The New Carrollton–Fort Totten Line, designated Route P35, is a weekday-only bus route operated by the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority between the New Carrollton station of the Orange and Silver Lines of the Washington Metro and the Fort Totten station of the Red, Green and Yellow Lines of the Washington Metro. The line operates every 30 minutes during peak hours and 45 minutes all other times, weekdays only. P35 trips are roughly 60 minutes. The P35 provides weekday service between Fort Totten and New Carrollton stations without having to take the train into Downtown DC. It replaced the F6 routing during WMATA's Better Bus Redesign.
Background Route P35 operated on weekdays only between New Carrollton station and Fort Totten station, mostly along Sargent Road, Riverdale Road, Good Luck Road, Finns Lane, Kenilworth Avenue, Queensbury Road, East-West Highway, and Riggs Road. It connected New Carrollton, Riverdale, Hyattsville, Green Meadows, Chillum, Queens Chapel, and North Michigan Park communities to various Metrorail stations and parts of Northeast DC.
Route P35 operated out of Landover division.
Former Route F6 stops
Bus stopDirectionConnectionsPrince George's County, MarylandNew CarrolltonBus Bay HWestbound station,Eastbound terminal Metrobus: A12, B21, B22, B24, B27, F4, F12, F13, F14, G12, G14, T14, 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)Harkins Road / Ellin RoadBidirectional Metrobus: B24, B27, F4, F13, G12, G14, T18Harkins Road / Sherwood StreetBidirectional Metrobus: B24, B27, F4, F13, G12, G14, T18Harkins Road / Annapolis RoadBidirectional Metrobus: B24, B27, F4, F13, G12, G14, T18Finns Lane / Annapolis RoadBidirectionalFinns Lane / Fury LaneBidirectionalFinns Lane / Kidmore LaneBidirectionalFinns Lane / Riverdale RoadBidirectionalRiverdale Road / Martins LaneBidirectional Metrobus: F4Riverdale Road / Chestnut Ridge ApartmentsEastbound Metrobus: F4Riverdale Road / Chestridge ApartmentsWestbound Metrobus: F4Riverdale Road / Riverdale Towne ApartmentsBidirectional Metrobus: F4Riverdale Road / Auburn AvenueEastbound Metrobus: F4Auburn Avenue / Riverdale Road Bidirectional Metrobus: T14 TheBus: 14 Shuttle-UMAuburn Avenue / 1st StreetBidirectional Metrobus: T14 TheBus: 14 Shuttle-UMAuburn Avenue / 2nd StreetBidirectional Metrobus: T14 TheBus: 14 Shuttle-UMAuburn Avenue / 3rd StreetBidirectional Metrobus: T14 TheBus: 14 Shuttle-UMAuburn Avenue / Chestnut AvenueBidirectional Metrobus: T14 TheBus: 14 Shuttle-UMGood Luck Road / Oakland AvenueBidirectional TheBus: 14Good Luck Road / Parkdale High SchoolEastbound TheBus: 14Good Luck Road / Crest Park DriveWestbound TheBus: 14Good Luck Road / Silk Tree DriveBidirectional TheBus: 14Good Luck Road / Sora LaneEastbound TheBus: 14Good Luck Road / Kenilworth AvenueBidirectional TheBus: 14Kenilworth Avenue / Paint Branch ParkwayWestboundKenilworth Avenue / Sarvis AvenueBidirectional TheBus: 14Kenilworth Avenue / Tennyson StreetBidirectional TheBus: 14River Road / Kenilworth AvenueBidirectional Metrobus: R12 TheBus: 14River Road / Haig DriveBidirectional Metrobus: R12 TheBus: 14 MTA: Purple Line (at Riverdale Park North-UMD) (Planned)River Road / Rivertech CourtBidirectional Metrobus: R12 TheBus: 14River Road / American Physics BuildingBidirectional Metrobus: R12 TheBus: 14College Park-U of MdBus Bay ABidirectional Metrobus: 83, 86, C8, R12 RTA: 302/G TheBus: 14, 17 Shuttle-UM: 104, 109 MTA Maryland: 204 Washington Metro: MARC: Camden Line MTA: Purple Line (Planned)Campus Drive / Paint Branch TrailBidirectional Metrobus: 83, 86, C8 TheBus: 17 Shuttle-UMCampus Drive / Baltimore AvenueEastbound Metrobus: 83, 86 C8 TheBus: 17 Shuttle-UMCampus Drive / Regents DriveBidirectional Metrobus: C2, C8 Shuttle-UMStadium Drive / Regents DriveWestbound Metrobus: C2, C8 Shuttle-UMStadium Drive / Varsity Team HouseEastbound Metrobus: C2, C8 Shuttle-UMStadium Drive / #4136 Yahentamitsi HallWestbound Metrobus: C2, C8 Shuttle-UMStadium Drive / Stadium Parking GarageEastbound Metrobus: C2, C8 Shuttle-UMStadium Drive / Hagerstown LaneWestbound Metrobus: C2, C8 Shuttle-UMStadium Drive / Smith Performing Arts CenterEastbound Metrobus: C2, C8 Shuttle-UMStadium Drive / #3854 Denton HallWestbound Metrobus: C2, C8 Shuttle-UMAdelphi Road / Tulane DriveBidirectional Metrobus: F8 (Westbound only) Shuttle-UM MTA: Purple Line (at Adelphi Road-UMGC-UMD)(Planned)Adelphi Road / Rutgers StreetBidirectional Metrobus: F8 Shuttle-UMAdelphi Road / Pennsylvania StreetBidirectional Metrobus: F8 Shuttle-UMAdelphi Road / Wells ParkwayBidirectional Metrobus: F8 Shuttle-UMAdelphi Road / Van Buren StreetBidirectional Metrobus: F8 Shuttle-UMBelcrest Road / Adelphi RoadBidirectionalBelcrest Road / Toledo TerraceBidirectionalBelcrest Road / Toledo RoadBidirectional Metrobus: C4, F6, F8, R4 TheBus (Eastbound only): 13, 14 Shuttle-UM (Eastbound only)Belcrest Road / #6505Eastbound Metrobus: C4, F6, F8, R4 TheBus: 13, 14 Shuttle-UMBelcrest Road / Freedom WayWestbound Metrobus: C4, F8, R4 TheBus: 13, 14 Shuttle-UMHyattsville CrossingBus Bays C and HBidirectional Metrobus: 86, C4, F4, F8, R4 TheBus: 13, 14, 18 Shuttle-UM: 113 Washington Metro: Belcrest Road / Queens Chapel RoadBidirectional Metrobus: 86, F4, F8, R4 TheBus: 18Queens Chapel Road / Oliver StreetBidirectional Metrobus: F8, R4 TheBus: 18Queens Chapel Road / Nicholson StreetBidirectional Metrobus: F8, R4 TheBus: 18Queens Chapel Road / Sacred Heart HomeBidirectional Metrobus: F8, R4 TheBus: 18Queens Chapel Road / Lancer DriveBidirectional Metrobus: F8, R4 TheBus: 18Queens Chapel Road / Jefferson StreetEastbound Metrobus: F8, R4Queens Chapel Road / Hamilton Manor DriveWestbound Metrobus: F8, R4Hamilton Street / 31st AvenueBidirectional Metrobus: F8, R4 TheBus: 12, 13West HyattsvilleBus Bay DBidirectional Metrobus: F1, F8, R4 TheBus: 12, 13 Washington Metro: West HyattsvilleBus Bay FBidirectional Metrobus: F1, F8, R4 TheBus: 12, 13 Washington Metro: Ager Road / Lancer DriveBidirectional TheBus: 13Ager Road / Kirkwood PlaceEastbound TheBus: 13Ager Road / 29th AvenueWestbound TheBus: 13Ager Road / Nicholson StreetBidirectional TheBus: 13Ager Road / Oglethorpe StreetBidirectional TheBus: 13Ager Road / Powhatan RoadBidirectional TheBus: 13Ager Road / Rittenhouse StreetEastbound TheBus: 13Ager Road / Sheridan StreetBidirectionalEast-West Highway / 19th PlaceEastbound Metrobus: C4, R2Riggs Road / East-West HighwayBidirectional Metrobus: R1, R2Riggs Road / Dayton RoadBidirectional Metrobus: R1, R2Sargent Road / Riggs RoadEastboundSargent Road / Anna CourtWestboundSargent Road / Balfour DriveBidirectionalSargent Road / Ray RoadBidirectionalSargent Road / Nicholson StreetWestbound TheBus: 12Sargent Road / Ray RoadBidirectionalSargent Road / Madison StreetBidirectionalSargent Road / Chillum RoadBidirectional Metrobus: F1Sargent Road / Eastern AvenueBidirectionalNortheast Washington, D.C.Sargent Road NE / Gallatin Street NEEastbound Metrobus: E2Gallatin Street NE / Sargent Road NEWestbound Metrobus: E2Gallatin Street NE / 10th Street NEEastbound Metrobus: E2Gallatin Street NE / 8th Street NEWestbound Metrobus: E2Gallatin Street NE / South Dakota Avenue NEBidirectional Metrobus: 80, E2Galloway Street NE / South Dakota Avenue NEBidirectional Metrobus: 80, E2Galloway Street NE / 4th Street NEEastbound Metrobus: 80 (Southbound only), E2 (Southbound only), E4 (Eastbound only)Fort TottenBus Bay HEastbound station,Westbound terminal Metrobus: 60, 64, 80, E2, E4, K2, K6, K9, R1, R2 Washington Metro:
History
Route F6 had a prior incarnation operating as part of the former Capital Transit Company's Sargent Road Line between 12th & Quincy Street NE in Brookland, D.C. and Green Meadows, MD (some trips; however, would be shortened to operate only up to Gallatin Street NE & South Dakota Avenue NE in North Michigan Park, D.C.). F6 later on became a DC Transit Route during the 1950s and ended up being discontinued in the late 1960s and being replaced by Metrobus Routes F5 and F7.
Route F4 had a prior incarnation operating as part of the former Capital Transit Company Michigan Avenue Line between Eastern Avenue NE & Michigan Avenue NE (Avondale) and 9th Street NW & Constitution Avenue NW (Archives). Just like the F6, the F4 eventually became a DC Transit Route during the 1950s, before ultimately becoming a WMATA Metrobus Route on February 4, 1973, when the Metrobus System was formed.
The Prince George's–Silver Spring Line was created as a brand new line on February 19, 1978, shortly after Silver Spring station opened, to replace the former segment of the J2 and J4's routing between Silver Spring and Beltway Plaza Mall, that were discontinued when the J2 and J4 were truncated to only operate up to the Silver Spring station.
The East-West Highway Line was originally operated by Routes J2 and J4, originally operating between Montgomery Mall and Beltway Plaza (J2), and between Chevy Chase Circle and Beltway Plaza (J4).
On February 19, 1978 shortly after Silver Spring opened, Routes J2 and J4 were truncated to only operate between Friendship Heights (J4)/Montgomery Mall (J2) and Silver Spring station. The East-West Highway Line was split into two routes. Routes J2, J4, and a brand new J3 were renamed into the Bethesda–Silver Spring Line operating on its current route between Friendship Heights and Montgomery Mall and Silver Spring, while the portion between Silver Spring and Prince George's Plaza was renamed into the Prince George's-Silver Spring Line, operated by new Routes F4 and F6.
Routes F4 and F6 operated between Silver Spring and New Carrollton (F4) and Greenbelt (F6). Both routes operated parallel with each other between Silver Spring and East-West Highway & Ager Road in Green Meadows, then split from each other. Route F4 would operate along the former J2's routing along East-West Highway, then would operate to New Carrollton Mall via Belcrest Road, Queensbury Road, 48th Avenue (towards New Carrollton)/Lafayette Avenue (towards the Silver Spring Metro Station), and Riverdale Road. Route F6 would operate along the former J4's routing Ager Road, Hamilton Street, Queens Chapel Road, Belcrest Road, University of Maryland, Baltimore Avenue, Greenbelt Road, and Beltway Plaza. After serving Beltway Plaza, Route F6 would operate to Greenbelt Center via Greenbelt Road, Lakecrest Drive, Lakeside Drive, Westway, Ridge Road, Gardenway, Crescent Road, and Southway. During rush hours, the F6 would operate to Goddard Space Flight Center via Southway and Greenbelt Road.
On December 11, 1993, the F6 was rerouted to operate between New Carrollton and Prince George's Plaza station, via Ellin Road, Harkins Road, Finns Lane, Riverdale Road, Auburn Avenue, Good Luck Road, Kenilworth Avenue, River Road, College Park–University of Maryland station, River Road, Kenilworth Avenue, East-West Highway, Prince George's Plaza, Belcrest Road, Queens Chapel Road, Ager Road, West Hyattsville station, Ager Road, and East-West Highway. Service to Beltway Plaza and Greenbelt Center was replaced by extended route C2.
Around the 1990s, Route F6 would discontinue service to Silver Spring station and terminate at Prince George's Plaza.
Around 1996, after Paint Branch Parkway was finished being completed route F6 was rerouted to operate between the Prince George's Plaza and College Park station, via its original routing via Belcrest Road, Adelphi Road, and Campus Drive, then via Paint Branch Parkway and River Road. Once this change took place, F6's routing on Kenilworth Avenue between River Road and Prince George's Plaza was discontinued.