{{Short description|Bus route in Washington, D.C., United States}} {{Use mdy dates|date=October 2019}} {{Infobox bus line |box_width = 250px |number = D80, D82 |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 = Wisconsin Avenue–Union Station Line<br>Wisconsin Avenue–Foggy Bottom Line |operatorlogo = Metrobus Logo 2025.svg |oplogo_width = 175px |image = WMATA New Flyer XDE40 7139 on Route 33.jpg |image_width = 250px |image_alt = |caption = Route 33 in Friendship Heights in 2019 |system = Metrobus |operator = Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority |garage = Western |livery = Local |pvr = |status = In Service |open = 31: June 29, 2008<br> 33: August 24, 2014<br> D80, D82: June 29, 2025 |close = 31, 33: June 28, 2025 |predecessors = |night = |locale = Montgomery County, Northwest, Northeast |communities = Chevy Chase, Friendship Heights, Tenleytown, McLean Gardens, Cathedral Heights, Glover Park, Georgetown, Foggy Bottom (D82), Potomac Park (D82), Downtown (D80), Mount Vernon Square (D80) |landmarks = Friendship Heights station, Tenleytown station, Washington National Cathedral, Georgetown, Foggy Bottom station, George Washington University Hospital, Potomac Park (D82), Farragut West station (D80), Farragut North station (D80), White House (D80), McPherson Square station (D80), Walter E. Washington Convention Center (D80), Gallery Place station (D80), Capital One Arena (D80), Union Station (D80), Washington Union Station (D80) |termini = <!-- used when route starts and stops at a single location, overrides the start and end parameters --> |start = Friendship Heights station |via = Wisconsin Avenue NW, 23rd Street NW (D82), H Street / I Street NW (D80), Massachusetts Avenue NW (D80) |end = D80: Washington Union Station<br>D82: Potomac Park |length = |otherroutes = D10, D1X |compete = |ibus = |level = D80: Daily<br>D82: Weekday Peak Hours |level1 = |frequency = 10 - 12 Minutes (7AM - 9PM)<br>20 minutes (after 9PM) (D80 only) |alt_frequency = |time = |day = D80: 24 Hours<br>D82: 6:05 AM - 8:50 AM<br>2:51 PM - 6:52 PM |zone = |timetable_link= [https://www.wmata.com/content/dam/wmata-com/Timetables/D80-82_timetable.pdf Wisconsin Avenue Line] |ridership = 544,722 (31, 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><br/>3,407,489 (33, FY 2025)<ref name=ridership/> |transfers = SmarTrip, contactless bank cards |map_link = <!-- external link to an online map (ex: [http://www.example.com/map.html Line xx map]) --> |map = |map_state = |map_name = <!-- name of the map (defaults to 'Route map') --> |previous_line = D74 |next_line = D90 |notes = }} The '''Wisconsin Avenue Line''', designated as the '''Wisconsin Avenue–Union Station Line''' on '''Route D80''', and '''Wisconsin Avenue-Foggy Bottom Line''' on '''Route D82''', are bus routes operated by the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority. Its main purpose is to provide service to the upper Northwest side via Wisconsin Avenue NW.
==Background== Routes D80 and D82 operate between the Friendship Heights station of the Red Line of the Washington Metro and Washington Union Station (D80) or Potomac Park (D82), running every 10 to 12 minutes between 6 AM and 9 PM on weekdays. In addition, Route D80 operates on weekends every 10 minutes during the day and 15 to 20 minutes after 9 PM daily. Route D80 trips are roughly 60 minutes long, while Route D82 trips are 45 minutes long. Route D80 operates 24 hours daily, while Route D82 operates during the weekday peak hours only.
The routes operate out of WMATA's Western division with overnight Route D80 service operating out of Montgomery division.
===Route D80 stops=== <section begin=d80-table/> {| class="wikitable collapsible collapsed" style="font-size: 95%;" |- !Bus stop !Direction !Connections |- !colspan="3"|Montgomery County, Maryland |- !Friendship Heights<br><small>Bus Bay C</small> |Southbound stop,<br>Northbound terminal |{{bus icon}} '''Metrobus''': C83, D82, D96, M82<br>{{bus icon}} '''Ride On''': 1, 11, 23, 29<br>{{bus icon}} '''Friendship Heights Village Bus'''<br>{{rint|rail|size=12}} '''Washington Metro''': {{WMATA icon|Red}} |- !colspan="3"|Washington, D.C. |- !Wisconsin Avenue NW / Western Avenue NW<br><small>Friendship Heights</small> |Northbound |{{bus icon}} '''Metrobus''': C83, D82, D96, M82<br>{{bus icon}} '''Ride On''': 1, 11, 23, 29<br>{{bus icon}} '''Friendship Heights Village Bus'''<br>{{rint|rail|size=12}} '''Washington Metro''': {{WMATA icon|Red}} |- !Wisconsin Avenue NW / Jenifer Street NW<br><small>Friendship Heights</small> |Bidirectional |{{bus icon}} '''Metrobus''': D82<br>{{rint|rail|size=12}} '''Washington Metro''': {{WMATA icon|Red}} |- !Wisconsin Avenue NW / Fessenden Street NW |Bidirectional |{{bus icon}} '''Metrobus''': D82 |- !Wisconsin Avenue NW / Chesapeake Street NW |Southbound |{{bus icon}} '''Metrobus''': D82 |- !Wisconsin Avenue NW / Brandywine Street NW |Northbound |{{bus icon}} '''Metrobus''': D82 |- !Wisconsin Avenue NW / Albemarle Street NW<br><small>Tenleytown–AU</small> |Bidirectional |{{bus icon}} '''Metrobus''': C51, C61, C81, C85, D82, D90<br>{{bus icon}} '''AU Shuttle'''<br>{{rint|rail|size=12}} '''Washington Metro''': {{WMATA icon|Red}} |- !Wisconsin Avenue NW / Tenley Circle NW |Bidirectional |{{bus icon}} '''Metrobus''': C51, C61, C81, D82 |- !Wisconsin Avenue NW / Van Ness Street NW |Southbound |{{bus icon}} '''Metrobus''': C51, C61, D82 |- !Wisconsin Avenue NW / Veazey Street NW |Northbound |{{bus icon}} '''Metrobus''': C51, C61, D82 |- !Wisconsin Avenue NW / Upton Street NW |Bidirectional |{{bus icon}} '''Metrobus''': C51, D82 |- !Wisconsin Avenue NW / Rodman Street NW |Bidirectional |{{bus icon}} '''Metrobus''': C51, D82 |- !Wisconsin Avenue NW / Porter Street NW |Bidirectional |{{bus icon}} '''Metrobus''': C51, D82 |- !Wisconsin Avenue NW / Newark Street NW |Bidirectional |{{bus icon}} '''Metrobus''': C51, D82 |- !Wisconsin Avenue NW / Woodley Road NW |Bidirectional |{{bus icon}} '''Metrobus''': C51, D82 |- !Wisconsin Avenue NW / Cathedral Avenue NW |Bidirectional |{{bus icon}} '''Metrobus''': D82 |- !Wisconsin Avenue NW / Garfield Street NW |Bidirectional |{{bus icon}} '''Metrobus''': D82 |- !Wisconsin Avenue NW / Edmunds Street NW |Bidirectional |{{bus icon}} '''Metrobus''': D82 |- !Wisconsin Avenue NW / Calvert Street NW |Bidirectional |{{bus icon}} '''Metrobus''': D82 |- !Wisconsin Avenue NW / Hall Place NW |Bidirectional |{{bus icon}} '''Metrobus''': D82 |- !Wisconsin Avenue NW / 35th Street NW |Bidirectional |{{bus icon}} '''Metrobus''' D82 |- !Wisconsin Avenue NW / 34th Street NW |Bidirectional |{{bus icon}} '''Metrobus''': D82 |- !Wisconsin Avenue NW / R Street NW |Bidirectional |{{bus icon}} '''Metrobus''': D82 |- !Wisconsin Avenue NW / Q Street NW |Bidirectional |{{bus icon}} '''Metrobus''': D82 |- !Wisconsin Avenue NW / P Street NW |Northbound |{{bus icon}} '''Metrobus''': D82 |- !Wisconsin Avenue NW / Dumbarton Street NW |Southbound |{{bus icon}} '''Metrobus''': D82 |- !M Street NW / Wisconsin Avenue NW |Southbound |{{bus icon}} '''Metrobus''': A58, C85, D82 |- !M Street NW / 31st Street NW |Northbound |{{bus icon}} '''Metrobus''': A58, C85, D82 |- !Pennsylvania Avenue NW / 28th Street NW |Bidirectional |{{bus icon}} '''Metrobus''': A58, C85, D82 |- !Pennsylvania Avenue NW / L Street NW |Southbound |{{bus icon}} '''Metrobus''': A58, C85, D82 |- !Pennsylvania Avenue NW / 26th Street NW |Northbound |{{bus icon}} '''Metrobus''': A58, C85, D82 |- !Pennsylvania Avenue NW / 24th Street NW |Bidirectional |{{bus icon}} '''Metrobus''': A58, C85, D82 |- !Pennsylvania Avenue NW / 22nd Street NW |Bidirectional |{{bus icon}} '''Metrobus''': A58, C85, D10, D20, D74, D82<br> {{rint|rail|size=12}} '''Washington Metro''': {{WMATA icon|Blue}} {{WMATA icon|Orange}} {{WMATA icon|Silver}} at Foggy Bottom |- !Pennsylvania Avenue NW / 21st Street NW |Southbound |{{bus icon}} '''Metrobus''': D10, D20 |- !H Street NW / 18th Street NW<br><small>Farragut West<br>Farragut North</small> |Southbound |{{bus icon}} '''Metrobus''': A49, A58, D10, D20, D70, D72, D94, F19<br>{{bus icon}} '''MTA Maryland Bus''': 901, 902, 904, 905, 909, 950, 995<br>{{bus icon}} '''Loudoun County Transit'''<br>{{bus icon}} '''PRTC OmniRide'''<br>{{bus icon}} '''MTA Maryland Bus''': 305, 325<br>{{bus icon}} '''PRTC OmniRide'''<br> {{rint|rail|size=12}} '''Washington Metro''': {{WMATA icon|Blue}} {{WMATA icon|Orange}} {{WMATA icon|Silver}} {{WMATA icon|Red}} |- !I Street NW / 18th Street NW<br><small>Farragut West<br>Farragut North</small> |Northbound |{{bus icon}} '''Metrobus''': A49, A58, D10, D20, D70, D72, D94, F19<br>{{bus icon}} '''PRTC OmniRide'''<br> {{rint|rail|size=12}} '''Washington Metro''': {{WMATA icon|Blue}} {{WMATA icon|Orange}} {{WMATA icon|Silver}} {{WMATA icon|Red}} |- !I Street NW / 17th Street NW<br /><small>Farragut Square</small> |Northbound |{{bus icon}} '''Metrobus''': A49, A58, D10, D20, D70, D72, D94, F19<br>{{bus icon}} '''MTA Maryland Bus''': 901, 902, 904, 905, 909, 950, 995<br>{{bus icon}} '''Loudoun County Transit'''<br>{{bus icon}} '''PRTC OmniRide'''<br>{{rint|rail|size=12}} '''Washington Metro''': {{WMATA icon|Blue}} {{WMATA icon|Orange}} {{WMATA icon|Silver}} <small>(at Farragut West)<br></small> {{WMATA icon|Red}} <small>(at Farragut North)</small><br> |- !H Street NW / Madison Place NW<br><small>McPherson Square</small> |Southbound |{{bus icon}} '''Metrobus''': A29, A49, D10, D20, D24, D36, D50, D5X, D60, D6X, D72, D94, F19<br> {{rint|rail|size=12}} '''Washington Metro''': {{WMATA icon|Blue}} {{WMATA icon|Orange}} {{WMATA icon|Silver}} |- !I Street NW / 15th Street NW<br><small>McPherson Square</small> |Northbound |{{bus icon}} '''Metrobus''': A29, A49, D10, D20, D24, D36, D50, D5X, D60, D6X, D72, D94, F19<br> {{rint|rail|size=12}} '''Washington Metro''': {{WMATA icon|Blue}} {{WMATA icon|Orange}} {{WMATA icon|Silver}} |- !I Street NW / 14th Street NW |Northbound |{{bus icon}} '''Metrobus''': A29, A49, D20, D24, D50, D5X, D60, D6X<br>{{rint|rail|size=12}} '''Washington Metro''': {{WMATA icon|Blue}} {{WMATA icon|Orange}} {{WMATA icon|Silver}} at McPherson Square |- !New York Avenue NW / 12th Street NW |Southbound |{{bus icon}} '''Metrobus''': A29, A49, D20, D32, D34, D36, D44 |- !I Street NW / 12th Street NW |Northbound |{{bus icon}} '''Metrobus''': A29, A49, D20, D32, D34, D36, D44 |- !New York Avenue NW / 9th Street NW |Bidirectional | |- !Massachusetts Avenue NW / 7th Street NW |Bidirectional |{{bus icon}} '''Metrobus''': D20, D24, D2X, D30, D34, D36, D40, D4X<br/>{{rint|rail|size=12}} '''Washington Metro''': {{WMATA icon|Red}} {{WMATA icon|Green}} {{WMATA icon|Yellow}} at Gallery Place |- !Massachusetts Avenue NW / 5th Street NW |Bidirectional |{{bus icon}} '''Metrobus''': D34, D36, D90 |- !Massachusetts Avenue NW / New Jersey Avenue NW |Bidirectional |{{bus icon}} '''Metrobus''': C51, D20 |- !Massachusetts Avenue NW / G Street NW |Southbound |{{bus icon}} '''Metrobus''': C51 |- !New Jersey Avenue NW / F Street NW |Northbound |{{bus icon}} '''Metrobus''': C51 |- !E Street NE / Columbus Circle NE |Northbound stop,<br>Southbound terminal |{{rint|rail|size=12}} '''Amtrak''', '''VRE''', '''MARC'''<br/> at Union Station<br/>{{bus icon}} '''Metrobus''': C43, C51, C55, C71, D20, D2X, D24, D30<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 |- <!--| colspan="3" style="text-align:center;"|'''Notes''':--> |}<section end="d80-table" />
===Route D82 stops=== <section begin=d82-table/> {| class="wikitable collapsible collapsed" style="font-size: 95%;" |- !Bus stop !Direction !Connections |- !colspan="3"|Montgomery County, Maryland |- !Friendship Heights<br /><small>Bus Bay C</small> |Southbound stop,<br />Northbound terminal |{{bus icon}} '''Metrobus''': C83, D80, D96, M82<br>{{bus icon}} '''Ride On''': 1, 11, 23, 29<br>{{bus icon}} '''Friendship Heights Village Bus'''<br>{{rint|rail|size=12}} '''Washington Metro''': {{WMATA icon|Red}} |- !colspan="3"|Washington, D.C. |- !Wisconsin Avenue NW / Western Avenue NW<br/><small>Friendship Heights</small> |Northbound |{{bus icon}} '''Metrobus''': C83, D80, D96, M82<br>{{bus icon}} '''Ride On''': 1, 11, 23, 29<br>{{bus icon}} '''Friendship Heights Village Bus'''<br>{{rint|rail|size=12}} '''Washington Metro''': {{WMATA icon|Red}} |- !Wisconsin Avenue NW / Jenifer Street NW<br/><small>Friendship Heights</small> |Bidirectional |{{bus icon}} '''Metrobus''': D80<br>{{rint|rail|size=12}} '''Washington Metro''': {{WMATA icon|Red}} |- !Wisconsin Avenue NW / Fessenden Street NW |Bidirectional |{{bus icon}} '''Metrobus''': D80 |- !Wisconsin Avenue NW / Chesapeake Street NW |Southbound |{{bus icon}} '''Metrobus''': D80 |- !Wisconsin Avenue NW / Brandywine Street NW |Northbound |{{bus icon}} '''Metrobus''': D80 |- !Wisconsin Avenue NW / Albemarle Street NW<br /><small>Tenleytown–AU</small> |Bidirectional |{{bus icon}} '''Metrobus''': C51, C61, C81, C85, C87, D80, D90<br>{{bus icon}} '''AU Shuttle'''<br>{{rint|rail|size=12}} '''Washington Metro''': {{WMATA icon|Red}} |- !Wisconsin Avenue NW / Tenley Circle NW |Bidirectional |{{bus icon}} '''Metrobus''': C51, C61, C81, D80, D96 |- !Wisconsin Avenue NW / Van Ness Street NW |Southbound |{{bus icon}} '''Metrobus''': C51, C61, D80 |- !Wisconsin Avenue NW / Veazey Street NW |Northbound |{{bus icon}} '''Metrobus''': C51, C61, D80 |- !Wisconsin Avenue NW / Upton Street NW |Bidirectional |{{bus icon}} '''Metrobus''': C51, C61, D80 |- !Wisconsin Avenue NW / Rodman Street NW |Bidirectional |{{bus icon}} '''Metrobus''': C51, C61, D80 |- !Wisconsin Avenue NW / Porter Street NW |Bidirectional |{{bus icon}} '''Metrobus''': C51, C61, D80 |- !Wisconsin Avenue NW / Newark Street NW |Bidirectional |{{bus icon}} '''Metrobus''': C51, D80 |- !Wisconsin Avenue NW / Woodley Road NW |Bidirectional |{{bus icon}} '''Metrobus''': C51, D80 |- !Wisconsin Avenue NW / Cathedral Avenue NW |Bidirectional |{{bus icon}} '''Metrobus''': D80, D90 |- !Wisconsin Avenue NW / Garfield Street NW |Bidirectional |{{bus icon}} '''Metrobus''': D80 |- !Wisconsin Avenue NW / Edmunds Street NW |Bidirectional |{{bus icon}} '''Metrobus''': D80 |- !Wisconsin Avenue NW / Calvert Street NW |Bidirectional |{{bus icon}} '''Metrobus''': D80 |- !Wisconsin Avenue NW / Hall Place NW |Bidirectional |{{bus icon}} '''Metrobus''': D80 |- !Wisconsin Avenue NW / 35th Street NW |Bidirectional |{{bus icon}} '''Metrobus''': D80 |- !Wisconsin Avenue NW / 34th Street NW |Bidirectional |{{bus icon}} '''Metrobus''': D80 |- !Wisconsin Avenue NW / R Street NW |Bidirectional |{{bus icon}} '''Metrobus''': D80 |- !Wisconsin Avenue NW / Q Street NW |Bidirectional |{{bus icon}} '''Metrobus''': C91, D80, D94, D96 |- !Wisconsin Avenue NW / P Street NW |Northbound |{{bus icon}} '''Metrobus''': D80 |- !Wisconsin Avenue NW / Dumbarton Street NW |Southbound |{{bus icon}} '''Metrobus''': D80 |- !M Street NW / Wisconsin Avenue NW |Southbound |{{bus icon}} '''Metrobus''': A58, C85, D80 |- !M Street NW / 31st Street NW |Northbound |{{bus icon}} '''Metrobus''': A58, C85, D80 |- !Pennsylvania Avenue NW / 28th Street NW |Bidirectional |{{bus icon}} '''Metrobus''': A58, C85, D80 |- !Pennsylvania Avenue NW / L Street NW |Southbound |{{bus icon}} '''Metrobus''': A58, C85, D80 |- !Pennsylvania Avenue NW / 26th Street NW |Northbound |{{bus icon}} '''Metrobus''': A58, C85, D80 |- !Pennsylvania Avenue NW / 24th Street NW |Bidirectional |{{bus icon}} '''Metrobus''': A58, C85, D80 |- !23rd Street NW / I Street NW<br /><small>Foggy Bottom-GWU</small> |Bidirectional |{{bus icon}} '''Metrobus''': A58, C85, D10, D20, D74, D80<br> {{rint|rail|size=12}} '''Washington Metro''': {{WMATA icon|Blue}} {{WMATA icon|Orange}} {{WMATA icon|Silver}} |- !23rd Street NW / G Street NW |Bidirectional |{{bus icon}} '''Metrobus''': D74 |- !F Street NW / 22nd Street NW |Westbound |{{bus icon}} '''Metrobus''': D74 |- !F Street NW / 21st Street NW |Westbound |{{bus icon}} '''Metrobus''': D74, D96 |- !Virginia Avenue NW / E Street NW<br /><small>Potomac Park</small> |Northbound stop,<br />Southbound terminal |{{bus icon}} '''Metrobus''': D74, D96 |- <!--| colspan="3" style="text-align:center;"|'''Notes''':--> |}<section end="d82-table" />
==History== {{main|Pennsylvania Avenue Line (Washington, D.C.)}} thumb|left|250px|Route 31 along Wisconsin Avenue Before WMATA implemented the Better Bus Redesign network, Route D80 was previously known as Route 33, while Route D82 was previously known as Route 31. The 30 series line is one of the oldest transit routes in the city, tracing its origin to streetcar lines and the Washington and Georgetown Railroad in the 1860s. Buses began to operate on the line in 1936. Today, it is one of the most-ridden bus lines in D.C., serving more than 20,000 passengers a day in 2008.<ref name ="Improvements">{{cite press release |title=Major improvements planned for Metro's most popular bus line |url=https://www.wmata.com/about/news/pressreleasedetail.cfm?ReleaseID=1985 |date=February 14, 2008 |publisher=WMATA |accessdate=July 11, 2019 |archive-date=May 6, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240506011718/https://www.wmata.com/about/news/pressreleasedetail.cfm?ReleaseID=1985 |url-status=live }}</ref>
The five routes, 30, 32, 34, 35, and 36, begin their journey at Friendship Heights station and end at Potomac Avenue station (30), Southern Avenue station (32), or Naylor Road station (34, 35, and 36).
In 2008, WMATA launched a study on the Pennsylvania Avenue line to improve services and to reduce delays and bus bunchings.<ref name="Improvements" />
===Route 31=== Route 31 was introduced on June 29, 2008, dubbed as a "neighborhood connector" as part of an overhaul of the busy Pennsylvania Avenue Line. Route 31 connects Friendship Heights station to Potomac Park to provide help to routes 32 and 36 along Wisconsin Avenue and replace routes 30, 34, and 35.<ref>{{cite press release |title=Metro launches major overhaul of 30s Metrobus line |url=https://www.wmata.com/about/news/pressreleasedetail.cfm?ReleaseID=2157 |publisher=WMATA |date=June 26, 2008 |accessdate=July 11, 2019 |archive-date=January 29, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190129122829/https://www.wmata.com/about/news/pressreleasedetail.cfm?ReleaseID=2157 |url-status=live }}</ref>
===Route 33=== As part of proposals from 2013 to simplify the Wisconsin Avenue Line again,<ref>{{cite web |title=Improving bus service on the 30s line (Routes 31, 32, 34, and 36) |url=https://planitmetro.com/2013/09/05/improving-bus-service-on-the-30s-line-routes-31-32-34-and-36/ |accessdate=July 11, 2019 |archive-date=April 18, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418102259/https://planitmetro.com/2013/09/05/improving-bus-service-on-the-30s-line-routes-31-32-34-and-36/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> route 33 was introduced on August 24, 2014 to replace the 32 and 36 portion along Wisconsin Avenue and to provide extra service to the 31, and the newly introduced Friendship Heights–Southeast Line or routes 30N and 30S. Route 33 provides more service between Friendship Heights station and Federal Triangle to help out the 30N, 30S, and 31. Routes 32 and 36 were shorten to Potomac Park being replaced by routes 30N, 30S, 31, and 33.<ref>{{cite press release |url=https://www.wmata.com/about/news/pressreleasedetail.cfm?ReleaseID=5760 |title=Metrobus service changes effective August 24 include more trips to improve reliability, reduce crowding |publisher=WMATA |date=August 15, 2014 |access-date=July 11, 2019 |archive-date=February 24, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190224062459/https://www.wmata.com/about/news/pressreleasedetail.cfm?ReleaseID=5760 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.wusa9.com/article/news/local/metrobus-service-changes-effective-august-24/65-285098694 |title=Metrobus service changes effective August 24 |date=August 18, 2014 |website=WUSA |access-date=July 11, 2019 |archive-date=April 1, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190401075447/https://www.wusa9.com/article/news/local/metrobus-service-changes-effective-august-24/65-285098694 |url-status=live }}</ref>
===Changes=== In 2019, as a part of WMATA's Blue/Orange/Silver Line Corridor Capacity & Reliability Study (BOS Study), the transit agency suggested, as one of six potential options, realigning Metrorail's Blue Line along Wisconsin Avenue, terminating at Friendship Heights or Bethesda station, after crossing over the Potomac River from Georgetown from Rosslyn.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Capriel |first=Jonathan |date=December 5, 2019 |title=Metro releases six concepts for the Rosslyn bottleneck. A new Silver Line is one option. |url=https://www.bizjournals.com/washington/news/2019/12/05/metro-releases-six-concepts-for-the-rosslyn.html |access-date=March 9, 2025 |website=Washington Business Journal |archive-date=November 14, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221114204552/https://www.bizjournals.com/washington/news/2019/12/05/metro-releases-six-concepts-for-the-rosslyn.html |url-status=live }}</ref> The proposal was ultimately not included among WMATA's list of four finalists in 2023.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Dil |first=Cuneyt |date=September 26, 2023 |title=Metro is mapping out its future with new stations and signs |url=https://www.axios.com/local/washington-dc/2023/09/26/dc-metro-expansion-georgetown |access-date=March 9, 2025 |website=Axios D.C. |archive-date=April 23, 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250423232421/https://www.axios.com/local/washington-dc/2023/09/26/dc-metro-expansion-georgetown |url-status=live }}</ref>
During the COVID-19 pandemic, routes 31 and 33 operated on their Saturday supplemental schedule during the weekdays beginning 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 |archive-date=February 9, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210209140958/https://www.wmata.com/about/news/Metro-announces-additional-COVID-19-changes.cfm |url-status=live }}</ref> On March 18, 2020, the line was further reduced to operate on its Sunday schedule.<ref>{{cite web |title=METRO SERVICE LEVELS & HOURS FURTHER REDUCED TO SUPPORT ESSENTIAL TRIPS ONLY, STARTING WEDNESDAY {{!}} WMATA |url=https://www.wmata.com/about/news/METRO-SERVICE-FURTHER-REDUCED-TO-SUPPORT-ESSENTIAL-TRIPS-ONLY.cfm |website=www.wmata.com |access-date=31 January 2021 |archive-date=January 25, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210125220554/https://www.wmata.com/about/news/METRO-SERVICE-FURTHER-REDUCED-TO-SUPPORT-ESSENTIAL-TRIPS-ONLY.cfm |url-status=live }}</ref> Weekend service was later suspended on March 21, 2020 being replaced by Routes 30N and 30S.<ref>{{cite web |title=Weekend: Metro service limited to 26 bus routes, reduced rail service; expect wait times of 30 minutes; customers urged to travel only if essential {{!}} WMATA |url=https://www.wmata.com/about/news/Weekend-service-3-28-3-29.cfm |website=www.wmata.com |access-date=31 January 2021 |archive-date=August 13, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210813095235/https://www.wmata.com/about/news/Weekend-service-3-28-3-29.cfm |url-status=live }}</ref> On August 23, 2020, routes 31 and 33 restored its regular schedule but Route 31 weekend service was suspended being replaced by Route 33.<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 |archive-date=July 28, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200728133331/https://www.wmata.com/service/status/details/proposed-august-2020-metrobus-service-changes.cfm |url-status=live }}</ref>
On September 26, 2020, WMATA proposed to eliminate all route 31 weekend service and add route 33 trips due to low federal funding in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Weekday service will not change.<ref>{{cite web |title=Proposed Service Adjustments by Jurisdiction |url=https://www.wmata.com/initiatives/budget/upload/proposed-service-adjustments-by-jurisdiction.pdf?fbclid=IwAR2yAnFIhNZRyVMm07dbgmkZO9jhR5aZWUeuhd1dWN2Y3RrXVvi0LHrqTLY |accessdate=27 September 2020 |archive-date=December 9, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201209175124/https://www.wmata.com/initiatives/budget/upload/proposed-service-adjustments-by-jurisdiction.pdf?fbclid=IwAR2yAnFIhNZRyVMm07dbgmkZO9jhR5aZWUeuhd1dWN2Y3RrXVvi0LHrqTLY |url-status=live }}</ref>
On September 5, 2021, the line was increased to operate every 12 minutes daily. However, all 31 weekend service were discontinued and replaced by increased 33 service.<ref>{{cite web |title=Improved frequency and changes to Metrobus service begin Sunday, Sept. 5, 2021 {{!}} WMATA |url=https://www.wmata.com/service/status/details/metrobus-service-changes-september-2021.cfm |website=www.wmata.com |access-date=24 August 2021}}</ref>
Due to rising cases of the COVID-19 Omicron variant, Route 33 was reduced to its Saturday service on weekdays and all Route 31 service was suspended.<ref>{{cite web |title=Metro takes measures to combat omicron variant; Announces service adjustments and protections for customers and employees |url=https://www.wmata.com/about/news/omicron-covid-measures.cfm |access-date=24 May 2025 |archive-date=May 6, 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250506175339/https://www.wmata.com/about/news/omicron-covid-measures.cfm |url-status=live }}</ref> Full weekday service resumed on February 7, 2022.<ref>{{cite web |title=Regular weekday Metrobus service to return February 7 |url=https://www.wmata.com/about/news/Metrobus-regular-service-returns.cfm |access-date=24 May 2025}}</ref>
On May 29, 2022, all late-night route 33 service was extended to terminate at L'Enfant Plaza station via 7th Street.<ref>{{cite web |title=Metrobus Service Changes Effective May 29, 2022 {{!}} WMATA |url=https://www.wmata.com/service/status/details/metrobus-service-changes-May292022.cfm |website=www.wmata.com |access-date=17 May 2022 |archive-date=May 26, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220526101551/https://www.wmata.com/service/status/details/metrobus-service-changes-May292022.cfm |url-status=live }}</ref>
On December 15, 2024, Route 31 was changed to operate during weekday peak hours only, and Route 33 was rerouted to Washington Union Station via H Street/I Street and Massachusetts Avenue at all times. This was in response to DC Circulator being discontinued on January 1, 2025. Service to Federal Triangle and L'Enfant Plaza station was eliminated.<ref name="Dec 2024">{{cite web |title=Metrobus Changes and New Service Begins Sunday, December 15, 2024 |url=https://www.wmata.com/service/status/details/metrobus_changes_december_15.cfm |access-date=12 December 2024 |archive-date=December 20, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241220084414/https://www.wmata.com/service/status/details/metrobus_changes_december_15.cfm |url-status=live }}</ref>
===Better Bus Redesign=== In 2022, WMATA launched its Better Bus Redesign project, which aimed to redesign the entire Metrobus Network and is the first full redesign of the agency's bus network in its history.
In April 2023, WMATA launched its Draft Visionary Network. As part of the drafts, WMATA proposed to combine the 31 and 33 into one route and operate on the current 33 routing between Friendship Heights station and Federal Triangle as Route DC101 in the draft. The route would also be extended from Friendship Heights station to Bethesda station via Wisconsin Avenue.<ref>{{cite web |title=Draft Visionary District of Columbia Routes |url=https://www.wmata.com/initiatives/plans/Better-Bus/upload/DraftVisionaryRouteProfiles041723-EN_DC.pdf |access-date=29 July 2025}}</ref>
During WMATA's Revised Draft Visionary Network, WMATA renamed the DC101 to Route D82 and modified it to operate between Friendship Heights station and Archives station via the current 33 routing between Friendship Heights station and the intersection of Pennsylvania Avenue NW and 10th Street NW, then would continue along Pennsylvania Avenue NW, 7th Street NW, Constitution Avenue NW, and 9th Street NW to Archives station. A new Route D8X would operate alongside the D82 between Bethesda station and Archives station, following the originally proposed Route DC101 routing, with the route not terminating at Federal Triangle.<ref>{{cite web |title=Revised Visionary Network Route Summary |url=https://www.wmata.com/initiatives/plans/Better-Bus/upload/BBNR_Phase-2-Comment-Response-Summary-2.pdf |access-date=29 July 2025}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Revised Visionary Network Route Summary |url=https://www.wmata.com/initiatives/plans/Better-Bus/upload/EN-Visionary-Route-Frequency-Table-05-10-24.pdf}}</ref> However during the proposals, WMATA dropped the D8X from the proposals completely and modified the D82 to operate to McPherson Square station via H Street NW, I Street NW, 14th Street NW, K Street NW, and 13th Street NW. The changes were then proposed during WMATA's 2025 Proposed Network.<ref>{{cite web |title=Proposed 2025 Network District of Columbia Routes |url=https://www.wmata.com/initiatives/plans/Better-Bus/upload/EN-DC-Route-Profiles-05-07-24.pdf |access-date=29 July 2025 |archive-date=August 11, 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250811235318/https://wmata.com/initiatives/plans/Better-Bus/upload/EN-DC-Route-Profiles-05-07-24.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Revised Visionary Network Route Summary |url=https://www.wmata.com/initiatives/plans/Better-Bus/upload/EN-Visionary-Route-Frequency-Table-05-10-24.pdf}}</ref>
In later proposals, WMATA renamed the D82 to Route D80 and changed it again to operate to Washington Union Station via New York Avenue NW and Massachusetts Avenue NW. Service to Federal Triangle and L'Enfant Plaza station was eliminated. Route 31 was also reintroduced to the proposals as Route D82 to operate between Friendship Heights and Potomac Park via the current 31 routing. However, the route would only operate during weekday peak hours, discontinuing all non-peak period service. These changes were made in response to DC Circulator's Georgetown–Union Station being discontinued beginning on January 1, 2025.<ref>{{cite web |title=District of Columbia Better Bus Routes |url=https://www.wmata.com/initiatives/plans/Better-Bus/upload/Resource_2025-Route-Profiles_District-of-Columbia.pdf |access-date=August 6, 2025 |archive-date=July 9, 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250709023952/https://wmata.com/initiatives/plans/Better-Bus/upload/Resource_2025-Route-Profiles_District-of-Columbia.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref> Ultimately these changes were approved in October 2024 and were implimented on December 15, 2024.<ref name="Dec 2024"/>
On November 21, 2024, WMATA approved its Better Bus Redesign Network.<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>
Beginning on June 29, 2025, Routes 31 and 33 were renamed to the D80 (33) and D82 (31), keeping the same routing from the December 2024 changes.<ref>{{cite web |title=District of Columbia Route Profiles |url=https://www.wmata.com/initiatives/plans/Better-Bus/upload/DC_All_Profiles.pdf |access-date=29 July 2025 |archive-date=August 11, 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250811205911/https://wmata.com/initiatives/plans/Better-Bus/upload/DC_All_Profiles.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref>
==Incidents== *On June 3, 2022, a man was stabbed onboard a 33 bus along Wisconsin Avenue near Newark Street NW. He was taken to the hospital in serious condition. The suspect fled the scene.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Bensen |first1=Jackie |title=Man Stabbed on Metrobus in Northwest DC |url=https://www.nbcwashington.com/news/local/man-stabbed-on-metrobus-in-northwest-dc/3069106/ |website=NBC4 Washington |access-date=3 June 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Man seriously hurt in stabbing aboard Metrobus |url=https://wtop.com/dc/2022/06/man-seriously-hurt-in-stabbing-aboard-metrobus/ |website=WTOP News |access-date=3 June 2022 |language=en |date=3 June 2022}}</ref> *On October 21, 2023, a man was stabbed onboard a 33 bus at 34th St and Wisconsin Ave. The suspect fled the scene.<ref>{{cite web |title=Man stabbed multiple times on DC Metrobus; police release images of suspect |url=https://www.fox5dc.com/news/man-stabbed-on-metro-bus-taken-to-hospital-in-critical-condition-police-say |website=FOX 5 DC |access-date=13 April 2025 |date=22 October 2023 |archive-date=October 12, 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20251012181803/https://www.fox5dc.com/news/man-stabbed-on-metro-bus-taken-to-hospital-in-critical-condition-police-say |url-status=live }}</ref>
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==External links== * [http://www.wmata.com/bus/ Metrobus] * [http://www.metrobus-30s-dc.com/ The Metrobus 30s Line Study] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210119012137/https://www.metrobus-30s-dc.com/ |date=January 19, 2021 }}, sponsored by the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority in conjunction with the District of Columbia Department of Transportation
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