{{use mdy dates|date=May 2020}} {{Infobox bus line |box_width = 250px |number = D2X |logo = <!-- bus logo (ex: Image_name.png) --> |logo_width = <!-- width of bus logo --> |logo_alt = <!-- logo image alternate text (only works if logo_width is supplied) --> |bgcolor = <!-- background color for infobox title (hex codes need a '#', i.e. #00ff33 not 00ff33) --> |titlecolor = <!-- color of the title text (hex codes need a '#') --> |subheader = H Street Limited |operatorlogo = WMATA Metrobus Logo 2015.svg |oplogo_width = 250px |image = |image_width = 250px |image_alt = |caption = |system = Metrobus |operator = Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority |garage = Andrews Federal Center |pvr = |status = In Service |open = June 29, 2025 |close = |predecessors = X9 |night = |locale = Northwest, Northeast, Prince George's County |communities = Capitol Heights, Downtown, Chinatown |landmarks = Capitol Heights station, Benning Road station, Benning Road, Hechinger Mall, H Street, Washington Union Station, Union Station, Government Publishing Office, Capital One Arena, Gallery Place station |termini = <!-- used when route starts and stops at a single location, overrides the start and end parameters --> |start = Capitol Heights station |via = H Street NW/NE, Benning Road NE, East Capitol Street NE/SE |end = Gallery Place station |length = |otherroutes = D20 H Street Local |compete = |ibus = |level = Weekday service only |level1 = |frequency = 15 minutes |alt_frequency = |time = |day = 6:00 AM - 10:00 PM |zone = |timetable_link= [https://www.wmata.com/content/dam/wmata-com/Timetables/D2X_timetable.pdf Benning Road-H Street Limited Line] |ridership = 758,482 (FY 2025)<ref name=ridership>{{cite web | title=Metrobus FY2025 Annual Line Performance Report | website=wmata.com | url=https://www.wmata.com/about/records/upload/ALPR-FY2025_DRAFT_20260107.pdf | access-date=May 9, 2026}}</ref> |transfers = SmarTrip only |map_link = |map = |map_state = |map_name = |previous_line = D24 |next_line = D30 |notes = }} The '''H Street Limited''', designated '''Route D2X''', is a limited stop Metrobus bus route operated by the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority between Capitol Heights station, which is served by the Blue and Silver lines of the Washington Metro, and Gallery Place station, which is served by the Red, Green and Yellow lines of the Washington Metro. The line operates every 15 minutes at all times on weekdays only. Trips are roughly 50 minutes long. This line provides additional service along the H Street corridor supplementing route D20.

==Background== Route D2X operates on weekdays only between Capitol Heights station and Gallery Place station. This route provides additional service to route D20 along H Street and Benning Road. Route D2X operates out of Andrews Federal Center, having previously operated out of Bladensburg, Shepherd Parkway, and Southern Avenue Annex. The route would only serve all local stops if there was moderate snow conditions.

===Stops=== <section begin=d2x-table/> {| class="wikitable collapsible collapsed" style="font-size: 95%;" |- !Bus stop !Direction !Connections |- !colspan="3"|Prince George's County, Maryland |- !Capitol Heights<br /><small>Bus Bay B</small> |'''Eastbound terminal,<br />Westbound station''' |{{bus icon}} '''Metrobus''': C31, C57, P63<br> {{bus icon}} '''TheBus''': P65<br> {{rint|rail|size=12}} '''Washington Metro''': {{WMATA icon|Blue}} {{WMATA icon|Silver}} |- !colspan="3"|Washington, D.C. |- !East Capitol Street / 58th Street NE/SE |Bidirectional |{{bus icon}} '''Metrobus''': C57 |- !East Capitol Street / 57th Place NE |Westbound |{{bus icon}} '''Metrobus''': C57 |- !East Capitol Street / 56th Place SE |Eastbound |{{bus icon}} '''Metrobus''': C57 |- !East Capitol Street / 55th Street NE/SE |Bidirectional |{{bus icon}} '''Metrobus''': C57 |- !East Capitol Street / 53rd Place NE |Eastbound |{{bus icon}} '''Metrobus''': C57 |- !East Capitol Street / 53rd Street SE |Westbound |{{bus icon}} '''Metrobus''': C57 |- !East Capitol Street / 52nd Street SE |Eastbound |{{bus icon}} '''Metrobus''': C57 |- !East Capitol Street / 50th Street NE/SE |Bidirectional |{{bus icon}} '''Metrobus''': C23, C37, C57, D24 |- !East Capitol Street / Sycamore Road NE |Westbound |{{bus icon}} '''Metrobus''': C23, C37, C57, D24 |- !East Capitol Street / 49th Street SE |Eastbound |{{bus icon}} '''Metrobus''': C23, C37, C57, D24 |- !East Capitol Street / 47th Street NE/SE |Bidirectional |{{bus icon}} '''Metrobus''': C23, C37, C57, D24 |- !East Capitol Street / 46th Street SE<br>Benning Road station |Eastbound |{{bus icon}} '''Metrobus''': C21, C23, C37, C57, D24<br> {{rint|rail|size=12}} '''Washington Metro''': {{WMATA icon|Blue}} {{WMATA icon|Silver}} |- !East Capitol Street / Benning Road NE<br>Benning Road station |Westbound |{{bus icon}} '''Metrobus''': C21, C23, C37, C57, D24<br> {{rint|rail|size=12}} '''Washington Metro''': {{WMATA icon|Blue}} {{WMATA icon|Silver}} |- !Benning Road NE / 45th Street NE<br>Benning Road station |Westbound |{{bus icon}} '''Metrobus''': C21, C23, C37, C57, D24<br> {{rint|rail|size=12}} '''Washington Metro''': {{WMATA icon|Blue}} {{WMATA icon|Silver}} |- !Benning Road NE / 44th Street NE |Bidirectional |{{bus icon}} '''Metrobus''': C21, C57 |- !Benning Road NE / 42nd Street NE |Bidirectional |{{bus icon}} '''Metrobus''': C21, C57 |- !Benning Road NE / 41st Street NE |Bidirectional |{{bus icon}} '''Metrobus''': C21, C57 |- !Benning Road NE / 40th Street NE |Bidirectional |{{bus icon}} '''Metrobus''': C21, C57 |- !Benning Road NE / 39th Street NE |Eastbound |{{bus icon}} '''Metrobus''': C21, C31, C33, C35, C37, C57, D20 |- !Benning Road NE / Minnesota Avenue NE |Westbound |{{bus icon}} '''Metrobus''': C21, C31, C33, C35, C37, C57, D20 |- !Benning Road NE&nbsp;/ 19th Street NE |Bidirectional |{{bus icon}} '''Metrobus''': D20 |- !Benning Road NE&nbsp;/ 16th Street NE |Westbound |{{bus icon}} '''Metrobus''': C41, C43, D20 |- !Benning Road NE&nbsp;/ 15th Street NE |Eastbound |{{bus icon}} '''Metrobus''': C41, C43, D20 |- !H Street NE / 14th Street NE |Bidirectional |{{bus icon}} '''Metrobus''': C41, C43, D20 |- !H Street NE&nbsp;/ 8th Street NE |Bidirectional |{{bus icon}} '''Metrobus''': C53, D20 |- !H Street NE&nbsp;/ Union Station Garage |Bidirectional |{{rint|rail|size=12}} '''Amtrak''', '''VRE''', '''MARC'''<br/> at Union Station<br/>{{bus icon}} '''Metrobus''': C43, C51, C55, C71, D20, D24, D30, D80 <br/>{{bus icon}} '''MTA Maryland Bus''': 903, 922<br/>{{bus icon}} '''Loudoun County Transit'''<br/>{{bus icon}} '''PRTC OmniRide'''<br/>{{rint|rail|size=12}} '''Washington Metro''': {{WMATA icon|Red}}<br/> at Union Station |- !H Street NW&nbsp;/ North Capitol Street |Bidirectional |{{bus icon}} '''Metrobus''': C71, D20, D30 |- !H Street NW&nbsp;/ 7th Street NW<br>Gallery Place-Chinatown |Bidirectional |{{bus icon}} '''Metrobus''': D20, D24, D30, D34, D36, D40, D4X, D80, D94<br>{{rint|rail|size=12}} '''Washington Metro''': {{WMATA icon|Red}} {{WMATA icon|Green}} {{WMATA icon|Yellow}} |- !9th Street NW&nbsp;/ G Street NW<br>Gallery Place-Chinatown |'''Eastbound station,<br />Westbound terminal''' |{{bus icon}} '''Metrobus''': D20, D24, D30, D34, D36, D40, D4X, D94<br>{{rint|rail|size=12}} '''Washington Metro''': {{WMATA icon|Red}} {{WMATA icon|Green}} {{WMATA icon|Yellow}} |- |- <!--| colspan="3" style="text-align:center;"|'''Notes''':--> |}<section end="d2x-table" />

==History== Before WMATA implemented the Better Bus Redesign network, Route D2X was previously known as Routes X9. Route X9 originally operated as part of the East Capitol Street Express Line which operated alongside the Benning Road Line with routes X1, X2, X3, X4, X5, X6, and X7.<ref>{{cite news |title=New Subway Stops Bring Metrobus Service Changes |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/local/1981/01/01/new-subway-stops-bring-metrobus-service-changes/73567225-0882-45fa-b9b3-b8a9bacf17f6/ |newspaper=The Washington Post |accessdate=12 May 2020}}</ref> Route X9 originally operated between Capitol Heights station and Federal Triangle but was discontinued in the late 1980s and replaced by the Benning Road Line.

In 2010, WMATA released a study along the H Street and Benning Road corridor. As ridership increases along the corridor and consistent delays on the DC Streetcar, WMATA proposed a brand new route X9 to operate between Capitol Heights station and Metro Center station. This was to reduce crowding during the weekday peak-hours and to replace route X3.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Alpert |first1=David |title=WMATA plans new X9, Virginia and Greenbelt bus changes |url=https://ggwash.org/view/6453/wmata-plans-new-x9-virginia-and-greenbelt-bus-changes |website=Greater Greater Washington |accessdate=9 May 2020 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA PROPOSED BUS SERVICE CHANGES FISCAL YEAR 2011 |url=https://www.wmata.com/about/public-hearings/upload/bus_dc.pdf |accessdate=12 May 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=X1-X2-X3 Metrobus Benning Road/H Street Line Study |url=https://comp.ddot.dc.gov/Documents/Benning%20Road-H%20Street%20Line%20Study.pdf |accessdate=12 May 2020 |archive-date=December 24, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161224124338/https://comp.ddot.dc.gov/Documents/Benning%20Road-H%20Street%20Line%20Study.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref>

On December 19, 2010, route X9 was introduce as a new express bus route to primarily operate along H Street, Benning Road and Nannie Helen Burroughs Avenue. This new route will operate during the weekday peak-hours between Capitol Heights station and Metro Center station. The new X9 will supplement route U2 between Capitol Heights and Minnesota Avenue station and route X2 between Minnesota Avenue and Metro Center.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Tetu |first1=Michelle |title=X9 Express Metrobus Launches |url=https://www.nbcwashington.com/news/local/x9-express-metrobus-launches/1861088/ |website=NBC4 Washington |date=December 20, 2010 |accessdate=9 May 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=District of Columbia to get new, limited-stop Metrobus route |url=https://www.wmata.com/about/news/pressreleasedetail.cfm?ReleaseID=4766 |website=www.wmata.com |accessdate=12 May 2020}}</ref>

In June 2012, WMATA announced that the "express" brand for Metro will be renamed into the ''MetroExtra'' brand. Route X9 was slowly converted into the MetroExtra brand in the fall of 2012. There were no major changes to the routing.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.wmata.com/about/news/pressreleasedetail.cfm?ReleaseID=5233|title=Metro News Release|website=wmata.com|accessdate=12 May 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181214065918/https://www.wmata.com/about/news/pressreleasedetail.cfm?ReleaseID=5233|archive-date=December 14, 2018|url-status=dead}}</ref>

On September 26, 2017, as part of WMATA's FY2018 budget, WMATA proposed to add midday service to route X9. This proposed was in part to customer demand and requests and jurisdictional coordination and responds to requests by the District Department of Transportation. Route X9 will provides additional limited-stop capacity to accommodate new riders in the Benning Road-H Street corridor during the weekday midday to help route X2 and provide a weekday midday transfer-free ride throughout the entire corridor on proposed Route X9 between downtown DC and Capitol Heights station. This proposal was also recommended in the 2010 Benning Road-H Street Lines Service Evaluation Study.<ref>{{cite web |title=DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA |url=https://www.wmata.com/service/bus/upload/2018-SOGO-Docket-B17-03-DC-Maps.pdf |accessdate=12 May 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Planned Transit Improvements for Wards 7 and 8 |url=https://www.dccirculator.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/Boards-Final-1.30.18-1.pdf |website=DC Circulator |accessdate=9 May 2020}}</ref>

On June 24, 2018, route X9 was given new weekday midday service which will operate every 15 minutes between Minnesota Avenue station and Metro Center station. Differences in the routing was route X9 will enter the Minnesota Avenue bus bays during the midday hours while during weekday peak-hours, the route would serve the on-street bus stop at Minnesota Avenue.<ref>{{cite web |title=Metrobus Service Changes, June 24 {{!}} WMATA |url=https://www.wmata.com/service/status/details/metrobus-june-24-service-changes.cfm |website=www.wmata.com |accessdate=9 May 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Big Bus Changes: X2, X9, Circulator |url=https://thex2bus.blogspot.com/2018/06/big-bus-changes-next-week.html |website=Big Bus Changes |accessdate=9 May 2020}}</ref>

Route X9 was suspended during the COVID-19 pandemic on March 16, 2020.<ref>{{cite web |title=Metro announces additional COVID-19 changes, including reduced service beginning Monday {{!}} WMATA |url=https://www.wmata.com/about/news/Metro-announces-additional-COVID-19-changes.cfm |website=www.wmata.com |access-date=31 January 2021}}</ref> However the route returned to service on August 24, 2020.<ref>{{cite web |title=Metrobus Service Changes beginning August 23 {{!}} WMATA |url=https://www.wmata.com/service/status/details/proposed-august-2020-metrobus-service-changes.cfm |website=www.wmata.com |access-date=31 January 2021}}</ref>

In February 2021 during the FY2022 budget, WMATA proposed to eliminate the X9 portion between Minnesota Avenue and Capitol Heights station if WMATA does not get any federal funding.<ref>{{cite web |title=FY22 Proposed Metrobus Service Changes District of Columbia |url=https://www.wmata.com/initiatives/budget/upload/Proposed-DC-Bus-Changes.pdf |access-date=25 March 2021}}</ref>

On December 11, 2022, all westbound X9 trips was shortened to terminate at Gallery Place station.<ref>{{Cite web |title=WMATA {{!}} Metro improves service on popular routes in DC, effective Sunday, Dec. 11 |url=https://www.wmata.com/about/news/Metrobus-service-changes-Dec-11-2022.cfm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240416213913/https://www.wmata.com/about/news/Metrobus-service-changes-Dec-11-2022.cfm |archive-date=April 16, 2024 |access-date=2024-12-20 |website=WMATA |language=en |url-status=live }}</ref>

As part of WMATA's Better Bus Redesign beginning on June 29, 2025, the X9 was renamed into the D2X, mostly keeping the same routing. However the route no longer serves Minnesota Avenue station and continues along Benning Road NE and turns onto East Capitol Street NE, serving Benning Road station in the process and terminates at Capitol Heights.<ref>{{cite web |title=Metro Board of Directors approves Better Bus Network Redesign, new bus routes to start next summer |url=https://www.wmata.com/about/news/Metro-Board-of-Directors-approves-Better-Bus-Network-Redesign-new-bus-routes-to-start-next-summer.cfm |website=WMATA |access-date=23 January 2025 |language=en}}</ref>

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{{Transit In DC}} Category:2010 establishments in Washington, D.C. D2X Category:Streetcars in Washington, D.C.