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653:, Route V2 and V4 was reduced to operate on its Saturday supplemental schedule during the weekdays beginning on March 16, 2020. On March 18, 2020, the line was further reduced to operate on its Sunday schedule with Route V2 being suspended. Weekend service for V4 was later reduced to every 30 minutes on March 21, 2020. The pre-pandemic schedule and V2 service was restored on August 23, 2020.
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of 5,300 weekday passenger trips (13%), 750 of 3,200 Saturday passenger trips (23%) and 600 of 2,900 Sunday passenger trips (21%) that will be affected by shortening routes V7 and V8 at Navy Yard
Station if the changes occur. Weekday passengers affected may be less due to the proposed extension of route V9.
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Minnesota Avenue, and to reduce/eliminate service with low productivity on the line. According to WMATA, there will be approximately 700
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September 5, 2021, Both Routes were increased to every 24 minutes with a combined 12 minutes between Capitol Heights station and Minnesota and Pennsylvania Avenues SE from 7AM to 9PM, with the V2 also getting full Sunday service.
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Anacostia station via Minnesota Avenue NE/SE, Good Hope Road SE, 16th Street SE (to the Minnesota Avenue), W Street SE (Minnesota Avenue), Martin Luther King Jr. Avenue SE, and Howard Road SE, instead of operating between
396:. Routes V2 and V4 originally operated out of Southern Avenue Annex until its closure in June 2024. Routes V2 and V4 now operate at Shepard Parkway full-time while Andrews Federal Center still operates them part-time
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Service on route V2 for the first time, while route V4 was shortened late nights to 11:30 pm weekdays and 10:30 pm weekends.
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1109:"Weekend: Metro service limited to 26 bus routes, reduced rail service; expect wait times of 30 minutes; customers urged to travel only if essential | WMATA"
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906:"Metrobus service to change the week of September 26"
937:"DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA PROPOSED BUS SERVICE CHANGES"
848:"Bus Routes Change Sunday to Link with Orange Line"
812:"AS METRORAIL MOVES TO ANACOSTIA, QUESTIONS REMAIN"
991:"Metrobus U and V Lines Changes in Effect June 21"
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695:"Metrobus FY2023 Annual Line Performance Report"
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781:"Metro Sets Shuttle Bus Link For SE Residents"
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259:1,076,865 (V4, FY 2023)
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183:Capitol Heights station
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249:V4: 4:10 AM - 11:47 PM
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112:Prince George's County
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118:Communities served
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829:2020-05-14
678:References
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1167:25 March
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148:Greenway
126:Greenway
53:Operator
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38:Overview
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890:21 June
790:21 June
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484:Changes
400:History
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1214:13 May
1188:6 June
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