Route 44 (MTA Maryland)

Route 44
Overview
System	Maryland Transit Administration
Garage	Kirk Northwest
Status	active
Began service	1946
Predecessors	Bus Route D
Route
Locale	Baltimore City Baltimore County
Communities served	Woodlawn Howard Park Arlington Pimlico Roland Park Homeland Ramblewood Hamilton Gardenville
Landmarks served	Social Security Administration headquarters Gwynn Oak Park Pimlico Race Course Sinai Hospital St. Mary's Seminary Good Samaritan Hospital
Other routes	1, 3, 5, 7, 8, 11, 12, 15, 19, 20, 27, 33, 35, 36, qb40, qb46, qb47, qb48, 51, 52, 53, 54, 57, 61, 77, 91, 99
Service
Level	Daily
Frequency	Every 20 minutes Every 15 minutes (peak)
Weekend frequency	Every 30-60 minutes
Operates	4:00 am to 1:00 am

Route 44 is a bus route operated by the Maryland Transit Administration in Baltimore and its suburbs. The line currently runs from Rosedale Industrial Park near Pulaski Highway just outside the Baltimore city limits on the east side of the city across the northern portion of the city to Security Square Mall, with selected peak hour trips to the Social Security Administration. Some early morning trips before 7 AM lay over at the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) headquarters. The line operates mostly along Frankford Avenue, Echodale Avenue, East Belvedere Avenue, Northern Parkway, Rogers Avenue, and Gwynn Oak Avenue, serving the communities of Gardenville, Hamilton, Belvedere Park, Homeland, Roland Park, Pimlico, and Arlington, and the western suburb of Woodlawn.

Prior to the existence of Route 44 in the 1940s, no bus route operated fully across the same parts of the city as Route 44 does today. But parts of Route 44 are the successors to the Nos. 32 and 33 Streetcar Lines and Bus Route D, which operated before Northern Parkway was built. The no. 32 Streetcar had operated along to Liberty Heights corridor to Gwynn Oak Avenue, with branches in opposite directions along Gwynn Oak to Woodlawn and Arlington. The no. 33 streetcar had operated from Gwynn Oak to Park Heights Avenue before operating downtown. Route D had operated between Pimlico and Overlea, making use of Lake Avenue between Falls Road and Charles Street, and then Belvedere, Echodale, and Frankford to Belair Road.

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