Route 23 (MTA Maryland)
| Route 23 | |
|---|---|
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| Overview | |
| System | Maryland Transit Administration |
| Garage | Eastern Bush |
| Status | active |
| Began service | 1950 |
| Predecessors | Nos. 14 and 23 Streetcars Bus Route |
| Route | |
| Locale | Baltimore City Baltimore County |
| Communities served |
Edmondson Village Allendale Rognel Heights Wildwood Rosemont Poppleton Essex Middle River |
| Landmarks served |
West Baltimore MARC Station Lexington Market Phoenix Shot Tower Johns Hopkins Hospital Patterson Park Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center Eastpoint Mall |
| Other routes | 1, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 10, 11, 13, 15, 16, 19, 20, 21, 22, 24, 27, 35, 36, 38, qb40, qb46, qb47, qb48, 51, 55, 61, 64, 77, 91, 99, 120, 150, 160 |
| Service | |
| Level | Daily |
| Frequency | Every 15 minutes Every 15 minutes (peak) |
| Weekend frequency | Every 30-35 minutes |
| Operates | 24 Hours a Day |
Route 23 is a bus route operated by the Maryland Transit Administration in Baltimore and its suburbs. The line currently runs the Wal-Mart parking lot in Catonsville, Maryland east through downtown Baltimore to the Fox Ridge community in Essex, serving the corridors of Edmondson Avenue on the west side and Eastern Avenue on the east, and the communities of Edmondson Village, Allendale, Rosemont, Patterson Park, and Eastpoint, and is one of the most heavily used bus routes operated by the MTA.
The bus route is the successor to the 14 Ellicott City, 23 Back and Middle Rivers, and East Fayette Street streetcar lines.
Route 23 began its service as an electrified rail and streetcar line between Middle River and downtown Baltimore in 1897 along much of the same route as today. The streetcar operated until 1942, until the line was converted into a rubber-tire bus service. During these years, Route 23 did not serve the west side of town at all. The western portion of today's route was primarily served by the no. 14 streetcar (no relationship to today's Route 14 that operates between Baltimore and Annapolis). Service was also provided through Essex and Middle River on the Back River Trolley.
In 1942, the no. 23 streetcar service was discontinued. It was then replaced by Bus Route P, which operated until 1950.
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