Route 4 (MTA Maryland)
 LocalLink 62 |
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| Overview | |
| System | Maryland Transit Administration |
| Garage | Eastern |
| Status | active |
| Began service | 1971 |
| Ended service | 2017 (Renumbered to LL 62) |
| Predecessors |
Bus Route 24 Dundalk Bus Lines |
| Route | |
| Locale | Baltimore County |
| Communities served |
Victory Villa Middle River Essex North Point Dundalk |
| Landmarks served |
Franklin Square Hospital Golden Ring Plaza Eastpoint Mall CCBC Dundalk campus |
| Other routes | 10, 20, 23, 24, 35, qb40, 55, 160 |
| Service | |
| Level | Daily |
| Frequency | Every 60 minutes Every 40 minutes (peak) |
| Weekend frequency | Every 60 minutes |
| Operates | 4:30am to 11:00pm |
LocalLink 62 is a bus route in the suburbs of Baltimore. The line currently runs from the Essex campus of the Community College of Baltimore County to Turner's Station in Dundalk. The current route serves the Rosedale, Middle River, and Essex areas and the CCBC Essex and Dundalk campuses. The line was previously known as Route 4 prior to the launch of BalitmoreLink. LocalLink Route 62 replaced the entirety of Route 4 on June 18, 2017.
Route 62 started operating on November 15, 1971 under the nomenclature of Bus Route 4 between Eastpoint Mall and Dundalk, with southbound trips operating along North Point Road and Wise Avenue, and northbound trips operating along Merritt Boulevard. Another route identified as Route 4A operated briefly between Eastpoint and Logan Village between 1977 and 1978, but it was quickly eliminated.
Service along North Point Road prior to the existence of route 4 had previously been provided by the Baltimore Transit Company's Route H from 1925 to 1948 and Route 55 (no relationship to current Route 55 that runs from Towson to Fox Ridge) from 1948 to 1952, then by Dundalk Bus Lines.
Service to Ft. Howard Veterans Hospital was added in 1973 after Route 4 absorbed Route 9, which had operated between 1971 and 1973. Ft. Howard had previously been served by streetcars. The no. 26 streetcar line had provided service to Ft. Howard. Service was replaced in 1952 by Dundalk Bus Lines. During this time it was known in the community as 'the blue bus' owing to the color of the buses and to differentiate them from the yellow buses of the Baltimore Transit Company's No. 10 and 20 routes.
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