Route 57 (MTA Maryland)
| Route 57 | |
|---|---|
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| Overview | |
| System | Maryland Transit Administration |
| Garage | Northwest |
| Status | active |
| Began service | 1987 |
| Predecessors | No. 33 Streetcar (1924-1948) Bus Route 28 (1947-1984) Bus Route R-3 (1984-1987) Bus Route M-6 (1987-2009) |
| Route | |
| Locale | Baltimore City Baltimore County |
| Communities served |
Arlington Howard Park Gwynn Oak Woodlawn |
| Landmarks served | Gwynn Oak Park |
| Other routes | 15, 20, 27, 33, qb40, 44, 51, 52, 77, 91, 99 |
| Service | |
| Level | Daily |
| Frequency | Every 30 minutes Every 30 minutes (peak) |
| Weekend frequency | Every 40-60 minutes |
| Operates | 5:30 am to 12:30 am |
Route 57 is a bus route operated by the Maryland Transit Administration in Baltimore and its suburbs. The line currently runs from the Rogers Avenue Metro Subway Station in Northwest Baltimore to Security Square Mall, with selected trips to the Social Security Administration headquarters in Woodlawn. The line serves the corridor of Gwynn Oak Avenue and the communities of Howard Park, Gwynn Oak, and Windsor Mill.
The route is the successor to the 32 Woodlawn and 33 West Arlington streetcar lines and several bus routes.
Route 57 started operating under the Route R-3 designation on June 18, 1984. Prior to 1984, the area had been served by other bus and streetcar lines, most recently Route 28, which had branches feeding into Liberty Heights Avenue and then operating through Downtown Baltimore mostly to Cherry Hill. These services operated on Sundays until 2001, when Route M-6 started operating on Sundays. The line has only had minor routing and schedule changes since its 1984 introduction, with the exception of two redesignations (in 1987 from R-3 to M-6 and in 2009 from M-6 to 57) and a controversial elimination in 2005 that was later reversed.
Streetcar service began on the Gwynn Oak corridor in 1924 with the initiation of the No. 33 Streetcar line, which operated as a branch of the No. 5 Streetcar line into Gwynn Oak Junction. This service was suspended briefly in 1930 in favor of a bus designated no. 20, bus streetcar service resumed later that same year.
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