No. 33 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. 33 line is a bus line operated by the Maryland Transit Administration in Baltimore, Maryland and its eastern suburbs. It currently runs from the Rogers Avenue Metro Subway Station Northwest Baltimore to the Essex Park-and-Ride in eastern Baltimore County, with selected trips looping at Moravia. Service is provided about once every 20 minutes during rush hour and midday, every 50 minutes on Saturdays, and every 75 minutes on Sundays. The line operates primarily along the Coldspring Lane cross-town corridor, and serves the intermediate communities Arlington, Lower Park Heights, Roland Park, Homeland, and Montebello. The line passes several universities, including Loyola College, Notre Dame, and Morgan State University. The total length of a full trip is approximately one hour and 15 minutes.

[edit] History

The no. 33 line started operating in 1977. At that time, it was introduced as an experimental service, with expectations that it would not be successful. It ran on weekdays only during rush hour and midday, and there was no evening or weekend service. Its route was from Arlington to Morgan State only.

About a year later, the line was seen as somewhat of a success. Service was extended during rush hour to the current Moravia loop, and middays to Montebello State Hospital.

The line saw no further improvements until 1986. During that year, evening and Saturday service were added. On weekdays, the line operate until 10 PM, and on Saturdays, intervals were 90 minutes, the most service allowable with a single bus.

In 1993, the line was improved again. All trips were extended to the Moravia loop, and midday service was improved from intervals of 50 to 35 minutes. Evening hours were extended to midnight, and Saturday service was doubled to intervals of 45 minutes.

In 1995, Sunday service on this line was added, though it operated only once every 90 minutes, the previous Saturday frequency.

The line saw an unplanned extension in 2005. Originally, when MTA proposed to overhaul its entire bus service that year, no routing changes were announced for the no. 33 line. Only frequency improvements were planned.

But with a public outcry in response to the elimination of certain branches of other lines, the no. 33 line was extended to provide bus service in those communities. The new terminus of the line became Eastpoint Mall, as new service was provided to the Armistead Gardens community, the North Point Boulevard corridor, and a new cross-town connection to other lines. Ironically, this resulted in a slight reduction in service frequency except on Sundays. Rush hour service was dropped from 15 to 20 minutes, middays service from 35 to 40 minutes, and Saturday service from 45 to 50 minutes. Sunday service was improved from 90 to 75 minutes.

Three months later, the line was extended again about a mile to the Essex Park-and-Ride lot in order to improve efficiency in looping.

Late in 2006, MTA addressed some of the frequency reduction concerns by doubling midday service to one bus every 20 minutes. New trips that were added use the old Moravia loop rather than continuing to Essex.

MTA also plans in the near future to improve frequencies at other times.