CityLink Red (BaltimoreLink)

CityLink Red
Overview
SystemMTA BaltimoreLink
GarageKirk
Statusactive
Began service1963
PredecessorsRoute 8 (1963-2017)
No. 8 Streetcar (1898-1963)
Route
LocaleBaltimore City
Baltimore County
Communities servedTowson
Stoneleigh
Govans
Waverly
Landmarks servedTowson Town Center
Towson University
Belvedere Square
Senator Theater
Other routes1, 3, 5, 7, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 15, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 27, 30, 33, 35, 36, qb40, 44, qb46, qb47, qb48, 55, 58, 61, 64, 91, 120, 150, 160
Service
LevelDaily
FrequencyEvery 15 minutes
Every 15 minutes (peak)
Weekend frequencyEvery 15-30 minutes
Operates24 hours[1]
Ridership2,393,952 (2022)
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CityLink Red (abbreviated RD) is a MTA BaltimoreLink bus route operated by the Maryland Transit Administration in Baltimore and its suburbs. The line currently runs from the University of Maryland Transit Center to the Lutherville Light Rail Stop along the corridors of York Road and Greenmount Avenue, and is the most heavily used MTA bus line.[2] The CityLink Red bus replaced Route 8 bus route due to BaltimoreLink, and is the successor to the 8 Towson and 7 Govanstown streetcar lines.[3]

  1. ^ Schedule mta.maryland.gov [dead link]
  2. ^ "Transit Route Performance - 1999" Archived 2011-07-17 at the Wayback Machine. Baltimore Transit Archives. Retrieved 2010-08-25
  3. ^ "The Routes of Baltimore Transit: 1900 to today" Archived 2011-07-17 at the Wayback Machine. Baltimore Transit Archives. Retrieved 2010-08-25