# Landover Road Line

The Landover Road Line, designated Route L12 is a daily bus route operated by the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority between Downtown Largo station of the Blue and Silver Lines of the Washington Metro and Capital Plaza Mall. The line operates every 20 minutes between 7AM and 9PM, and 30–60 minutes after 9PM. Route L12 trips roughly take 48 minutes. The line was a portion of the A12, which was split into two separate routes beginning on June 25, 2023.

## Current route

Route L12 operates daily between Capital Plaza and Downtown Largo station providing service among the Landover community. Route L12 currently gets its buses out of Landover division.

### L12 Stops

| Bus stop | Direction | Connections |
| Prince George's County, Maryland |||
| Downtown Largo station Bus Bay A | Westbound station, Eastbound terminal | Metrobus: C21, C22, C26, C27, C29 TheBus: 21, 26, 28 Washington Metro: |
| Largo Drive West / #9301 | Westbound | Metrobus: C21, C22, C26, C27, C29 |
| Harry S. Truman Drive / Largo Drive West | Eastbound | Metrobus: C21, C22, C26, C27, C29 |
| Lottsford Road / Largo Drive West | Eastbound | Metrobus: C21, C22, C26, C27, C29 |
| Lottsford Road / Harry S. Truman Drive | Bidirectional | Metrobus: C21, C22, C26, C27, C29 TheBus: 21, 28 |
| Lottsford Road / Grand Boulevard | Bidirectional | TheBus: 21, 28 |
| Lottsford Road / Zachery Street | Bidirectional | TheBus: 21, 28 |
| Lottsford Road / Medical Center Drive | Bidirectional | Metrobus: C21, C22, C29 |
| Lottsford Road / McCormick Drive | Bidirectional | TheBus: 21, 28 |
| Lottsford Road / #9475 | Westbound | TheBus: 21, 28 |
| Lottsford Road / #9617 | Eastbound | TheBus: 21, 28 |
| Lottsford Road / Lottsford Court | Westbound | TheBus: 21, 28 |
| Ruby Lockhart Boulevard / Cross Church Way | Bidirectional | |
| Ruby Lockhart Boulevard / Ruby Turn | Bidirectional | |
| Ruby Lockhart Boulevard / Grand Way Boulevard | Bidirectional | |
| Ruby Lockhart Boulevard / Campus Way North | Bidirectional | TheBus: 28 |
| Barlowe Road / Landover Road | Bidirectional | Metrobus: A12 |
| Barlowe Road / Allendale Drive | Bidirectional | Metrobus: A12 |
| Barlowe Road / Ray Leonard Road | Bidirectional | Metrobus: A12 |
| Barlowe Road / Palmer Park Road | Bidirectional | Metrobus: A12 |
| Matthew Henson Avenue / Barlowe Road | Eastbound | Metrobus: A12 |
| Greenleaf Road / Matthew Henson Avenue | Bidirectional | Metrobus: A12 |
| Greenleaf Road / Normandy Road | Bidirectional | Metrobus: A12 |
| Greenleaf Road / Romney Court | Bidirectional | Metrobus: A12 |
| Greenleaf Road / Muncy Road | Westbound | Metrobus: A12 |
| Landover Road / Prospect Street | Eastbound | Metrobus: F12 |
| Fire House Road / East Lombard Street | Bidirectional | Metrobus: F12 TheBus: 27 |
| Fire House Road / Hawthorne Street | Westbound | |
| Hawthorne Street / Fire House Road | Eastbound | |
| Hawthorne Street / Kent Village Drive | Bidirectional | |
| Hawthorne Street / Kent Town Drive | Bidirectional | |
| Hawthorne Street / #6819 | Bidirectional | |
| Hawthorne Street / Pinebrook Avenue | Bidirectional | |
| Pinebrook Avenue / Landover Road | Bidirectional | |
| Landover Road / Pinebrook Avenue | Bidirectional | Metrobus: F12 TheBus: 27 |
| Old Landover Road / Landover Road | Bidirectional | Metrobus: F12 TheBus: 27 |
| Pennsy Drive / Landover station | Bidirectional | Metrobus: F12 TheBus: 27 |
| Landover station Bus Bays C and D | Bidirectional | Metrobus: F12 TheBus: 27 Washington Metro: |
| Old Landover Road / Landover Road | Bidirectional | Metrobus: F12 TheBus: 27 |
| Landover Road / Kilmer Street | Bidirectional | |
| Landover Road / #6490 | Westbound | |
| Landover Road / Cheverly Terrace Apartments | Eastbound | |
| Landover Road / Old Landover Road | Westbound | Metrobus: F13 |
| Landover Road / 63rd Place | Eastbound | Metrobus: F13 |
| Landover Road / Neighbor Lane | Westbound | Metrobus: F13 |
| Landover Road / 62nd Avenue | Eastbound | Metrobus: F13 |
| Hospital Drive / Landover Road | Bidirectional | Metrobus: F1, F8, F13 TheBus: 18 |
| Hospital Drive / County Health Center | Bidirectional | Metrobus: F1, F8, F13 |
| Annapolis Road / 62nd Avenue | Bidirectional | Metrobus: T18 |
| Annapolis Road / 65th Avenue | Bidirectional | Metrobus: T18 |
| Cooper Lane / Annapolis Road Capital Plaza | Westbound terminal, Eastbound station | Metrobus: F13, T18 |

## History

The first proposal for a new Route L12 happened in 2012 when WMATA proposed to split the A12 into two routes with the A12 running between Addison Road station and New Carrollton station via Brightseat Road and Ardwick Industrial Park and discontinuing service to Capital Plaza and Landover station primarily running along Martin Luther King Jr. Highway. A new Route L12 will operate the A12 routing between Capital Plaza and Largo Town Center (now Downtown Largo) station via Landover station and Woodmore Town Center primarily running on Landover Road via Palmer Park and Hawthorne Street running along the old A12 routing. Stops between Martin Luther King Jr. Highway and Brightseat Road will be replaced by a rerouted route F14 which will discontinue service along a portion of Brightseat Road being replaced by Route A12.
The reason for the changes was that WMATA wanted to have one route running primarily along Martin Luther King Jr. Highway (A12) and another route running primarily on Landover Road (L12). However public feedback was opposed to the route change, which led WMATA to shelve the plans.
Later during WMATA's 2024 Fiscal Year Budget in March 2023, WMATA brought back the A12 and L12 proposal from 2014, which was almost identical to the original proposal. However one difference was route F14 would not be rerouted along Landover Road and instead remain on Brightest Road. Subsequently, the FY2024 budget was approved in April 2023, which included a new Route L12.
In June 2023, WMATA announced the new L12 will begin service on June 25, 2023. The line would be named under the Landover Road Line and will operate every 20 minutes between Downtown Largo station and Capital Plaza via Lottsford Road, Woodmore Towne Centre, Landover Road, Greenleaf Road, Matthew Henson Avenue, Barlowe Road, Fire House Road, Hawthorne Street, Pinebrook Avenue, Landover Station, Hospital Drive, and Annapolis Road, replacing the A12 which was rerouted to serve New Carrollton station beginning along the intersection of Glenarden Parkway & Martin Luther King Jr. Highway.