Evening star., 1935-09-07
50 BUSES IN HOUR
IS CONNECTICUT
AVENUE SCHEDULE
Rush Period to Get Large
Number When Street
Cars Go.
FARES WILL REMAIN
SAME IN MOST CASES
New Vehicles, of Latest Type, to
Seat 81 Passengers Each.
Routes Outlined.

Fifty-nine buSseS will pass Connec-
ticut avenue and Calvert street dur
ing the morning rush hour between
7:45 and 8;45 o'clock under the new
schedule to be inaugurated by the
Capital Transit Co., September IS, in
a shift from street car to bus service
between Chevy Chase Lake and many
sections of Washington.
Fares on the bus lines, except for
the express service. will be the same
as those now paid on the street car
bus service from downtown Washing
ton to the District line, Chevy Chase
Lake, Rock Creek Loop, Kensington
and Garrett Park, officials announced
today. An additional scent cash fare
will be charged for each of the latter
four zones. However, the same pass
and ticket privileges now allowed will
be continued, with 100 zone tickets
costing So. and weekly passes selling
for So and $2.25. These are good for
all zones.
The new line will bring about the
discontinuance of all street car service
on upper Connecticut avenue. Sixty
new busses recently ordered by the
company for the line will be delivered
in plenty of time for the start Of the
service. Several of them already are
here and ready for operation. These
buses are of the latest type and can
seat 81 passengers. The street car
line to be abandoned in the Shift to
h,,sses is over a distance of 5.4 miles
Express and Local Service.
Under the new arrangement, there
will be express and local service be-
tween the District line and downtown
points, including the business district
and the Federal triangle. with another
local line between Chevy Chase Circle
and Anacostia Congress Heights,
which also will pass through the
downtown section of the city, crossing
Pennsylvania avenue at Sixth street
and serving part of the southeast and
southwest sections.
Another local line between Chevy
Chase Circle and Rock Greek Loop
will be opened up under the new
schedule in addition to the local lines
between Maryland points and the
loop. In addition to the new service.
the Chevy Chase coach line will be
continued, it was reported.
Local service throughout the day
between Garrett Park. Kensington and
Rock Greek Loop will be one bus each
hour, between Chevy Chase Lake and
the loop four busses an hour, between
Chevy Chase Circle and the loop eight
buses an hour, between the circle and
AnacoStia eight busses an hour, with
four of these going on to Congress
Heights.
"a Buses Hourly From Circle.
Express service in the base service
area between Chevy Chase Circle and
Eighth street and Pennsylvania ave-
nue., which is routed from Thirteenth
street over z street and south on
Eighth, will require eight busses an
hour. Altogether. there will be "a
buses an hour throughout the day
between Chevy Chase Circle and the
east end of the Calvert Street Bridge
Service will be greatly augmented to
all destinations during the rush hour
between 7:45 and 8:45 am. officials
said. Fares on the new lines in the
District will be on locals the same as
on street cars, with the same transfer
arrangements. On expresses the fare
will be 10 cents cash or the SIPS pass.
Transfers will be given except to the
Chevy Chase coach line and the Hains
Point bus line.
Rail lines which will terminate at
the Loop under the new arrangement
will be the Navy Yard via New Jersey
avenue: the Seventh street wharves
line, and a new line which will be
routed between the Loop and Ninth
and E streets, using Eleventh street
between U and E streets. A street
car line will be routed between TIE
Loop and Seventh street wharves,
over Fourteenth street, Pennsylvania
avenue, New York avenue and Fiji
teenth street, during the rush periods
in the morning and evening.
Evening Arrangements Similar.
Approximately the same number of
buSSes will be put into service during
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evening as that Of the morning. This
rush period has been tentatively set
as between S and o'clock
Under the new set-up, passengers
from points beyond the District line
in Maryland will not have through
service to and from downtown Wash
ington, but may transfer to through
vehicle at Chevy Chase Circle. They
will be allowed to transfer to an ex-
press bus by paying the express fare
or showing SIPS pass. These Mary
land passengers also will be allowed
to transfer to the street car lines at
Rock Creek Loop.
The old waiting room at Rock Creek
Loop has been remodeled and a bus
driveway built so that the transfer
between bus and street car can be
made conveniently.