, M6
Branch Avenue SE / S Street SE Westbound Bus transport Metrobus: 36
Branch Avenue SE / T Street SE Eastbound Bus transport Metrobus: 36, S35
Branch Avenue SE / U Street SE Bidirectional Bus transport Metrobus: 36, S35
Branch Avenue SE / Alabama Avenue SE Bidirectional Bus transport Metrobus: 36, V7, W4
Branch Avenue SE / Bangor Street SE Bidirectional Bus transport Metrobus: 36
Branch Avenue SE / Camden Street SE Eastbound Bus transport Metrobus: 36
Camden Street SE / 33rd Street SE Westbound Bus transport Metrobus: 36
33rd Street SE / Denver Street SE Bidirectional Bus transport Metrobus: 36
Erie Street SE / 33rd Street SE Bidirectional Bus transport Metrobus: 36
Erie Street SE / 31st Street SE Bidirectional Bus transport Metrobus: 36
Erie Street SE / 30th Street SE Eastbound Bus transport Metrobus: 36
30th Street SE / Erie Street SE Westbound Bus transport Metrobus: 36
30th Street SE / Naylor Road SE Bidirectional Bus transport Metrobus: 34, 36, W2, W3
30th Street SE / Buena Vista Terrace SE Westbound Bus transport Metrobus: 34, 36, W2, W3
30th Street SE / Southern Avenue Westbound Bus transport Metrobus: 34, 36, W2, W3
Southern Avenue SE / 30th Street SE Westbound Bus transport Metrobus: 34, 36, W2, W3
#3041 Naylor Road SE Eastbound Bus transport Metrobus: 34, 36, W2, W3
Naylor Road SE / Southern Avenue Eastbound Bus transport Metrobus: 34, 36, W2, W3
Temple Hills, Maryland
Naylor Road
Bus Bay G 		Westbound stop,
Eastbound terminal 		Bus transport Metrobus: 34, 36, 39, C12, C14, F14, H11, H12, H13
Bus transport TheBus: 32
Mainline rail interchange Washington Metro:

Route 30S stops

Bus stop Direction Connections
Bethesda, Maryland
Friendship Heights
Bus Bay C 		Eastbound stop,
Westbound terminal 		Bus transport Metrobus: 30N, 31, 33, 37, E4, E6, L2, L8, N2, N4, N6, T2
Bus transport Ride On: 1, 11, 23, 29, 34
Bus transport Friendship Heights Village Bus
Mainline rail interchange Washington Metro:
Washington, D.C.
Wisconsin Avenue NW / Jenifer Street NW Bidirectional Bus transport Metrobus: 30N, 31, 33, N2
Wisconsin Avenue NW / Harrison Street NW Bidirectional Bus transport Metrobus: 30N, 31, 33, N2
Wisconsin Avenue NW / Fessenden Street NW Bidirectional Bus transport Metrobus: 30N, 31, 33, 37, N2
Wisconsin Avenue NW / Chesapeake Street NW Bidirectional Bus transport Metrobus: 30N, 31, 33, N2
Wisconsin Avenue NW / River Road NW Eastbound Bus transport Metrobus: 30N, 31, 33, N2
Wisconsin Avenue NW / Brandywine Street NW Westbound Bus transport Metrobus: 30N, 31, 33, N2
Wisconsin Avenue NW / Albemarle Street NW
Tenleytown–AU 		Bidirectional Bus transport Metrobus: 30N, 31, 33, 37, 96, D32, H2, H3, H4, M4, N2, W45, W47
Bus transport AU Shuttle
Mainline rail interchange Washington Metro:
Wisconsin Avenue NW / Tenley Circle NW Bidirectional Bus transport Metrobus: 30N, 31, 33, 96, D32, H2, H3, H4, W47
Wisconsin Avenue NW / Van Ness Street NW Eastbound Bus transport Metrobus: 30N, 31, 33, 37, 96, D32, H2, H3, H4, W47
Wisconsin Avenue NW / Veazey Street NW Westbound Bus transport Metrobus: 30N, 31, 33, 37, 96, H2, H3, H4
Wisconsin Avenue NW / Upton Street NW Bidirectional Bus transport Metrobus: 30N, 31, 33, 96, D32 (Eastbound only), H3, H4, W47 (Eastbound only)
Wisconsin Avenue NW / Rodman Street NW Bidirectional Bus transport Metrobus: 30N, 31, 33, 96, D32 (Eastbound only), H3, H4, W47 (Eastbound only)
Wisconsin Avenue NW / Porter Street NW Bidirectional Bus transport Metrobus: 30N, 31, 33, 96, H3, H4
Wisconsin Avenue NW / Newark Street NW Bidirectional Bus transport Metrobus: 30N, 31, 33, 96
Wisconsin Avenue NW / Macomb Street NW Westbound Bus transport Metrobus: 30N, 31, 33, 96
Wisconsin Avenue NW / Woodley Road NW Bidirectional Bus transport Metrobus: 30N, 31, 33, 37, 96
Wisconsin Avenue NW / Cathedral Avenue NW Bidirectional Bus transport Metrobus: 30N, 31, 33, N2, N4, N6
Wisconsin Avenue NW / Garfield Street NW Bidirectional Bus transport Metrobus: 30N, 31, 33
Wisconsin Avenue NW / Edmunds Street NW Bidirectional Bus transport Metrobus: 30N, 31, 33
Wisconsin Avenue NW / Calvert Street NW Bidirectional Bus transport Metrobus: 30N, 31, 33
Wisconsin Avenue NW / Hall Place NW Bidirectional Bus transport Metrobus: 30N, 31, 33
Wisconsin Avenue NW / 35th Street NW Bidirectional Bus transport Metrobus: 30N, 31, 33
Wisconsin Avenue NW / 34th Street NW Bidirectional Bus transport Metrobus: 30N, 31, 33
Bus transport DC Circulator:
  Georgetown – Union Station
Wisconsin Avenue NW / R Street NW Bidirectional Bus transport Metrobus: 30N, 31, 33
Bus transport DC Circulator:
  Georgetown – Union Station
Wisconsin Avenue NW / Q Street NW Bidirectional Bus transport Metrobus: 30N, 31, 33, D1, D2, D6
Bus transport DC Circulator:
  Georgetown – Union Station
Wisconsin Avenue NW / P Street NW Bidirectional Bus transport Metrobus: 30N, 31, 33, G2 (Westbound only)
Bus transport DC Circulator:
  Georgetown – Union Station
Wisconsin Avenue NW / Dumbarton Street NW Eastbound Bus transport Metrobus: 30N, 31, 33, G2 (Eastbound only)
Bus transport DC Circulator:
  Georgetown – Union Station
Wisconsin Avenue NW / N Street NW Westbound Bus transport Metrobus: 30N, 31, 33
Bus transport DC Circulator:
  Georgetown – Union Station
M Street NW / Wisconsin Avenue NW Eastbound Bus transport Metrobus: 30N, 31, 33, 38B
Bus transport DC Circulator:
  Georgetown – Union Station
  Rosslyn – Georgetown – Dupont Circle
M Street NW / 31st Street NW Westbound Bus transport Metrobus: 30N, 31, 33, 38B
Bus transport DC Circulator:
  Georgetown – Union Station
  Rosslyn – Georgetown – Dupont
M Street NW / Thomas Jefferson Street NW Eastbound Bus transport Metrobus: 30N, 31, 33, 38B
Bus transport DC Circulator:
  Georgetown – Union Station
  Rosslyn – Georgetown – Dupont
M Street NW / 30th Street NW Westbound Bus transport Metrobus: 30N, 31, 33, 38B
Bus transport DC Circulator:
  Georgetown – Union Station
  Rosslyn – Georgetown – Dupont
Pennsylvania Avenue NW / 28th Street NW Bidirectional Bus transport Metrobus: 30N, 31, 33, 38B
Bus transport DC Circulator:
  Georgetown – Union Station (Eastbound only)
  Rosslyn – Georgetown – Dupont (Eastbound only)
Pennsylvania Avenue NW / L Street NW Bidirectional Bus transport Metrobus: 30N, 31, 33, 38B
Bus transport DC Circulator:
  Georgetown – Union Station
Pennsylvania Avenue NW / 26th Street NW Westbound Bus transport Metrobus: 30N, 31, 33, 38B
Bus transport DC Circulator:
  Georgetown – Union Station (Eastbound only)
Pennsylvania Avenue NW / 24th Street NW Bidirectional Bus transport Metrobus: 30N, 31, 33, 38B
Bus transport DC Circulator:
  Georgetown – Union Station (Eastbound only)
Pennsylvania Avenue NW / 22nd Street NW Bidirectional Bus transport Metrobus: 30N, 32, 33, 36, 38B
Bus transport DC Circulator:
  Georgetown – Union Station
Pennsylvania Avenue NW / 21st Street NW Eastbound Bus transport Metrobus: 30N, 32, 33, 36, 39
Bus transport DC Circulator:
  Georgetown – Union Station
I Street NW / 20th Street NW Westbound Bus transport Metrobus: 30N, 32, 33, 36, 38B
I Street NW / 19th Street NW Westbound Bus transport Metrobus: 30N, 32, 33, 36, 37, 39, 38B
H Street NW / 18th Street NW Eastbound Bus transport Metrobus: 30N, 32, 33, 36
H Street NW / 17th Street NW (Eastbound)
I Street NW / 17th Street NW (Westbound)
Farragut Square 		Bidirectional Bus transport Metrobus: 3Y, 7Y, 11Y, 16Y, 30N, 32, 33, 36, 37, 38B, 39, 42, 43, 80, D1, D4, D5, D6, G8, L2, N2, N4, N6, S1
Bus transport DC Circulator
  Georgetown – Union Station
Bus transport MTA Maryland Bus: 901, 902, 904, 905, 909, 950, 995
Bus transport Loudoun County Transit
Bus transport PRTC OmniRide
Mainline rail interchange Washington Metro: (at Farragut West)
(at Farragut North)
H Street NW / Madison Place NW
McPherson Square 		Eastbound Bus transport Metrobus: 11Y, 30N, 32, 33, 36, 37, 39, 42, 43, G8, S2, S9, X2
Mainline rail interchange Washington Metro:
I Street NW / 15th Street NW
McPherson Square 		Westbound Bus transport Metrobus: 11Y, 30N, 32, 33, 36, 37, 39, 42, 43, G8, S2, S9, X2
Mainline rail interchange Washington Metro:
15th Street NW / New York Avenue NW Eastbound Bus transport Metrobus: 11Y, 30N, 32, 33, 36
15th Street NW / F Street NW Westbound Bus transport Metrobus: 30N, 32, 33, 36
Pennsylvania Avenue NW / 14th Street NW Bidirectional Bus transport Metrobus: 11Y, 16E, 30N, 32, 33, 36, 52
Pennsylvania Avenue NW  / 13th Street NW Eastbound Bus transport Metrobus: 30N, 32, 33, 36, 37, 39, A9
Pennsylvania Avenue NW  / 12th Street NW Westbound Bus transport Metrobus: 30N, 32, 33, 36, 37, 39, A9
Pennsylvania Avenue NW / 10th Street NW Bidirectional Bus transport Metrobus: 16C, 30N, 32, 33, 34, 36, 37, 59, P6, S2
Bus transport MTA Maryland Bus: 610, 620, 640, 650, 705, 715, 820
Bus transport PRTC OmniRide
Pennsylvania Avenue NW  / 7th Street NW
Archives-Navy Memorial-Penn Quarter 		Bidirectional Bus transport Metrobus: 16C, 30N, 32, 34, 36, 37, 39, 70, 74, 79, A9, P6
Bus transport MTA Maryland Bus: 610, 640, 650, 705, 810, 820, 830, 840
Bus transport PRTC OmniRide
Mainline rail interchange Washington Metro:
Pennsylvania Avenue NW / Constitution Avenue NW Westbound Bus transport Metrobus: 30N, 32, 34, 36, P6, X1
4th Street SW / Madison Drive SW Westbound Bus transport Metrobus: 30N, 32, 34, 36, 39, P6
Independence Avenue SW / 6th Street SW Eastbound Bus transport Metrobus: 30N, 32, 34, 36, 39
Independence Avenue SW / 4th Street SW Westbound Bus transport Metrobus: 30N, 32, 34, 36, 39, P6
Independence Avenue SW / 3rd Street SW Eastbound Bus transport Metrobus: 30N, 32, 34, 36, 39, P6
Independence Avenue SW / Washington Avenue SW Westbound Bus transport Metrobus: 30N, 32, 34, 36
Independence Avenue SW / 1st Street SW Eastbound Bus transport Metrobus: 30N, 32, 34, 36
Independence Avenue SE / South Capitol Street Eastbound Bus transport Metrobus: 30N, 32, 34, 36
Independence Avenue SE / New Jersey Avenue SE Westbound Bus transport Metrobus: 30N, 32, 34, 36
Independence Avenue SE / 1st Street SE Bidirectional Bus transport Metrobus: 30N, 32, 34, 36, 39
Independence Avenue SE / 2nd Street SE Eastbound Bus transport Metrobus: 30N, 32, 34, 36
Pennsylvania Avenue SE / 3rd Street SE Westbound Bus transport Metrobus: 30N, 32, 34, 36
Pennsylvania Avenue SE / North Carolina Avenue SE Eastbound Bus transport Metrobus: 30N, 32, 34, 36
Pennsylvania Avenue SE / 4th Street SE Westbound Bus transport Metrobus: 30N, 32, 34, 36
Pennsylvania Avenue SE / 6th Street SE Bidirectional Bus transport Metrobus: 30N, 32, 34, 36
Pennsylvania Avenue SE / 8th Street SE
Eastern Market 		Bidirectional Bus transport Metrobus: 30N, 32, 34, 36, 39, 90, 92
Bus transport DC Circulator:
  Eastern Market – L'Enfant Plaza
  Congress Heights – Union Station
Mainline rail interchange Washington Metro:
Pennsylvania Avenue SE / E Street SE Bidirectional Bus transport Metrobus: 30N, 32, 34, 36
Pennsylvania Avenue SE / 13th Street SE Bidirectional Bus transport Metrobus: 30N, 32, 34, 36
Pennsylvania Avenue SE / Potomac Avenue SE
Potomac Avenue 		Bidirectional Bus transport Metrobus: 30N, 32, 34, 36, B2, M6, V1, V4
Mainline rail interchange Washington Metro:
Pennsylvania Avenue SE / 15th Street SE Eastbound Bus transport Metrobus: 30N, 32, 34, 36, B2, M6, V1, V4
Pennsylvania Avenue SE / L'Enfant Square SE Bidirectional Bus transport Metrobus: 30N, 32, 34, 36, 39, B2, M6, V1, V2, V4
Minnesota Avenue SE / White Place SE Westbound Bus transport Metrobus: 32, 34, A31, B2, V2
23rd Street SE / Q Street SE Westbound Bus transport Metrobus: 32, 34
25th Street SE / Park Place SE Eastbound Bus transport Metrobus: 32, 34
25th Street SE / R Street SE Eastbound Bus transport Metrobus: 32, 34
Naylor Road SE / R Street SE Westbound Bus transport Metrobus: 32, 34
Naylor Road SE / S Street SE Bidirectional Bus transport Metrobus: 32, 34
Naylor Road SE / Park Naylor Apartments Bidirectional Bus transport Metrobus: 32, 34
#2619 Naylor Road SE Eastbound Bus transport Metrobus: 32, 34
#2637 Naylor Road SE Westbound Bus transport Metrobus: 32, 34
Good Hope Road SE / 25th Street SE Eastbound Bus transport Metrobus: 30S, 32, 92, A32, W2, W3, W6
Naylor Road SE / Good Hope Road SE Westbound Bus transport Metrobus: 32, 34, 92, W2, W3, W4, W6, W8
Naylor Road SE / Alabama Avenue SE Eastbound Bus transport Metrobus: 32, 34, 92, A32, V7, W2, W3, W4, W6, W8
Alabama Avenue SE / 25th Street SE Eastbound Bus transport Metrobus: 32, 92, A32, V7, W4, W6
Alabama Avenue SE / Ainger Place SE Bidirectional Bus transport Metrobus: 32, 92, A32, V7, W2, W3, W4, W6, W8
Alabama Avenue SE / Hartford Street SE Bidirectional Bus transport Metrobus: 32, 92, A32, V7, W2, W3, W4, W6, W8
Alabama Avenue SE / Irving Place SE Eastbound Bus transport Metrobus: 32, 92, A32, V7, W4, W6, W8
Alabama Avenue SE / Jasper Street SE Westbound Bus transport Metrobus: 32, 92, A32, V7, W4, W6, W8
Alabama Avenue SE / 24th Street SE Bidirectional Bus transport Metrobus: 32, 92, A32, V7, W4, W6, W8
23rd Street SE / Alabama Avenue SE Bidirectional Bus transport Metrobus: 32, 92, A32, V7, W4, W6, W8
Savannah Street SE / 24th Street SE Eastbound Bus transport Metrobus: 32, A32
Savannah Street SE / 23rd Street SE Westbound Bus transport Metrobus: 32, A32
22nd Street SE / Savannah Street SE Westbound Bus transport Metrobus: 32
22nd Street SE / Southern Avenue Westbound Bus transport Metrobus: 32, A32, W2, W3
#3417 25th Street SE Eastbound Bus transport Metrobus: 32, A32
25th Street SE / Southern Avenue Eastbound Bus transport Metrobus: 32, A32
Temple Hills, Maryland
Southern Avenue  / 22nd Street SE Eastbound Bus transport Metrobus: 32, A32, W2, W3
Southern Avenue  / Mississippi Avenue SE Bidirectional Bus transport Metrobus: 32, A32, W2, W3
Southern Avenue  / Valley Terrace SE
Southern Avenue 		Bidirectional Bus transport Metrobus: 32, A32, W1
Mainline rail interchange Washington Metro:
Southern Avenue
Bus Bay A 		Westbound stop,
Eastbound terminal 		Bus transport Metrobus: 32, A2, A32, D12, D13, D14, NH1, P12, P18, P19, W1, W2, W14
Bus transport TheBus: 33, 35, 37
Mainline rail interchange Washington Metro:

History

Routes 32 and 36 originally operated to Friendship Heights until 2014

The 30s lines has been one of the most popular bus lines in WMATA. It is one of the oldest operating Washington routes having it incorporated from streetcar lines and the Washington and Georgetown Railroad in the 1860s and ran by buses beginning in 1936. As of 2008, the 30s line has more than 20,000 passengers a day riding the buses.[1]

Prior to the 30N, and 30S being introduced, the line was operated by the Pennsylvania Avenue Line as Routes 32 and 36 with select trips terminating at Farragut Square or Foggy Bottom–GWU station. Prior to June 29, 2008, the line was served by the 30, 32, 34, 35, and 36 lines. Routes 34, 35, and 36 will terminate at Naylor Road station, 32 will terminate at Southern Avenue station, while Route 30 will terminate at Potomac Avenue station. In 2008, WMATA launched a study on the Pennsylvania Avenue line to improve services and to reduce delays and bus bunchings.[1]

On June 29, 2008, WMATA announced the discontinuation of the 30, 34, and 35, and the introduction of the M5, 31, 37, and 39. Under the new changes, Routes 32 and 36 will remain the same while the 31 adds additional service between Friendship Heights station and Foggy Bottom and the M5 adds additional service between Eastern Market station and Naylor Road station. Routes 37 and 39 are new MetroExtra Routes operating the same as Routes 31 (37) and M5 (39) but operating selected stops.[2] The M5 would later be renamed the 34 when it was extended to Archives station on December 28, 2008.[3]

In 2013, WMATA announced proposals to simplify the busy Pennsylvania Avenue Line and Naylor Road Line.[4] Under the proposals, Routes 32 and 36 will terminate at Foggy Bottom with a new 30s line to replace portions of the 32, and 36, and discontinue the 34 with four options to replace the 32 and 36. According to WMATA, it proposes the following:

  • Option 1: Same as Route 32 between Southern Avenue and Potomac Avenue Station SE, then west to Georgetown via Lincoln Park, Union Station, and Thomas Circle, and then follow Route 31 between Georgetown and Friendship Heights.
  • Option 2: Same as Route 32 between Southern Avenue and Eastern Market, then west to Georgetown via 8th Street, Massachusetts Avenue, Union Station, and Thomas Circle, and then follow Route 31 between Georgetown and Friendship Heights.
  • Option 3: Same as Route 32 between Southern Avenue and Independence Ave & 7th St SW, then west to Foggy Bottom via Independence Ave, 17th St SW, Virginia Ave, and Washington Circle, and then follow Route 31 to Friendship Heights.
  • Option 4: Same as Route 32 between Southern Avenue and Anacostia Freeway SE, then west to Foggy Bottom via Anacostia Freeway, Southeast/Southwest Freeway, Maine Avenue, 17th St SW, Virginia Ave, and Washington Circle, and then follow Route 31 to Friendship Heights.

On August 24, 2014, Routes 30N and 30S were introduced to replace the 32 and 36. Route 30N will operate between Friendship Heights station and Naylor Road station replacing the 36 while the 30S will operate between Friendship Heights and Southern Avenue station replacing the 32.[5][6] Additionally, a new Route 33 was introduced to operate alongside the 31 between Friendship Heights and Federal Triangle station replacing the discontinued portions of the 32 and 36 and adding additional service to the 30N and 30S as both routes will operate hourly services. Routes 32 and 36 were shorten to terminate at Foggy Bottom–GWU station/Potomac Park at Virginia Avenue & E Street NW. It also merged the ″Naylor Road Line″ (Route 34) to operate as a single line. These changes were made due to overcrowding, bus bunching, simplifying the 30s lines, and to improve on time performances.

The 30N and 30S are reincarnations of the former 30 and 35 routes but have the same routing as the 32 and 36 and operating as a separate line combining Routes 31, 32, 33, 34, and 36 all into a single route.

Beginning on December 15, 2019, routes 30N and 30S along with routes 32, 34, 36, and 39 were rerouted to travel across the National Mall along 4th Street between Pennsylvania Avenue NW and Independence Avenue SW towards Archives, Friendship Heights and Potomac Park instead of 7th Street to provide a more direct service to the route.[7]

During the COVID-19 pandemic, routes 30N and 30S operated on their weekend schedule during the weekdays beginning on March 16, 2020.[8] On March 21, 2020, the line was improved to operate every 30 minutes with 15 minutes in between buses due to the weekend suspension of routes 31, 32, 33, and 36.[9] On August 23, 2020, routes 30N and 30S restored its weekday schedule but its weekend service was suspended being replaced by routes 32, 33, and 36.[10]

During WMATAs 2021 fiscal year budget, it was proposed for both the 30N and 30S to be fully eliminated and to be replaced by routes 31, 32, 33, 36, and 39 order to improve on-time performance and simplify the 30s line.[11] However WMATA later backed out the elimination on April 2, 2020.[12] The same proposal was brought back up in February 2021.[13]

On September 5, 2021, all Route 30N and 30S service were discontinued and replaced by Routes 31, 32, 33, and 36 which improved their frequencies to every 12 minutes daily.[14]

References

  1. ^ a b "Major improvements planned for Metro's most popular bus line". Retrieved 10 July 2019.
  2. ^ "Metro launches major overhaul of 30s Metrobus line". Archived from the original on January 29, 2019. Retrieved 10 July 2019.
  3. ^ "New Metrobus service changes in the District of Columbia begin December 28". Retrieved 10 July 2019.
  4. ^ "Improving bus service on the 30s line (Routes 31, 32, 34, and 36)". Retrieved 10 July 2019.
  5. ^ "Metro News Release - WMATA". www.wmata.com. Archived from the original on February 24, 2019. Retrieved July 10, 2019.
  6. ^ "Metrobus service changes effective August 24". WUSA. Retrieved July 10, 2019.
  7. ^ "Metrobus Service Changes Beginning Sunday, December 15, 2019". Retrieved 14 December 2019.
  8. ^ "Metro announces additional COVID-19 changes, including reduced service beginning Monday | WMATA". www.wmata.com. Retrieved 31 January 2021.
  9. ^ "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.
  10. ^ "Metrobus Service Changes beginning August 23 | WMATA". www.wmata.com. Retrieved 31 January 2021.
  11. ^ "DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA Proposed Metrobus Service Changes" (PDF). Retrieved 13 February 2020.
  12. ^ Barthel, Margaret. "Metro Backs Away From Significant Bus Service Cuts". WAMU. Retrieved 21 May 2020.
  13. ^ "FY22 Proposed Metrobus Service Changes District of Columbia" (PDF). Retrieved 25 March 2021.
  14. ^ "Improved frequency and changes to Metrobus service begin Sunday, Sept. 5, 2021 | WMATA". www.wmata.com. Retrieved 24 August 2021.