No. 35 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. 35 line is a bus line operated by the Maryland Transit Administration in Baltimore, Maryland and its suburbs. It currently runs from White Marsh Mall to UMBC through downtown Baltimore, with selected peak hour trips to Landsdowne. Service operates every 15 minutes during rush hour, and every 30 minutes at all other times, seven days a week. The line serves the intermediate communities of Rosedale, East Baltimore, Southwest Baltimore, and Elm Ridge, and the Landsdowne trips serve the Arbutus area.
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[edit] Origin
The no. 35 line starting operating in 1970 between Franklin Square Hospital and downtown along the Philadelphia Road corridor in Baltimore County. In the city, the line operated along Pulaski Highway and Madison and Monument Streets, serving Johns Hopkins Hospital before reaches its terminus at University of Maryland Transit Center. The line provided minimum amounts of service, especially outside of rush hour. During off-peak hours, service operated only as often as a single bus allowed, which at some times, was only once every 2-3 hours. All trips on this line until the mid-90s were considered to be express service, making limited stops on parts of the route, and requiring payment of an additional fare.
Over the years, certain special branches and deviations were added to selected trips on the line to serve various places. These included:
- Essex Community College
- Chesaco Park
- Marshfield Business Park
- Oliver Beach (This service has been provided by the No. 24 Line since 1988)
- King Avenue (In 1994, all trips were extended to King Avenue)
[edit] Cutbacks
In the fall of 1992, MTA announced that weekend service on the no. 35 line would be eliminated in January 1993 due to low ridership. After public outcry resulting from these cuts, MTA arranged for a private contractor to provide weekend service along Philadelphia Road. This service was eventually cut.
[edit] Expansion
In 1997, the no. 35 line started to make its first comeback from its cuts earlier in the decade when all trips on the line were extended to White Marsh. There was no actual addition in the level of service provided when the route was extended. In fact, midday frequency was reduced as the single bus that operated had a longer route. But this became the most frequent service to White Marsh Mall, an area previously served by a minimal amount of bus service.
In 2000, the no. 35 line saw yet its biggest expansion. The line was combined with the No. 62 Line, which operated more frequently along a very similar route within the limits of Baltimore city. By using the operating budget of the two lines together to operate a single route, MTA was able to provide hourly service to White Marsh at all times, with other trips making short turns at the city line, and operating via Armistead Gardens, a deviation on the no. 62 line.
In 2005, as part of the Greater Baltimore Bus Initiative(GBBI), a comprehensive overhaul plan for the Baltimore region, the no. 35 line was combined with the No. 31 Line, and extended west to UMBC. At this time, all trips were extended to White Marsh, with short turns no longer being made at the city line. In order to reduce confusion, the new combined line, during its first three months of operation, was identified as the No. 31/35 Line before it once again assumed the No. 35 designation on February 5, 2006.
As a result of the overhaul, deviations from the main route of the no. 35 line were eliminated. While some were provided by other lines, others were no longer served by any MTA buses.
- The No. 33 Line was extended south from Moravia to Eastpoint Mall. This route included Armistead Gardens, so bus riders in this area would not have to walk to Pulaski Highway.
- The No. 4 Line, which was supposed to terminate in the north at Franklin Square Hospital, was extended to the campus of CCBC Essex. Later, the No. 24 Line was also extended there.
- The No. 55 Line had already been serving the intersection of Golden Ring Road and Kenwood Avenue in Rosedale, and it continues to do so.
- Bus service is no longer provided to Chesaco Park.
[edit] Previous No. 35 Lines
Prior to the existence of the current no. 35 line, other transit services operated in the Baltimore area were identified as no. 35.
- The no. 35 bus that operated between Garrison Boulevard and Morgan State University along Cold Spring Lane in the years 1968 and 1969. This service is currently provided by the No. 33 Line.
- The no. 35 shuttle between UMBC and Catonsville Community College that operated in 1966 only. The No. 77 Line currently provides this service.
- The no. 35 streetcar that operated between Walbrook Junction and Lorraine from 1904 to 1954. During the 1920s, the line operated all the way downtown. At other times in its history, the Walbrook to downtown service was separately provided by other lines, mostly the nos. 4 and 15 lines. In 1954, the line was converted to a rubber tire bus operation, and in 1966, it was absorbed by the no. 15 line. Today, this service is provided by the nos. 15 and 68 lines.
[edit] External Links
Map and schedule of the no. 35 line. [1]
