The Chillum Road-New Carrollton Line, designated Route P42, is a daily 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 Takoma station of the Red Line of the Washington Metro. The line operates every 20-30 during the weekdays and 30 minutes during the weekends. Route P42 trips roughly takes 70 minutes to complete.
Background Route P42 operates daily between New Carrollton station and Takoma station primarily running into neighborhoods. Route P42 operates out of Landover division.
Route P42 stops
Bus stopDirectionConnectionsPrince George's County, MarylandNew Carrollton stationBus Bay KWestbound station,Eastbound terminal Metrobus: P20, P21, P24, P30, P31, P35, P40, P60, P61 MTA Maryland Commuter Bus TheBus: P22, P23, P2X, P44, P52, P5X, P71 Greyhound Peter Pan Bus Lines Washington Metro: MARC: Penn Line Amtrak: Northeast Regional, Palmetto, Vermonter MTA: Purple Line (Planned)85th Avenue / Lenox Court ApartmentsWestbound TheBus: P2285th Avenue / Carrollan Gardens CondosEastbound TheBus: P2285th Avenue / Carrollan Manor ApartmentsBidirectional TheBus: P2285th Avenue / Longfellow StreetBidirectional85th Avenue / Legation RoadWestboundWestbrook Drive / 85th AvenueEastboundWestbrook Drive / Madison StreetWestboundWestbrook Drive / Nicholson StreetEastboundWestbrook Drive / Oglethorpe StreetWestboundWestbrook Drive / Oliver StreetEastboundWestbrook Drive / Powhatan StreetWestboundPowhatan Street / Westbrook DriveEastbound85th Place / Powhatan StreetBidirectional85th Place / Fremont StreetBidirectional85th Place / Carrollton ParkwayWestbound85th Place / Ravenswood RoadEastboundCarrollton Parkway / 85th PlaceBidirectionalCarrollton Parkway / Fairbanks Street BidirectionalCarrollton Parkway / Quentin StreetBidirectionalCarrollton Parkway / Lamont DriveWestbound TheBus: P22Lamont Drive / Carrollton ParkwayEastbound TheBus: P22Lamont Drive / Quentin StreetBidirectional TheBus: P22Lamont Drive / Fairbanks StreetWestbound TheBus: P22Lamont Drive / Lamont PlaceEastbound TheBus: P22Good Luck Road / Lamont Elementary SchoolBidirectionalGood Luck Road / Nashville RoadBidirectionalGood Luck Road / Harland StreetWestboundGood Luck Road / Trexler RoadEastboundGood Luck Road / Ian StreetWestboundGood Luck Road / Adrian StreetEastboundAuburn Avenue / Chestnut AvenueBidirectional Metrobus: P35Auburn Avenue / 3rd StreetBidirectional Metrobus: P35Auburn Avenue / 2nd StreetBidirectional Metrobus: P35Auburn Avenue / 1st StreetBidirectional Metrobus: P35Auburn Avenue / Riverdale RoadBidirectional Metrobus: P30, P31, P35Riverdale Road / Auburn AvenueWestbound Metrobus: P30, P31Riverdale Road / 67th PlaceWestbound Metrobus: P30, P31Riverdale Road / 67th AvenueBidirectional Metrobus: P30, P31 MTA: Purple Line (at Beacon Heights-East Pines station (Planned)Riverdale Road / 64th AvenueWestbound Metrobus: P30, P31Riverdale Road / Eastpine DriveEastbound Metrobus: P30, P31Riverdale Road / Mustang DriveWestbound Metrobus: P30, P31Riverdale Road / 63rd AvenueEastbound Metrobus: P30, P31Riverdale Road / 61st AvenueWestbound Metrobus: P30, P31Riverdale Road / 57th AvenueBidirectional Metrobus: P14, P30, P31, P35 MTA: Purple Line (at Riverdale Park-Kenilworth station) (Planned)Kenilworth Avenue / Nicholson StreetBidirectional Metrobus: P14Kenilworth Avenue / Nicholson StreetBidirectional Metrobus: P14Kenilworth Avenue / Jefferson StreetEastbound Metrobus: P14Kenilworth Avenue / Spring LaneWestbound Metrobus: P14Kenilworth Avenue / Kennedy StreetEastbound Metrobus: P14Kenilworth Avenue / Greenway DriveBidirectional Metrobus: P14Edmonston Road / Hamilton StreetBidirectionalEdmonston Road / Gallatin StreetBidirectionalEdmonston Road / Farragut StreetEastboundEdmonston Road / Emerson StreetBidirectionalEdmonston Road / Decatur StreetBidirectionalEdmonston Road / Chesapeake RoadBidirectionalEdmonston Road / Buchanan StreetBidirectionalEdmonston Road / 51st StreetBidirectionalEdmonston Road / Upshur StreetWestboundEdmonston Road / Tilden RoadEastboundEdmonston Road / Taylor StreetBidirectionalEdmonston Road / Annapolis RoadBidirectional Metrobus: P40 TheBus: P43Annapolis Road / 48th StreetBidirectional Metrobus: P40 TheBus: P43Annapolis Road / 46th StreetBidirectional Metrobus: P40 TheBus: P43Bladensburg Road / 43rd AvenueBidirectional Metrobus: P40 TheBus: P43Bladensburg Road / 42nd AvenueEastbound Metrobus: P40 TheBus: P43Bladensburg Road / 41st AvenueWestbound Metrobus: P40 TheBus: P43Bladensburg Road / 40th PlaceEastbound Metrobus: P40 TheBus: P43Bladensburg Road / 40th AvenueEastbound Metrobus: P40 TheBus: P43Bladensburg Road / 38th AvenueBidirectional Metrobus: P40 TheBus: P43Bladensburg Road / Fort Lincoln CemeteryBidirectionalBladensburg Road / Eastern AvenueBidirectional Metrobus: C41Washington, D.C.Fort Lincoln Drive NE / Robert Clifton Weaver Way NEBidirectional Metrobus: C63, D32Fort Lincoln Drive NE / 33rd Place NEBidirectional Metrobus: C63, D32Market Street NE / Lowe'sBidirectional Metrobus: C63, D32Market Street NE / CostcoBidirectional Metrobus: C63, D32Commodore Joshua Barney Drive NE / Jamison Street NEBidirectional Metrobus: D32Commodore Joshua Barney Drive NE / Recreation CenterBidirectional Metrobus: D32Eastern Avenue / Bladensburg RoadWestbound Metrobus: C41Eastern Avenue / 34th StreetWestbound Metrobus: C41Eastern Avenue / Monroe Street NEEastbound Metrobus: C41Eastern Avenue / Rhode Island Avenue NEEastbound Metrobus: C41, P10, P1X, P40Eastern Avenue / Perry Street NEBidirectional Metrobus: C41, P10, P1X, P40Eastern Avenue / Randolph Street NEEastbound Metrobus: D34Eastern Avenue / Bunker Hill RoadWestbound Metrobus: D34Eastern Avenue / 28th StreetWestbound Metrobus: D34Eastern Avenue / Russell AvenueBidirectional Metrobus: D34Eastern Avenue / Kaywood PlaceBidirectional Metrobus: D34Eastern Avenue / Varnum Street NEBidirectional Metrobus: D34Eastern Avenue / 20th Street NEWestbound Metrobus: D34Eastern Avenue / Michigan Avenue NEBidirectional Metrobus: D34, P33Prince George's County, MarylandLaSalle Road / Woodreeve RoadBidirectionalLaSalle Road / Ingraham StreetEastboundLaSalle Road / 19th AvenueWestbound19th Avenue / Chillum RoadBidirectionalChillum Road / Longford DriveBidirectional Metrobus: P32Chillum Road / 18th AvenueBidirectional Metrobus: P32Chillum Road / 16th AvenueBidirectional Metrobus: P32Chillum Road / Sargent RoadBidirectional Metrobus: P32, P35Chillum Road / Twin Oak DriveBidirectionalChillum Road / 10th PlaceWestboundChillum Road / Chillumgate RoadBidirectionalChillum Road / Riggs RoadBidirectional Metrobus: P15, P16Chillum Road / #812WestboundChillum Road / #815EastboundChillum Road / Berkshire DriveBidirectionalChillum Road / Eastern AvenueEastbound Metrobus: M60, M6XWashington, D.C.Eastern Avenue / New Hampshire AvenueWestbound Metrobus: M60, M6XEastern Avenue / 5th AvenueWestboundEastern Avenue / Tuckerman Street NEEastboundEastern Avenue / Kansas Avenue NEBidirectional Metrobus: C77 (Northbound only)Eastern Avenue / North Capitol StreetBidirectional Metrobus: C77Eastern Avenue / Whittier Street NWEastbound Metrobus: C77 (Southbound only)Eastern Avenue / Walnut AvenueWestbound Metrobus: C77Eastern Avenue / Walnut Street NWEastbound Metrobus: C77Eastern Avenue / Laurel AvenueWestbound Metrobus: C77Eastern Avenue / Laurel Street NWEastbound Metrobus: C77Takoma stationBus Bay DEastbound station,Westbound terminal Metrobus: C75, C77, D50, D5X Ride On: 12, 13, 14, 16, 18, 24, 25 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.