# Sheriff Road–Capitol Heights Line

The Sheriff Road–Capitol Heights Line, designated Route F14, is a bus route that operates Monday to Saturday that is operated by the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority between New Carrollton station of the Orange Line of the Washington Metro and Naylor Road station of the Green Line of the Washington Metro. The line operates every 30–35 minutes during rush hours and 50 minutes at all other times. Trips are roughly 60 minutes to complete.

## Background

Route F14 operates Monday through Saturday between 4:39 AM to 8:52 PM on weekdays and 5:02 AM to 8:52 PM on Saturdays. The line connects New Carrollton to Temple Hills without having to take Metrorail or enter Washington DC. It connects multiple neighborhoods to various Metrorail stations. A portion of the F14 routing between Capitol Heights station and Addison Road station along East Capitol Street is replaced by the A12 on Sundays.
Route F14 currently operates out of Landover Division.

### F14 stops

| Bus stop | Direction | Connections |
| Prince George's County, Maryland |||
| New Carrollton station Bus Bay A | Southbound station, Northbound terminal | Metrobus: A12, B21, B22, B24, B27, F4, F6, F12, F13, G12, G14, T14, T18 MTA Maryland Commuter Bus TheBus: 15X, 16, 21, 21X Greyhound Peter Pan Bus Lines Washington Metro: MARC: Penn Line Amtrak: Northeast Regional, Palmetto, Vermonter MTA: Purple Line (Planned) |
| Corporate Drive / Garden City Drive | Northbound | Metrobus: A12, F12 |
| Ardwick Ardmore Road / Pennsy Drive | Southbound | Metrobus: A12, F12 TheBus: 21 |
| Ardwick Ardmore Road / Ardwick Place | Bidirectional | Metrobus: A12, F12 TheBus: 21 |
| Ardwick Ardmore Road / Whitetire Road | Southbound | Metrobus: A12 TheBus: 21 |
| Ardwick Ardmore Road / #8335-8361 | Southbound | Metrobus: A12 TheBus: 21 |
| Ardwick Ardmore Road / #8440 | Northbound | Metrobus: A12 TheBus: 21 |
| Ardwick Ardmore Road / Preston Drive | Southbound | Metrobus: A12 TheBus: 21 |
| Ardwick Ardmore Road / West Street | Northbound | Metrobus: A12 TheBus: 21 |
| Martin Luther King Highway / Dellwood Court | Southbound | Metrobus: A12 |
| Martin Luther King Highway / Reed Street | Northbound | Metrobus: A12 |
| Johnson Avenue / Martin Luther King Highway | Southbound | Metrobus: A12 |
| Johnson Avenue / Hayes Street | Northbound | Metrobus: A12 |
| Hayes Street / Johnson Avenue | Bidirectional | Metrobus: A12 |
| Hayes Street / Glenarden Parkway | Southbound | Metrobus: A12 |
| Glenarden Parkway / Hayes Street | Northbound | Metrobus: A12 |
| Glenarden Parkway / Martin Luther King Highway | Southbound | Metrobus: A12 |
| Glenarden Parkway / Municipal Center | Northbound | Metrobus: A12 |
| Glenarden Parkway / McLain Avenue | Southbound | Metrobus: A12 |
| Glenarden Parkway / Reed Street | Bidirectional | Metrobus: A12 |
| Glenarden Parkway / Wesley Street | Bidirectional | Metrobus: A12 |
| Glenarden Parkway / Brightseat Road | Southbound | Metrobus: A12 TheBus: 21 |
| Brightseat Road / McLain Avenue | Northbound | Metrobus: A12 TheBus: 21 |
| Brightseat Road / Reicher Street | Bidirectional | Metrobus: A12 TheBus: 21 |
| Brightseat Road / Hamlin Street | Bidirectional | Metrobus: A12 TheBus: 21 |
| Brightseat Road / Girard Street | Northbound | Metrobus: A12 TheBus: 21, 21X |
| Brightseat Road / Evarts Street | Bidirectional | Metrobus: A12 TheBus: 21, 22 |
| Brightseat Road / Maple Ridge Apartments | Southbound | Metrobus: A12 TheBus: 21, 22 |
| Brightseat Road / Maple Ridge Apartments | Bidirectional | Metrobus: A12 TheBus: 21, 21X, 22 |
| Brightseat Road / Landover Road | Bidirectional | TheBus: 22 |
| Hill Oaks Road / Michele Drive | Bidirectional | |
| Hill Oaks Road / Nalley Road | Bidirectional | TheBus: 23 |
| Nalley Road / Capital View Drive | Bidirectional | TheBus: 23 |
| Nalley Road / Nalley Terrace | Bidirectional | TheBus: 23 |
| Belle Haven Drive / Nalley Road | Bidirectional | TheBus: 23 |
| Belle Haven Drive / Belle Haven Court | Bidirectional | TheBus: 23 |
| Village Green Drive / Belle Haven Drive | Northbound | TheBus: 23 |
| Village Green Drive / Sheriff Road | Bidirectional | TheBus: 23 |
| Sheriff Road / Village Green Drive | Northbound | TheBus: 23 |
| Belle Haven Drive / Sheriff Road | Bidirectional | TheBus: 23 |
| Belle Haven Drive / #1825-#1827 | Bidirectional | |
| Belle Haven Drive / Martin Luther King Highway | Northbound | Metrobus: A12, F12 TheBus: 18 |
| Martin Luther King Highway / King Shopping Center | Bidirectional | Metrobus: A12 TheBus: 18 |
| Martin Luther King Highway / Ryderwood Court | Bidirectional | Metrobus: A12 TheBus: 18 |
| Martin Luther King Highway / Roosevelt Avenue | Bidirectional | Metrobus: A12 TheBus: 18 |
| Sheriff Road / Martin Luther King Highway | Southbound | Metrobus: A12 TheBus: 18, 23 |
| Sheriff Road / Giant Gate #2 | Northbound | Metrobus: A12 TheBus: 18, 23 |
| Sheriff Road / Giant Main Entrance | Bidirectional | TheBus: 23 |
| Sheriff Road / Cabin Branch Drive | Bidirectional | TheBus: 23 |
| Sheriff Road / Glen Willow Drive | Bidirectional | TheBus: 23 |
| Sheriff Road / Cypresstree Drive | Bidirectional | TheBus: 23 |
| Sheriff Road / Cedar Heights Drive | Bidirectional | TheBus: 23 |
| Sheriff Road / Marblewood Avenue | Bidirectional | |
| Sheriff Road / Fairmount Heights Drive | Southbound | |
| Sheriff Road / 60th Avenue | Northbound | |
| Addison Road / Sheriff Road | Bidirectional | Metrobus: V14 |
| Addison Road / L Street | Bidirectional | Metrobus: V14 |
| Addison Road / 60th Avenue | Bidirectional | Metrobus: V14 |
| Addison Road / 61st Avenue | Bidirectional | Metrobus: V14 |
| Addison Road / Greig Street | Northbound | Metrobus: V14 |
| Addison Road / Field Street | Southbound | Metrobus: V14 |
| Addison Road / G Street | Northbound | Metrobus: V14 |
| Martin Luther King Highway / 68th Street | Southbound | |
| Northeast Washington, D.C. |||
| 63rd Street NE / Eastern Avenue | Northbound | Metrobus: V2, V4, X9 |
| 63rd Street NE / Clay Street NE | Southbound | Metrobus: V2, V4 |
| Prince George's County, Maryland |||
| East Capitol Street / Southern Avenue Capitol Heights station | Southbound | Metrobus: 96, A12, V2, V4, X9 TheBus: 24, 25 Washington Metro: |
| Capitol Heights station Bus Bay A | Northbound | Metrobus: 96, A12, V2, V4, X9 TheBus: 24, 25 Washington Metro: |
| East Capitol Street / Maryland Park Drive | Bidirectional | Metrobus: A12 TheBus: 24, 25 |
| East Capitol Street / Yost Place | Bidirectional | Metrobus: A12 TheBus: 24, 25 |
| Addison Road station Bus Bay A | Bidirectional | Metrobus: A12, C21, C22, C27, C29, J12, P12, V12, V14 TheBus: 18, 20, 23 Washington Metro: |
| Central Avenue / Yolanda Avenue | Northbound | Metrobus: J12, V14 TheBus: 24, 25 |
| Central Avenue / Yeoman Place | Southbound | Metrobus: J12, V14 TheBus: 24, 25 |
| Central Avenue / Rollins Avenue | Northbound | Metrobus: J12, V14 TheBus: 24, 25 |
| Central Avenue / Maryland Park Drive | Southbound | Metrobus: J12, V14 TheBus: 25 |
| Central Avenue / Xenia Avenue | Northbound | Metrobus: J12, V14 TheBus: 25 |
| Central Avenue / Ventura Avenue | Bidirectional | Metrobus: J12, V14 TheBus: 25 |
| Central Avenue / Tunic Avenue | Southbound | Metrobus: J12, V14 TheBus: 25 |
| Central Avenue / United States Post Office | Bidirectional | Metrobus: J12 TheBus: 25 |
| Central Avenue / Quire Avenue | Southbound | Metrobus: J12 TheBus: 25 |
| Central Avenue / Capitol Heights Boulevard | Bidirectional | Metrobus: J12 TheBus: 25 |
| Central Avenue / Clovis Avenue | Northbound | Metrobus: J12 |
| Larchmont Avenue / Clovis Avenue | Southbound | Metrobus: J12 |
| Larchmont Avenue / Cumberland Street | Bidirectional | Metrobus: J12 |
| Larchmont Avenue / Doppler Street | Bidirectional | Metrobus: J12 |
| Larchmont Avenue / #717 | Bidirectional | Metrobus: J12 |
| Larchmont Avenue / Emo Street | Bidirectional | Metrobus: J12 |
| Larchmont Avenue / Fable Street | Bidirectional | Metrobus: J12 |
| Larchmont Avenue / #1221 | Southbound | Metrobus: J12 |
| Larchmont Avenue / #1218 | Northbound | Metrobus: J12 |
| Larchmont Avenue / Marlboro Pike | Southbound | Metrobus: J12 TheBus: 25 |
| Marlboro Pike / Jansen Avenue | Bidirectional | Metrobus: J12 TheBus: 25 |
| Marlboro Pike / Glacier Avenue | Bidirectional | TheBus: 25 |
| Marlboro Pike / Edgewick Avenue | Bidirectional | TheBus: 25 |
| Marlboro Pike / Boones Hill Road | Bidirectional | |
| Southern Avenue / Bowen Road SE | Southbound | Metrobus: V7, W4 |
| Southern Avenue / Pear Street | Northbound | Metrobus: V7, W4 |
| Southern Avenue / Ridge Road SE | Southbound | Metrobus: S35, V7, W4 |
| Southern Avenue / Rail Street | Northbound | Metrobus: S35, V7, W4 |
| Southern Avenue / Torque Street | Bidirectional | Metrobus: S35, V7, W4 |
| Southern Avenue / Barker Street SE | Southbound | Metrobus: S35, V7, W4 |
| Southern Avenue / Vine Street | Northbound | Metrobus: S35, V7, W4 |
| Southern Avenue / Massachusetts Avenue | Southbound | Metrobus: M6, S35, V7, W4 |
| Southern Avenue / Byers Street | Northbound | Metrobus: M6, S35, V7, W4 |
| Southern Avenue / 42nd Street SE | Bidirectional | Metrobus: M6, S35, V7, W4 |
| Southern Avenue / Ellis Street | Northbound | Metrobus: M6, S35, V7, W4 |
| Southern Avenue / 41st Street SE | Southbound | Metrobus: M6, S35, V7, W4 |
| Southern Avenue / 41st Place SE | Bidirectional | Metrobus: M6, S35, V7, W4 |
| Southern Avenue / Fort Dupont Street SE | Southbound | Metrobus: M6, S35, V7, W4 |
| Southern Avenue / Belt Road | Northbound | Metrobus: M6, S35, V7, W4 |
| Southern Avenue / Suitland Terrace | Bidirectional | Metrobus: M6 |
| Southern Avenue / Suitland Road | Bidirectional | Metrobus: M6 |
| Southern Avenue / Forest Glade Lane | Bidirectional | |
| Southern Avenue / 36th Place SE | Southbound | |
| Southern Avenue / Oxon Run Place | Northbound | |
| Southern Avenue / 34th Street SE | Bidirectional | |
| Southern Avenue / Fairhill Drive | Bidirectional | |
| Branch Avenue / Southern Avenue | Bidirectional | |
| Naylor Road Station Bus Bay B | Northbound stop, Southbound terminal | Metrobus: 36, C12, C14, H12 TheBus: 32 Washington Metro: |

## History

The F14 began operation as the Sheriff Road Line under the Washington Marlboro & Annapolis Motor Lines Inc. (WM&A) in 1951, to operate between the Mayfair neighborhood in Northeast Washington D.C. and Glenn Dale Hospital in Glenn Dale, Maryland, mostly operating along Kenilworth Terrace, Sheriff Road, and Palmer Highway. F14 was eventually acquired by WMATA on February 4, 1973.

### 1978 Changes

On December 3, 1978 shortly after Deanwood and New Carrollton stations opened, F14 was rerouted to operate between New Carrollton and Deanwood mostly operating along Annapolis Road, Whitfield Chapel Road, Palmer Highway, Sheriff Road, Addison Road, and Minnesota Avenue. The segment of F14's routing on Sheriff Road NE & Eastern Avenue NE, was replaced by a new route U4. The F14's loop inside the Mayfair neighborhood was also replaced by route U2. The segment of F14's routing between the intersection of Palmer Highway and Whitfield Chapel Road and Glenn Dale Hospital, was replaced by route T12.

### 1981 Changes

On January 4, 1981, after both Addison Road and Capitol Heights station opened, route F14 was rerouted to operate between New Carrollton station & Bradbury Heights (Ridge Road SE & Southern Avenue SE), instead of operating to Deanwood station. The F14 would keep its original route between New Carrollton and the intersection of Addison Road & Sheriff Road in Chapel Oaks, then was rerouted to operate along Addison Road, and East Capitol Street and serve Capitol Heights station when operating towards Bradbury Heights. The route would enter Capitol Heights station bus bays when operating to New Carrollton.
The F14 would then remain on East Capitol Street, which would become Central Avenue , then turn onto Addison Road, then serve Addison Road station. The line would then operate along Central Avenue, Larchmont Avenue, Marlboro Pike, and Bowen Road, to reach its Bradbury Heights terminal at the intersection of Ridge Road SE & Southern Avenue SE. The line would operate on its same routing back to New Carrollton.
The segment of F14's routing between the intersection of Addison Road & Sheriff Road and Deanwood station, was taken over by route R12.

### 1993 Changes

On December 11, 1993, routes F13 and F14 swapped their routing. the F14's terminal at New Carrollton station, was relocated from the western side of the station, to eastern side of New Carrollton. During the same time, F14 was rerouted to operate between New Carrollton and the intersection of Martin Luther King Jr. Highway & Belle Haven Drive, via the Glenarden neighborhood and Landover Mall. Route F13 operated along Ellin Road, Harkins Road, Annapolis Road, and Whitfield Chapel Road.

### 2001 Changes

On January 13, 2001, when Naylor Road station opened, route F14 was extended from Bradbury Heights to Naylor Road station via Southern Avenue and Branch Avenue. The line was also renamed to the Sheriff Road–Capitol Heights Line.

### 2014 Proposed Changes

In 2014, WMATA proposed to reroute the F14 by turning left on Landover road from Brightseat road to serve a portion of the A12 route before turning back onto MLK highway where the A12 was proposed to be extended to New Carrollton station via Brightseat Road. Service between Brightseat and Landover road and Brightseat and Martin Luther King Jr. Highway will be discontinued and replace by extended route A12.