No. 27 Line

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This article describes a bus line of the Maryland Transit Administration. Information provided here is derived from old schedules and other archived resources.

The no. 27 line is a bus line operated by the Maryland Transit Administration in Baltimore, Maryland. It currently runs from the Reisterstown Plaza Metro Subway Station in northwest Baltimore to Port Covington in South Baltimore through downtown. The line serves the intermediate communities of Pimlico, Mt. Washington, Cross Keys, Hampden, and Cherry Hill. Service operates every 20-40 minutes at any given time.

[edit] Origin

The no. 27 line starting operating in 1982, mostly as a split-off of the No. 10 Line. The no. 10 line had operated from Pimlico to Dundalk, and the split allowed better schedule adherence. The two lines at the time had overlapped between State Center and Little Italy.

In 1992, in conjucntion with the opening of the Central Light Rail Line, the no. 27 line was rerouted to Camden Yards. Service between Howard Street and Little Italy, and selected trips to Canton were eliminated. The line's frequency was also reduced, as the line duplicated light rail service.

In 1996, the No. 28 Line was eliminated except on Sundays. Service on this line was provided by other routes, and selected no. 27 line trips were extended south of Camden Yards to the Cherry Hill Light Rail Stop. Additionally, selected late night trips were extended to either Cherry Hill or Baltimore Highlands.

Additional modifications in the coming years resulted in all trips being extended to Port Covington via Cherry Hill, and the no. 27 line became a supplement to service offered by the No. 29 Line.

[edit] Overhaul

In 2005, as part of the Greater Baltimore Bus Initiative (GBBI), MTA proposed to eliminate the no. 27 line, and provided services on other lines.

Initially, in 2005, the plan called for the No. 64 Line to be extended north to Mt. Washington to replace service between Mt. Washington and downtown. A new No. 28 Line would have been formed to replace service between Mt. Washington and Sinai Hospital, and the No. 29 Line would have provided service between downtown and Cherry Hill. The new routing of the No. 15 Line would operate on Belvedere Avenue, and there would have been no service provided to Seton Business Park, Port Covington, or on the Roland Avenue branch.

None of these changes were made under the partial Phase I implentation of GBBI. However, a slightly modified version of the plan as introduced in March 2006, as follows:

The No. 51 Line would be extended to serve Seton Business Park.
The No. 91 Line would continue to operate on Belvedere as it does today.
There would be no bus service on the streets between Sinai Hospital and Mt. Washington.
The No. 98 Line (Hampden Shuttle) would be modified to operate on a section of Roland Avenue where no. 27 service would not be provided.
The No. 7 Line, rather than the no. 29 line, would operate between downtown and Cherry Hill.
The No. 29 Line would be extended to Port Covington, and the no. 64 line would also serve this area.

Later that year, the following changes were made to the above plan:

A new No. M-5 Line would be formed that would operate on the streets of Mt. Washington and would also supplement No. 91 Line service that would remain on Belvedere Avenue.
A new No. 37 Line rather than the no. 7 line would serve the downtown to Cherry Hill section.

To this date, none of these changes have been implemented.