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51: 42: 664:, route P6 was relegated to operate on its Saturday supplemental schedule. However on March 18, 2020, further changes happened with route P6 operating on its Sunday schedule and weekend service being suspended beginning on March 21, 2020. Additional service and weekend service was restored on August 23, 2020. 626:
SE/SW and C Street. This was because there was low ridership to the State Department, through Capitol Hill, and on late night Friday and Saturday trips, poor on-time performance and unreliable service due to outdated schedules, focus service on high ridership areas and emerging markets, and a planned
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On June 17, 2012, routes P1 and P2 were discontinued and replace by route P6. Route P6 was also rerouted along M Street SE/SW instead of Virginia Avenue, and via Martin Luther King Jr. Avenue instead of 13th Street, SE to align with the new
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of the Washington Metro. The line operates every 15–20 minutes during the weekday peak hours, 24 minutes during the weekday midday, and 30–35 minutes during the late nights and weekends. Route P6 trips are roughly 65 minutes long.
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Line) were merged into route P6 as it would be easier to operate the line under one name. Route P6 will have select trips operated from McKinley Tech High School during the school days only.
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On June 26, 2016, route P6 was converted into a 24-hour bus stop in order to replace the A42, A46, and A48. The early morning and late night P6 trips will only operate between
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A year later during the FY2012 budget, WMATA proposed to restructure the Anacostia–Eckington Line. WMATA proposed to eliminate both routes P1 and P2 and reroute P6 along
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of the Washington Metro With late night and early morning trips shortened to operate between Anacostia station of the Green Line of the Washington Metro and
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via Virginia Avenue, 3rd Street, E Street, Washington Avenue, and C Street with route P1 primarily operating along Pennsylvania Avenue.
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Route P6 currently operates out of Shepherd Parkway division. Prior to 2012, the route would operate out of Bladensburg division.
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During WMATA's FY2011 budget year, it was proposed to eliminate all route P2 service as it duplicates to route P1 and P6.
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During the mid to late 1990s, routes P4, P5, and P6 were merged into one route as route P6 which will operate between
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Prior to the Anacostia–Eckington Line, routes P1, P2, and P4 operated under former routes. It goes as the following:
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In February 2021, WMATA proposed to eliminate all P6 service if they did not get any federal funding.
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On December 28, 1991, routes P1, P2, P4, P5, and a new route P6 was created as a new line called the
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while routes P4, P5, and P6 would operate a similar routing with routes P1 and P2 but operate along
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On May 29, 2022, all late night route P6 service was shortened to terminate at
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operating along 11th Street between Decatur and Illinois streets in
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15-24 minutes (Weekdays), 30-35 minutes (Late Nights and Weekends)
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in order to replace the A2, A4, A6, and A8 between Anacostia and
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tunnel project on Virginia Avenue will require to reroute P6.
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Route P5 was discontinued several years prior to the 1990s.
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Index

Anacostia-Eckington Line


Rhode Island Avenue–Brentwood station
Metrobus
Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority
Northeast
Northwest
Southeast
Southwest
Edgewood
Eckington
Chinatown
National Mall
Capitol Hill
Downtown
Navy Yard
Anacostia
Washington Navy Yard
Navy Yard–Ballpark station
Waterfront station
L'Enfant Plaza station
Archives station
Metro Center station
Gallery Place station
Rhode Island Avenue–Brentwood station
L'Enfant Plaza station
M Street
Pennsylvania Avenue
North Capitol Street

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