Route 8 (MTA Maryland)

Route 8
Overview
System	Maryland Transit Administration
Garage	Bush Kirk
Status	active
Began service	1963
Predecessors	No. 8 Streetcar
Route
Locale	Baltimore City Baltimore County
Communities served	Towson Stoneleigh Govans Waverly
Landmarks served	Towson Town Center Towson University Belvedere Square Senator Theater
Other routes	1, 3, 5, 7, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 15, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 27, 30, 33, 35, 36, qb40, 44, qb46, qb47, qb48, 55, 58, 61, 64, 91, 120, 150, 160
Service
Level	Daily
Frequency	Every 15 minutes Every 15 minutes (peak)
Weekend frequency	Every 15-30 minutes
Operates	24 hours

Route 8 is a bus route operated by the Maryland Transit Administration in Baltimore and its suburbs. The line currently runs from the University of Maryland Transit Center to the Lutherville Light Rail Stop along the corridors of York Road and Greenmount Avenue, and is one of the most heavily used MTA bus lines. The Route 8 bus route is the successor to the 8 Towson and 7 Govanstown streetcar lines.

Route 8 was electrified in 1895 as a streetcar running from Towson to Catonsville. Back then, it served the corridors of York Road, Greenmount Avenue, and Frederick Road through downtown Baltimore. Another streetcar, known as "no. 7," operated a short-turn version of this route from Govanstown to Irvington before being absorbed into no. 8 in 1931. In 1963, the line was converted into a bus operation, retaining this route. The no. 8 streetcar was the final streetcar line of Baltimore to undergo a conversion into a bus service.

There were also various branches of Route 8 added over the years to communities including Mt. Washington (added in 1972, designated 8A), Cockeysville (operated 1973-1989, designated 8B), Providence/Springlake (operated 1973-1989, designated 8D and 8E), Eudowood, the Towson State University campus, and Stella Maris nursing home, which opened in 1980. All these services have since been absorbed by other lines or otherwise abolished.

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