Evening star., 1947-09-26
Af1oId6anges.
Bus Routes 10
Speed Service
Schedule Revisions
For Nearby Virginia
Effective Wednesday

Effective Wednesday
A number of schedule and route
changes designed to give faster serv-
ice oh the more heavily Travelled
lines and better cross-county serv-
ice, were announced today by the
Washington, Virginia & Maryland
Coach Co. (Arnold Lines. The
changes are effective Wednesday.
The changes by routes are as fol-
lows:
Route 1.-The IF Falls Church
and 1-W Westover buses from
Washington will operate over Will
son boulevard to Clarendon Circle,
thence over Washington boulevard,
returning by the same route The
IF line will operate on a 15-minute
base schedule and a Commute
schedule at night. During afternoon
rush hours, westbound IF buses will
make their first discharge of pas
sengers at the Clarendon Circle
The 1-W line will operate on a IS
minute schedule from Ninth street
and Constitution avenue, via Me-
mortal Bridge, during rush hours.
The changes result in 15-minute
rather than Commute service on
Washington boulevard between Clar-
endon Circle and Glebe road; 15-
minute service on Washington boule-
ward, west of Glebe road. and 15-
minute rather than 71a minute
service on Wilson boulevard between
Clarendon Circle and Glebe road.
la, 1-B, I'D and III buses will
continue to serve Wilson boulevard
between the circle and Glebe road
and the 712 minute schedule will be
maintained east of Clarendon Circle
on Wilson boulevard.
Washington Boulevard Service.
Route 2-Washington boulevard
Nonrush- hour service on 2-F line
between Clarendon and Falls Church
eliminated with IF line substituting.
Riders may transfer from IF at
Clarendon to. Route. 2 to continue
into Washington via Highway Bridge
Saturdays and Sundays via Memo
rial Bridge. Rush-hour service on
2-F will continue with buses leaving
Falls Church at TOT, 7:37 and 8:07
am. and from Tenth and F streets
NV. at Abs, sos and 5:35 pm.
Additional service will be operated
over Washington boulevard from
Glebe road during morning and aft
ernoon rush hours, weekdays. All
nonrush-hour Route service will
be operated between Clarendon Post
Office and Tenth and F streets NV.
on 30-minute schedule.
Route 3-Lee highway-The base
schedule will be 10-minute, instead
of Commute, service from Glebe
road to Sd Lexington street and
20 minute service to 3-F Falls
Church, with 15-ninute rush-hour
service to 3-F.
The &c Walker Chapel line via
Lee highway will operate only dur
ing rush hours, with the area be-
tween Lee highway and Walker
Chapel being served by the Route 8
(cross-county) line which goes to
Tenth and F. streets NE. 1t will
take only nine minutes longer to
reach Washington by new route.
This change results in Commute,
instead of Commute, service for the
area between Lee highway and
Walker Chapel. Riders in that area
who want to ride Route 3 may
transfer at Lee highway and Glebe
road.
Route Pershing drive - No
change in route. Base schedule re-
mains the same but the morning
rush-hour service over K street will
be increased from 71a minute to
6-minute.
Lee Boulevard Changes.
Route 6-Lee boulevard-Rush-
hour service will remain the same
but Route 6 midday and evening
buses from Merrifield will termi-
nate at Arlington Forest where pas
sengers can transfer to Route Alb
and 4-D buses to and from Eleventh
and E streets via Key bridge.
This change results in shuttle
service between Arlington Forest
and Merrifield but the schedule is
unchanged.
Route 7-Chain Bridge-No change
in route or schedule. The shuttle
bts trip from Oakton to Falls
Church at 6:35 am. will be discon-
tinued but the 7:25 am. apd 1855
am. trips will remain.
Route S-Cross County-ThiS
route, which formerly terminated at
Washington boulevard and Glebe
road, will be extended to &C Walker
Chapel (see Route 3, above). The
sc. buses will start at Walker
Chapel and go as follows:
South on Glebe road to Lee boule-
ward, Lee boulevard to Washington
boulevard, via Navy Annex, Penta-
gon and Highway Bridge to Tenth
and F streets NV.
Transfer Points Listed.
Transfer points will be at Lee
highway and Glebe road for Route
8: Washington boulevard and Glebe
road and Wilson boulevard and
Glebe road for Route l.; Pershing
drive and Glebe raod for Route 4;
Washington boulevard and South
Courthouse road (Hatfield) for
Routes 2, 10 and II, and Navy Annex
for Route 8.
Route 9-Fairhngton-No change
In route but with Commute in
stead of 20-minute base schedules
Morning and afternoon rush-hour
service will be on 15-minute in
stead of 20-minQte schedule.
Route 10-Sixteenth and South
Vermont streets-No change in route
but with 30-minute instead of 40
minute base schedule and Is
minute instead of a Commute rush.
hour schedule.
Route l1-Shirlington Circle tc
Rosslyn (cross county)-No change
in route but schedule adjustments
have been made for better transfer