# Temple Hills–Marlow Heights Line

The Temple Hills–Marlow Heights Line, designated Route H12, is a daily bus route operated by the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority between Naylor Road station of the Green Line of the Washington Metro and Heather Hill Apartment Complex in Temple Hills, Maryland, via the Iverson Mall and the Marlow Heights Shopping Center. The line operates 35 minutes Monday-Friday and 60 minutes on Saturdays & Sundays. Trips are roughly 30 minutes long.

## Background

Route H12 operates between Naylor Road station and Heather Hills Apartment Complex in Temple Hills, Maryland mostly along Fisher Road, Temple Hills Road, St. Barnabas Road, and Branch Avenue connecting Hillcrest Heights, Silver Hill, Marlow Heights, and Temple Hills. Route H12 operates daily.
Route H12 currently operates out of Andrews Federal Center division since June 23, 2019. It formally operated out of Landover and Southern Avenue divisions at one point.

### H12 Stops

| Bus stop | Direction | Connections |
| Prince George's County, Maryland |||
| Naylor Road station Bus Bay D | Southbound stop, Northbound terminal | Metrobus: 36, C12, C14, F14 TheBus: 32 Washington Metro: |
| Branch Avenue / Curtis Drive | Bidirectional | Metrobus: C12, C14 |
| Branch Avenue / Bonita Street | Northbound | Metrobus: C12, C14 |
| Branch Avenue / 32nd Avenue | Southbound | Metrobus: C12, C14 |
| Branch Avenue / Colebrooke Drive | Bidirectional | Metrobus: C12, C14 TheBus: 32 |
| Colebrooke Drive / Fairlawn Avenue | Bidirectional | Metrobus: C12, C14 TheBus: 32 |
| Colebrooke Drive / Gaither Street | Southbound | |
| Colebrooke Drive / 28th Parkway | Bidirectional | |
| Colebrooke Drive / 26th Avenue | Northbound | |
| 26th Avenue / Colebrooke Drive | Southbound | |
| Iverson Street / 26th Avenue | Southbound | Metrobus: C12, P12 |
| 25th Avenue / Iverson Street | Northbound | Metrobus: C12, P12 |
| Colebrooke Drive / 25th Avenue | Northbound | |
| Iverson Street / 25th Avenue | Southbound | Metrobus: C12, P12 |
| Iverson Street / 24th Avenue | Bidirectional | Metrobus: C12, P12 |
| Iverson Street / 23rd Place | Bidirectional | Metrobus: C12, P12 |
| Iverson Street / 23rd Parkway | Bidirectional | Metrobus: C12, P12 |
| 23rd Parkway / Jameson Street | Bidirectional | |
| 23rd Parkway / 22nd Place | Southbound | |
| 23rd Parkway / Kenton Place | Northbound | |
| 23rd Parkway / Kirby Drive | Bidirectional | |
| Lyons Street / Olson Street | Bidirectional | |
| St. Clair Drive / Lyons Street | Bidirectional | |
| St. Clair Drive / Murdock Street | Northbound | |
| St. Clair Drive / Norcross Street | Bidirectional | |
| St. Clair Drive / 27th Avenue | Northbound | |
| St. Clair Drive / Olson Street | Southbound | |
| St. Clair Drive / 28th Avenue | Southbound | Metrobus: D12 TheBus: 32 |
| 28th Avenue / St. Clair Drive | Northbound | Metrobus: D12 TheBus: 32 |
| 28th Avenue / Keith Street | Bidirectional | Metrobus: D12 TheBus: 32 |
| Keith Street / Triton Court | Bidirectional | Metrobus: D12 |
| Marlow Heights Shopping Center / #3927 | Southbound | Metrobus: C12, C14, D12 |
| Marlow Heights Shopping Center / Macy's | Bidirectional | Metrobus: C12, C14, D12 |
| Marlow Heights Shopping Center / 28th Avenue | Bidirectional | Metrobus: C12, C14, D12 |
| St. Barnabas Road / 28th Avenue | Southbound | Metrobus: D12 |
| St. Barnabas Road / Leisure Drive | Southbound | Metrobus: D12 |
| St. Barnabas Road / Holly Tree Road | Northbound | Metrobus: D12 |
| St. Barnabas Road / Stamp Road | Bidirectional | Metrobus: D12 |
| St. Barnabas Road / Clifton Road | Bidirectional | Metrobus: D12 |
| St. Barnabas Road / Pohanka Place | Bidirectional | Metrobus: D12 |
| Temple Hill Road / St. Barnabas Road | Southbound | Metrobus: D12 TheBus: 32, 33 |
| Temple Hill Road / Carlton Avenue | Northbound | Metrobus: D12 TheBus: 32, 33 |
| Temple Hill Road / Rickey Avenue | Bidirectional | TheBus: 32, 33 |
| Temple Hill Road / Hagan Road | Bidirectional | TheBus: 32, 33 |
| Temple Hill Road / Spring Terrace | Bidirectional | TheBus: 32, 33 |
| Temple Hill Road / Fisher Road | Southbound | TheBus: 32, 33 |
| Fisher Road / Holton Lane | Northbound | TheBus: 32, 33 |
| Fisher Road / Fisher Drive | Bidirectional | TheBus: 33 |
| Fisher Road / Temple Boulevard | Bidirectional | TheBus: 33 |
| Fisher Road / Damian Drive | Bidirectional | TheBus: 33 |
| Fisher Road / St. Moritz Drive | Bidirectional | TheBus: 33 |
| Fisher Road / Heather Hill Apartments | Bidirectional | TheBus: 33 |
| Heather Hill Apartments / Main Entrance at Shelter Temple Hills | Northbound stop, Southbound terminal | |

## History

Routes H11, H12, & H14 initially started off as streetcar lines in 1939 which operated under the Washington Marlboro & Annapolis Motor Lines Inc. (WM&A) between Federal Triangle in Downtown Washington DC and the Heather Hills Apartment Complex in Temple Hills, Maryland via Iverson Mall and the Marlow Heights Shopping Center. The line mostly operated along Pennsylvania Avenue, Independence Avenue, 7th Street, Branch Avenue, St. Barnabas Road, Temple Hill Road, and Fisher Road. Route H11 would make diversion from St. Barnabas Road to serve the Princeton Estates Apartment Complex in Marlow Heights.
Routes H11 and H12 would operate weekly while the H14 would only operate during weekday peak-hours. All three routes were later converted into bus routes during the 1950s and eventually acquired by WMATA on February 4, 1973.

### 1978 Changes

On September 25, 1978, more than a year after the Potomac Avenue station opened, routes H11, H12, and H14 were all truncated to only operate between Potomac Avenue station and Temple Hills (Heather Hills Apartments), instead of operating to Federal Triangle in Downtown Washington DC. Service to Downtown was replaced by the Blue Line.

### 2001 Changes

On January 13, 2001 when Naylor Road station opened, routes H11 and H12 were truncated even further to only operate up to Naylor Road station and Heather Hills Apartments, instead of operating to Potomac Avenue station . The segment of H11 and H12's routing between Naylor Road and Potomac Avenue stations were taken over by routes 35 and 36.
Route H14 was discontinued and renamed H13. Route H13 would also operate between Naylor Road and Heather Hills Apartments during the weekday peak hours except skipping the diversion into Hillcrest Heights similar to the old H14.

### 2010 Proposed Changes

In 2010 during WMATA's FY2011 budget year, WMATA proposed to reroute the H11, H12, and H13 to Carriage Hill Apartments via Curtis Drive during the weekday and Saturday hours in order to replace routes C12 and C14 which were proposed to be discontinued.

### 2017 Changes

On June 25, 2017, weekday peak-hour service frequency was reduced from 20 minutes to 25 minutes.

### 2020 Proposed Changes

On September 26, 2020, WMATA proposed to eliminate all route H11 and H13 service, reduce route H12 service to only every 60 minutes, and eliminate most Sunday service to only operate between 11:20 AM and 3:20 PM. Route H11 has not operated since March 13, 2020 while route H13 has not operated since March 17, 2020 due to Metro's response to the COVID-19 pandemic. However on March 14, 2021, route H12 Sunday service was restored.