Route 7 (MTA Maryland)
| Route 7 | |
|---|---|
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| Overview | |
| System | Maryland Transit Administration |
| Garage | Eastern Northwest |
| Status | active |
| Began service | 1959 |
| Predecessors | No. 18 Streetcar |
| Route | |
| Locale | Baltimore City |
| Communities served |
Upton Seton Hill Little Italy Butcher's Hill |
| Landmarks served |
University of Maryland, Baltimore Oriole Park at Camden Yards Convention Center Harborplace National Aquarium Patterson Park |
| Other routes | 1, 3, 5, 8, 10, 11, 13, 15, 16, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 27, 30, 35, 36, qb40, qb46, qb47, qb48, 51, 52, 53, 54, 61, 64, 91, 97, 120, 150, 160 |
| Service | |
| Level | Daily |
| Frequency | Every 35 minutes Every 30 minutes (peak) |
| Weekend frequency | Every 28-30 minutes |
| Operates | 5:00 am to 2:00 am |
Route 7 is a bus route operated by the Maryland Transit Administration in Baltimore. The line runs from Canton, Baltimore to the Mondawmin Metro Subway Station, serving the communities of Butcher's Hill, Little Italy, and Sandtown-Winchester.
The bus route is the successor to the 18 Canton, 18 Pennsylvania Avenue, and Hudson Street streetcar lines; the Pennsylvania Avenue Line was the second streetcar line in Baltimore. Between 1893 and 1931, the Route 7 designation was used for a streetcar that operated between Govanstown and Irvington as a short-turn version of the No. 8 Streetcar. The no. 7 designation was not given to this route until 1959, when it was combined with the Reisterstown Road bus, which at that time had that designation.
The Baltimore City Passenger Railway opened a line along Baltimore Street, Greene Street, Pennsylvania Avenue, and Cumberland Street to Boundary Avenue (now North Avenue) on August 24, 1859. The line was later extended along North Avenue, McCulloh Street, and Cloverdale Road to Madison Avenue, and through-routed to Canton (via Baltimore Street, Broadway, Bank Street, and other streets) as the Green Line. The line was electrified in 1894 and numbered Route 18 in 1899.
Bus Route L began serving Reisterstown Road to Pikesville on July 3, 1929. On June 27, 1948, it was combined with Route 5 as Route 5/7; Route 7 trips were extended downtown along Druid Hill Avenue, where Route 5 had run as a streetcar line until then. Route 18 was replaced by buses on June 8, 1952, and on September 6, 1959 it was absorbed into Route 7, which was shifted from Druid Hill Avenue to Pennsylvania Avenue.
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