# New Hampshire Avenue–Maryland Line

The New Hampshire Avenue–Maryland Line, designated Route K6, is a daily bus route operated by the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority between Fort Totten station on the Red and Green Lines of the Washington Metro and White Oak Shopping Center. The line operates every 12 minutes during most times. Route K6 trips take 28 minutes according to the schedule.

## Background

Route K6 operates daily between Fort Totten station and White Oak Shopping Center via New Hampshire Avenue providing service to residents between the two points. Route K6 currently operates out of Bladensburg division. The line originally operated out of Montgomery division until 2019.

### K6 stops

| Bus stop | Direction | Connections |
| Northeast Washington, D.C. |||
| Fort Totten station Bus Bay A | Northbound station, Southbound terminal | Metrobus: 60, 64, 80, E2, E4, F6, K2, K9, R1, R2 Washington Metro: |
| Fort Totten station Bus Bay K | Northbound | Metrobus: 60, 64, 80, E2, E4, F6, K2, K9, R1, R2 Washington Metro: |
| First Place NE / Riggs Road NE | Northbound | Metrobus: 60, 64, E4, K2, R1, R2 |
| First Place NE / Ingraham Street NE | Southbound | Metrobus: 60, 64, E4, K2, R1, R2 |
| Riggs Road NE / Blair Road NE | Northbound | Metrobus: 60, 64, E4, K2 |
| Riggs Road NE / Rock Creek Church Road NE | Southbound | Metrobus: 60, 64, E4, K2 |
| Riggs Road NE / North Capitol Street | Bidirectional | Metrobus: 60, 64, E4, K2 |
| New Hampshire Avenue NE / Longfellow Street NE | Bidirectional | Metrobus: K2 |
| New Hampshire Avenue NE / Madison Street NE | Bidirectional | |
| New Hampshire Avenue NE / Oneida Street NE | Bidirectional | |
| New Hampshire Avenue NE / Peabody Street NE | Bidirectional | |
| New Hampshire Avenue NE / Quackenbos Street NE | Bidirectional | |
| New Hampshire Avenue NE / Rittenhouse Street NE | Bidirectional | |
| Prince George's County, Maryland |||
| New Hampshire Avenue / Eastern Avenue | Bidirectional | Metrobus: F1, K9 |
| New Hampshire Avenue / Sheridan Street | Bidirectional | |
| New Hampshire Avenue / Poplar Avenue | Southbound | Metrobus: K9 |
| New Hampshire Avenue / Ray Road | Northbound | |
| New Hampshire Avenue / Belford Place | Northbound | Metrobus: K9 |
| New Hampshire Avenue / Maryland Route 410 | Southbound | |
| New Hampshire Avenue / East-West Highway | Northbound | Metrobus: F4, K9 Ride On: 16 |
| New Hampshire Avenue / Ethan Allen Avenue | Southbound | Metrobus: F4, K9 Ride On: 16 |
| New Hampshire Avenue / East-West Highway | Northbound | Metrobus: F4, K9 Ride On: 16 |
| Montgomery County, Maryland |||
| New Hampshire Avenue / Devonshire Avenue | Southbound | Ride On: 16 |
| New Hampshire Avenue / Kentland Avenue | Northbound | Ride On: 16 |
| New Hampshire Avenue / Larch Avenue | Bidirectional | Ride On: 16 |
| New Hampshire Avenue / Linden Avenue | Southbound | Ride On: 16 |
| New Hampshire Avenue / Sligo Creek Parkway | Northbound | Ride On: 16 |
| New Hampshire Avenue / Glenside Drive | Southbound | Metrobus: K9 Ride On: 16 |
| New Hampshire Avenue / Erskine Street | Northbound | Metrobus: K9 Ride On: 16 |
| New Hampshire Avenue / Merwood Drive | Bidirectional | Ride On: 16 |
| New Hampshire Avenue / Kingwood Drive | Northbound | Ride On: 16 |
| New Hampshire Avenue / Holton Lane | Bidirectional | Ride On: 16 |
| New Hampshire Avenue / Kirklynn Avenue | Southbound | Ride On: 16 |
| Prince George's County, Maryland |||
| Takoma Langley Crossroads Transit Center Bus Bays A and G | Bidirectional | Metrobus: C2, C4, F8, K9 Ride On: 15, 16, 17, 18, 25 TheBus: 18 Shuttle-UM: 129 MTA: Purple Line (Planned) |
| New Hampshire Avenue / Merrimac Drive | Bidirectional | Metrobus: F8, K9 TheBus: 18 Ride On: 16 |
| New Hampshire Avenue / #8236 | Southbound | Ride On: 16 |
| New Hampshire Avenue / #8229 | Northbound | Ride On: 16 |
| New Hampshire Avenue / Quebec Street | Bidirectional | Ride On: 16 |
| New Hampshire Avenue / Ruatan Street | Bidirectional | Ride On: 16 |
| Southampton Drive / Ames Road | Bidirectional | Ride On: 20, 24 |
| Southampton Drive / #201 | Northbound | Ride On: 20, 24 |
| Southampton Drive / Ames Road | Bidirectional | Ride On: 20, 24 |
| Southampton Drive / Beacon Road | Bidirectional | Ride On: 20, 24 |
| Northampton Drive / Colony Road | Bidirectional | Ride On: 20, 24 |
| Northampton Drive / Beacon Road | Bidirectional | Ride On: 20, 24 |
| Northampton Drive / Avenel Road | Bidirectional | Ride On: 20, 24 |
| Northampton Drive / Avenel Road | Bidirectional | Metrobus: K9 Ride On: 20, 24 |
| Montgomery County, Maryland |||
| New Hampshire Avenue / Fox Street | Bidirectional | Metrobus: R1 Ride On: 20, 24 Shuttle-UM |
| New Hampshire Avenue / Adelphi Road | Northbound | Metrobus: C8, R1 Ride On: 20, 24 Shuttle-UM |
| New Hampshire Avenue / Dilston Road | Southbound | Metrobus: C8, R1 Ride On: 20, 24 Shuttle-UM |
| New Hampshire Avenue / Oakview Drive | Bidirectional | Metrobus: C8 Ride On: 20, 24 |
| New Hampshire Avenue / Elton Road | Bidirectional | Metrobus: C8 Ride On: 20, 24 |
| New Hampshire Avenue / Powder Mill Road | Bidirectional | Metrobus: C8, K9 Ride On: 10, 20, 22, 24 |
| New Hampshire Avenue / Overlook Drive | Bidirectional | Metrobus: C8 Ride On: 10, 20, 22 |
| New Hampshire Avenue / #10501 | Northbound | Metrobus: C8 Ride On: 10, 20, 22 |
| New Hampshire Avenue / Chalmers Road | Bidirectional | Metrobus: C8 Ride On: 10, 20, 22 |
| New Hampshire Avenue / Ruppert Road | Southbound | Metrobus: C8 Ride On: 10 |
| New Hampshire Avenue / Schindler Drive | Southbound | Metrobus: C8 Ride On: 10, 22 |
| New Hampshire Avenue / Mahan Road | Northbound | Metrobus: C8 Ride On: 10, 22 |
| New Hampshire Avenue / Northwest Drive | Bidirectional | Metrobus: C8 Ride On: 10, 22 |
| New Hampshire Avenue / Lockwood Drive | Bidirectional | Metrobus: C8, Z2, Z6, Z8 Ride On: 10, 22, Flash BRT (Orange) |
| New Hampshire Avenue / Lockwood Drive | Northbound | Metrobus: C8, Z2, Z6, Z8 Ride On: 10, 22, Flash BRT (Orange) |
| Stuart Lane / Old Columbia Pike | Northbound | Metrobus: Z6, Z8 Ride On: 10 |
| Stuart Lane / Montgomery White Oak Apartments | Northbound | Metrobus: Z6, Z8 Ride On: 10 |
| Stuart Lane / April Lane | Northbound | Metrobus: Z6, Z8 Ride On: 10, Flash BRT (Orange) |
| Lockwood Drive / December Drive | Northbound | Metrobus: Z6, Z8 Ride On: 10 |
| Lockwood Drive / Heather Hollow Circle | Northbound | Metrobus: Z6, Z8 Ride On: 10 |
| Lockwood Drive / White Oak Park Apartments | Northbound | Metrobus: Z6, Z8 Ride On: 10 |
| Lockwood Drive / White Oak Shopping Center (White Oak) | Southbound station, Northbound terminal | Metrobus: C8, Z2, Z6, Z8 Ride On: 10, Flash BRT (Orange) |
| Lockwood Drive / New Hampshire Avenue | Southbound | Metrobus: C8, Z2, Z6, Z8 Ride On: 10, 22, Flash BRT (Orange) |

## History

K6 originally began operating as part of the Capital Transit Company "New Hampshire Avenue" Bus Line in 1964, between White Oak Shopping Center in White Oak, Maryland, and Metro Center in Downtown Washington D.C. mostly operating along Columbia Pike, New Hampshire Avenue, the White Oak FDA/FRC Building, and North Capitol Street NW. K6 eventually became a WMATA Metrobus route on February 4, 1973, when WMATA bought all four failing private bus companies that operated throughout the Washington, D.C., Metropolitan Area and merged them all together to form its own Metrobus System.

### 1978 Changes

On February 19, 1978, after Fort Totten station opened, K6 was truncated to only operate between the White Oak Shopping Center and Fort Totten station. The remaining segment of K6's original routing between Fort Totten and Metro Center was replaced by WMATA's brand new route K4, which was designed to operate between Fort Totten and Metro Center.

### 2013 Changes

On December 29, 2013, route K6 discontinued all service to the Food and Drug Administration and instead remained straight along New Hampshire Avenue. Service would be replaced by route K9 which was extended from Northwest Park.

### 2016 Changes

When the Takoma Langley Crossroads Transit Center opened on December 22, 2016, the K6 was rerouted, along with several other Metrobus, Ride On buses, Shuttle UM and TheBus routes, to serve the newly opened Transit Center. Route K6 would serve Bus Bay A (Northbound) and Bus Bay G (Southbound) alongside route K9.

### 2023 Changes

On June 25, 2023, northbound K6 trips was rerouted to Stuart Lane and Lockwood Drive to terminate in White Oak, service along Old Columbia Pike and inside of White Oak Shopping Center was discontinued.

## Incidents

* On December 30, 2013, around 3:30 p.m., a K6 driver was killed when her bus began rolling without anybody on board and pinned the driver to a wall at White Oak Shopping Center. Preliminary investigation indicated that the driver attempted to engage the brake by reaching through the driver's window before becoming pinned to the bus. The driver suffered serious injuries and was pronounced dead several hours later.
* On April 14, 2020, a car crashed into the back of a K6 bus around 10 p.m. Monday night leaving the three people inside the car pinned and severely injured.