Metroway

Metroway
Metroway logo
A Metroway New Flyer XN40 bus at 27th & Crystal station.
Overview
SystemMetrobus
OperatorWashington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority
GarageFour Mile Run
VehicleNew Flyer Xcelsior XN40
LiveryMetroway
StatusIn service
Began serviceAugust 24, 2014 (2014-08-24)
PredecessorsMetrobus 9S[1]
Routes
Routes1
LocaleCity of Alexandria and Arlington County, Virginia, U.S.
StartPentagon City
EndBraddock Road
Length6.8 mi (11 km)
Stations17
Service
LevelDaily
Frequency12-20 minutes
Weekend frequency20 minutes
Journey time24 minutes
Operates5:30 am – 10 pm (weekdays)
6:30 am - 10:30 pm (Saturdays)
7:30 am - 10:00 pm (Sundays)
Daily ridership1,340 (April 2024)
Ridership445,804 (FY 2023)[2]
TimetableMetroway timetable
MapMetroway map
Route map
Map Metroway highlighted in blue
toward Pentagon
Pentagon City
Transitway extension
12th & Elm Street
12th & Clark Street
Crystal City
via National Airport
18th & Crystal Virginia Railway Express
Crystal
City
23rd & Clark | 23rd & Crystal
26th & Clark
27th & Crystal
33rd & Crystal
South Glebe
Reed – Potomac Yard
East Glebe and Potomac
East Glebe
Swann
Custis
Potomac
Fayette
Braddock Road
toward King Street
Key
Street section
Transitway
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Metroway is a bus rapid transit (BRT) line operated by the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA) as part of their Metrobus system. It consists of a single line operating in Arlington and Alexandria, Virginia. It opened on August 24, 2014. It was the first bus rapid transit line to open in Virginia and in the Washington metropolitan area.[3]

  1. ^ "Crystal City-Potomac Yard Transitway Project". City of Alexandria. Archived from the original on May 12, 2019. Retrieved December 28, 2019.
  2. ^ "Metrobus FY2023 Annual Line Performance Report" (PDF). wmata.com. April 27, 2024. Retrieved May 28, 2024.
  3. ^ Lazo, Luz (August 23, 2014). "Metroway, the region's first bus rapid transit, to debut in Northern Virginia". The Washington Post. Archived from the original on December 18, 2014. Retrieved December 18, 2014.