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North Capitol Street Line

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The North Capitol Street Line, designated as Route 80 is a daily bus route that is operated by the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority between Fort Totten station of the Red and Green lines of the Washington Metro and McPherson Square station of the Blue, Orange, and Silver lines of the Washington Metro. With late night and early morning trips extending to Foggy Bottom-GWU station of the Blue, Orange, and Silver lines of the Washington Metro. The line operates every 12 minutes during the day and every 20 minutes at night.

Background

Route 80 operates between Fort Totten station and McPherson Square station with late night and early morning trips extending to Foggy Bottom station providing service along North Capitol Street. The route is one of the most popular routes, with having 4,594 average weekday ridership in 2023.{{cite web |title=Metrobus Ridership Summary |url=https://www.wmata.com/initiatives/ridership-portal/Metrobus-Ridership-Summary.cfm |website=wmata.com |access-date=2 March 2024}}

=Current stops=

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Bus stop

!Direction

!Connections

colspan="3"|Washington, D.C.
Fort Totten
Bus Bay F

|Southbound stop,
Northbound terminal

|{{bus icon}} Metrobus: 60, 64, E2, E4, F6, K2, K6, K9, R1, R2
{{rint|rail|size=12}} Washington Metro: {{WMATA icon|Red}}{{WMATA icon|Green}}

Fort Totten
Alighting Only

|Northbound

|{{bus icon}} Metrobus: 60, 64, E2, E4, F6, K2, K6, K9, R1, R2
{{rint|rail|size=12}} Washington Metro: {{WMATA icon|Red}}{{WMATA icon|Green}}

Galloway Street NE / 4th Street NE

|Southbound

|{{bus icon}} Metrobus: E2, E4, F6

Galloway Street NE / South Dakota Avenue NE

|Bidirectional

|{{bus icon}} Metrobus: E2, F6

South Dakota Avenue NE / Farragut Place NE

|Bidirectional

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South Dakota Avenue NE / 8th Street NE

|Bidirectional

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South Dakota Avenue NE / Delafield Street NE

|Southbound

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South Dakota Avenue NE / Emerson Street NE

|Northbound

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South Dakota Avenue NE / Decatur Street NE

|Bidirectional

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12th Street NE / Crittenden Street NE

|Bidirectional

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12th Street NE / Buchanan Street NE

|Southbound

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12th Street NE / Allison Street NE

|Northbound

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12th Street NE / Varnum Street NE

|Bidirectional

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12th Street NE / Upshur Street NE

|Southbound

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12th Street NE / Taylor Street NE

|Bidirectional

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12th Street NE / Michigan Avenue NE

|Bidirectional

|{{bus icon}} Metrobus: R4

12th Street NE / Quincy Street NE

|Bidirectional

|{{bus icon}} Metrobus: H6

12th Street NE / Perry Street NE

|Bidirectional

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12th Street NE / Otis Street NE

|Bidirectional

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12th Street NE / Monroe Street NE

|Southbound

|{{bus icon}} Metrobus: G8, H8, H9

12th Street NE / Newton Street NE

|Northbound

|{{bus icon}} Metrobus: G8, H8, H9

Brookland-CUA
Bus Bays E and J

|Bidirectional

|{{bus icon}} Metrobus: G8, H2, H4, H6, H8, H9, R4
{{bus icon}} CUA Shuttle: Blue, Green
{{rint|rail|size=12}} Washington Metro: {{WMATA icon|Red}}
{{bus icon}} ACHS Shuttle: Brookland Metro
{{bike icon}} Metropolitan Branch Trail

Monroe Street NE / 7th Street NE

|Bidirectional

|{{bus icon}} Metrobus: G8, H2, H4

Michigan Avenue NE / Catholic University of America
Gibbons Hall

|Southbound

|{{bus icon}} Metrobus: H2, H4

Michigan Avenue NE / 4th Street NE

|Northbound

|{{bus icon}} Metrobus: H2, H4

Michigan Avenue NE / Irving Street NE

|Bidirectional

|{{bus icon}} Metrobus: H2, H4

Michigan Avenue NE / Franklin Street NE

|Bidirectional

|{{bus icon}} Metrobus: H2, H4

Michigan Avenue NE / North Capitol Street NE

|Northbound

|{{bus icon}} Metrobus: D8, H2, H4

North Capitol Street NW / Girard Street NE

|Southbound

|{{bus icon}} Metrobus: D8, H2, H4

North Capitol Street NW / Douglas Street NE

|Southbound

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North Capitol Street NE / Evarts Street NE

|Northbound

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North Capitol Street NW / Channing Street NW

|Southbound

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North Capitol Street NE / Channing Street NE

|Northbound

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North Capitol Street NW / Bryant Street NW

|Southbound

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North Capitol Street NE / Bryant Street NE

|Northbound

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North Capitol Street NW / Adams Street NW

|Southbound

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North Capitol Street NW / W Street NW

|Southbound

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North Capitol Street NW / V Street NW

|Southbound

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North Capitol Street NE / V Street NE

|Northbound

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North Capitol Street NW / Rhode Island Avenue NW

|Southbound

|{{bus icon}} Metrobus: G8

North Capitol Street NE / Rhode Island Avenue NE

|Northbound

|{{bus icon}} Metrobus: G8

North Capitol Street NE / T Street NE

|Northbound

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North Capitol Street NW / Randolph Place NW

|Southbound

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North Capitol Street NE / Randolph Place NE

|Northbound

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North Capitol Street NW / Florida Avenue NW

|Southbound

|{{bus icon}} Metrobus: 90, 92, P6

North Capitol Street NE / Florida Avenue NE

|Northbound

|{{bus icon}} Metrobus: 90, 92, P6

North Capitol Street NW / P Street NW

|Southbound

|{{bus icon}} Metrobus: P6

North Capitol Street NE / P Street NE

|Northbound

|{{bus icon}} Metrobus: P6

North Capitol Street NW / N Street NW

|Northbound

|{{bus icon}} Metrobus: P6

North Capitol Street NW / Pierce Street NW

|Southbound

|{{bus icon}} Metrobus: P6

North Capitol Street NE / M Street NE

|Northbound

|{{bus icon}} Metrobus: P6

North Capitol Street NW / K Street NW

|Southbound

|{{bus icon}} Metrobus: D4, P6

North Capitol Street NE / K Street NE

|Northbound

|{{bus icon}} Metrobus: D4, P6

North Capitol Street NE / I Street NE

|Northbound

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North Capitol Street NW / H Street NW

|Southbound

|{{bus icon}} Metrobus: D8, X2, X9

North Capitol Street NE / H Street NE

|Northbound

|{{bus icon}} Metrobus: D8, X2, X9

North Capitol Street NE / Massachusetts Avenue NE
Union Station

|Northbound

||{{rint|rail|size=12}} Amtrak, VRE, MARC (at Union Station)
{{bus icon}} Metrobus: 33, 96, D6, D8, X2, X8, X9
{{rint|rail|size=12}} Washington Metro: {{WMATA icon|Red}}
{{bus icon}} DC Circulator:
{{color box|#febb0c}} Georgetown–Union Station
{{color box|#ef8422}} Congress Heights – Union Station
{{color box|#ef0000}} National Mall
{{bus icon}} MTA Maryland Bus: 903, 922
{{bus icon}} Loudoun County Transit
{{bus icon}} PRTC OmniRide

North Capitol Street NW / Massachusetts Avenue NW
Union Station

|Southbound

||{{rint|rail|size=12}} Amtrak, VRE, MARC (at Union Station)
{{bus icon}} Metrobus: 33, 96, D6, D8, X2, X8, X9
{{rint|rail|size=12}} Washington Metro: {{WMATA icon|Red}}
{{bus icon}} DC Circulator:
{{color box|#febb0c}} Georgetown–Union Station
{{color box|#ef8422}} Congress Heights – Union Station
{{color box|#ef0000}} National Mall
{{bus icon}} MTA Maryland Bus: 903, 922
{{bus icon}} Loudoun County Transit
{{bus icon}} PRTC OmniRide

Massachusetts Avenue NW / G Street NW

|Bidirectional

|{{bus icon}} Metrobus: 96

Massachusetts Avenue NW / New Jersey Avenue NW

|Bidirectional

|{{bus icon}} Metrobus: 33, X2

{{bus icon}} DC Circulator:
{{color box|#febb0c}} Georgetown–Union Station

H Street NW / 5th Street NW

|Southbound

|{{bus icon}} Metrobus: X2

H Street NW / 4th Street NW

|Northbound

|{{bus icon}} Metrobus: X2

H Street NW / 6th Street NW

|Bidirectional

|{{bus icon}} Metrobus: X2

H Street NW / 7th Street NW
Gallery Place-Chinatown

|Bidirectional

|{{bus icon}} Metrobus: 70, 74, 79, P6, X2, X9
{{rint|rail|size=12}} Washington Metro: {{WMATA icon|Red}}{{WMATA icon|Green}}{{WMATA icon|Yellow}}

H Street NW / 9th Street NW

|Northbound

|{{bus icon}} Metrobus: G8, P6, X2, X9

H Street NW / 11th Street NW
Metro Center

|Bidirectional

|{{bus icon}} Metrobus: 54, 59, 63, 64, D6, G8, P6, S2, X2
{{rint|rail|size=12}} Washington Metro: {{WMATA icon|Red}}{{WMATA icon|Blue}}{{WMATA icon|Orange}}{{WMATA icon|Silver}}

H Street NW / 13th Street NW

|Southbound
Bidirectional (Late night & early morning only)

|{{bus icon}} Metrobus: 3F, 3Y, 16Y, D6, G8, X2

K Street NW / 13th Street NW

|Northbound

|{{bus icon}} Metrobus: 3F, 3Y, 16Y, D6, S2, S9
{{bus icon}} DC Circulator
{{color box|#4bb348}} Woodley Park–Adams Morgan–McPherson Square Metro
{{bus icon}} DC Circulator:
{{color box|#febb0c}} Georgetown–Union Station

H Street NW / 14th Street NW
McPherson Square

|Northbound (Late night & early morning only)

|{{bus icon}} Metrobus: 3F, 3Y, 16E, 16Y, 32, 33, 36, 52, 54, 59, D4, D6, G8, S2, S9, X2
{{bus icon}} DC Circulator
{{color box|#4bb348}} Woodley Park–Adams Morgan–McPherson Square Metro
{{bus icon}} DC Circulator:
{{color box|#febb0c}} Georgetown–Union Station
{{rint|rail|size=12}} Washington Metro: {{WMATA icon|Blue}}{{WMATA icon|Orange}}{{WMATA icon|Silver}}

Franklin Square Bus Bay A
McPherson Square

|Southbound

|{{bus icon}} Metrobus: 3F, 3Y, 16E, 16Y, 32, 33, 36, 52, 54, 59, D4, D6, G8, S2, S9, X2
{{bus icon}} DC Circulator
{{color box|#4bb348}} Woodley Park–Adams Morgan–McPherson Square Metro
{{bus icon}} DC Circulator:
{{color box|#febb0c}} Georgetown–Union Station
{{rint|rail|size=12}} Washington Metro: {{WMATA icon|Blue}}{{WMATA icon|Orange}}{{WMATA icon|Silver}}

K Street NW / 14th Street NW
McPherson Square

|Northbound

|{{bus icon}} Metrobus: 3F, 3Y, 16E, 16Y, 32, 33, 36, 52, 54, 59, D4, D6, G8, S2, S9, X2
{{bus icon}} DC Circulator
{{color box|#4bb348}} Woodley Park–Adams Morgan–McPherson Square Metro
{{bus icon}} DC Circulator:
{{color box|#febb0c}} Georgetown–Union Station
{{rint|rail|size=12}} Washington Metro: {{WMATA icon|Blue}}{{WMATA icon|Orange}}{{WMATA icon|Silver}}

I Street NW / 15th Street NW
McPherson Square

|Southbound (Late night & early morning only)

|{{bus icon}} Metrobus: 3Y, 11Y, 33, 36, 80, D6, G8, S2, S9, X2
{{rint|rail|size=12}} Washington Metro: {{WMATA icon|Blue}} {{WMATA icon|Orange}} {{WMATA icon|Silver}}

15th NW between I & K Streets NW
McPherson Square

|Northbound stop,
Southbound terminal

|{{bus icon}} Metrobus: 3Y, 16Y, 32, 33, 36, D6, G8, S2, S9, X2
{{rint|rail|size=12}} Washington Metro: {{WMATA icon|Blue}}{{WMATA icon|Orange}}{{WMATA icon|Silver}}

H Street NW / Madison Place NW
McPherson Square

|Northbound (Late night & early morning only)

|{{bus icon}} Metrobus: 3Y, 16Y, 32, 33, 36, D6, G8, S2, S9, X2
{{rint|rail|size=12}} Washington Metro: {{WMATA icon|Blue}}{{WMATA icon|Orange}}{{WMATA icon|Silver}}

H Street NW / 17th Street NW (Northbound)
I Street NW / 17th Street NW (Southbound)
Farragut Square

|Bidirectional (Late night & early morning only)

|{{bus icon}} Metrobus: 3Y, 11Y, 16Y, 32, 33, 36, 38B, D6, G8, L2, N2, N4, N6, X2
{{bus icon}} DC Circulator:
{{color box|#febb0c}} Georgetown – Union Station
{{bus icon}} MTA Maryland Bus: 901, 902, 904, 905, 909, 950, 995
{{bus icon}} Loudoun County Transit
{{bus icon}} PRTC OmniRide
{{rint|rail|size=12}} Washington Metro: {{WMATA icon|Blue}} {{WMATA icon|Orange}} {{WMATA icon|Silver}} (at Farragut West)
 {{WMATA icon|Red}} (at Farragut North)

I Street NW / 18th Street NW
Farragut West

|Southbound (Late night & early morning only)

|{{bus icon}} Metrobus: 3Y, 16Y, 32, 33, 36, 38B, D6, X2
{{bus icon}} PRTC OmniRide
{{rint|rail|size=12}} Washington Metro: {{WMATA icon|Blue}} {{WMATA icon|Orange}} {{WMATA icon|Silver}}

H Street NW / 18th Street NW
Farragut West

|Northbound (Late night & early morning only)

|{{bus icon}} Metrobus: 3Y, 16Y, 32, 33, 36, 42, 43, D6, X2
{{bus icon}} MTA Maryland Bus: 305, 325
{{bus icon}} PRTC OmniRide
{{rint|rail|size=12}} Washington Metro: {{WMATA icon|Blue}} {{WMATA icon|Orange}} {{WMATA icon|Silver}}

I Street NW / 19th Street NW

|Southbound (Late night & early morning only)

|{{bus icon}} Metrobus: 3Y, 16Y, 32, 33, 36, 38B, D6, X2

I Street NW / 20th Street NW

|Southbound (Late night & early morning only)

|{{bus icon}} Metrobus: 32, 33, 36, 38B, X2

Pennsylvania Avenue NW / 21st Street NW

|Northbound (Late night & early morning only)

|{{bus icon}} Metrobus: 32, 33, 36, X2
{{bus icon}} DC Circulator:
{{color box|#febb0c}} Georgetown – Union Station

Pennsylvania Avenue NW / 22nd Street NW
Foggy Bottom-GWU

|Northbound stop,
Southbound terminal (Late night & early morning only)

|{{bus icon}} Metrobus: 32, 33, 36, 38B, X2
{{bus icon}} DC Circulator:
{{color box|#febb0c}} Georgetown – Union Station
{{rint|rail|size=12}} Washington Metro: {{WMATA icon|Blue}} {{WMATA icon|Orange}} {{WMATA icon|Silver}}

History

{{see also|College Park Line}}

Route 80 began service in 1872 as the North Capitol Street and College Park Line as a horsecar service.

The line was a mix of its current and the College Park Line, Operated along North Capitol Street and in College Park, Maryland via Brentwood.

After electric streetcars operated by the Metropolitan Railroad took over the city, the line was acquired in 1902 by the Washington Railway and Electric Company, which merged to become the Capital Traction Company in the 1930s, and operated as DC Transit after 1956. Just two years later on September 7, 1958, Routes 80 and 82 were abandoned, the first streetcar lines to be abandoned.{{cite web |last1=Cohen |first1=Bob |title=Washington, D.C. Railroad Histor |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070105071918/http://www.dcnrhs.org/dc_rail_history.htm |access-date=23 June 2024}}

After DC Streetcars, Route 80 service on the North Capitol Street Streetcar Line, alongside 81 between Brookland & Potomac Park. it was later extended to Riggs Road NE, via 12th Street NE and South Dakota Avenue NE during the early 1970s although both routes were eventually truncated to the Fort Totten Metro Station on February 19, 1978, shortly after it opened.

Route 81 operated as a part of the Line until 1996/1997 when it became a part of the College Park Line, operating between Rhode Island Avenue-Brentwood station and Cherry Hill via Greenbelt station.

During the COVID-19 pandemic, the line was reduced to operate on its Saturday supplemental schedule beginning on March 16, 2020.{{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}} However beginning on March 18, 2020, the line was further reduced to operate on its Sunday schedule.{{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}} Weekend service was also suspended beginning on March 21, 2020.{{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=11 February 2021}} The line restored its full schedule beginning on August 23, 2020.{{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}}

On September 5, 2021, the line was shorten to operate up to McPherson Square station and service to Kennedy Center was replaced by routes 42 and 43. Service was also increased to operate every 12 minutes daily.{{cite web |title=Improved frequency and changes to Metrobus service begin Sunday |url=https://www.wmata.com/service/status/details/metrobus-service-changes-september-2021.cfm |access-date=2 March 2024}}

Early morning and late night service was extended to Foggy Bottom station on June 25, 2023.{{cite web |title=Metrobus Changes Begin Sunday |url=https://www.wmata.com/service/status/details/service-changes-June-2023.cfm |access-date=2 March 2024}}

As of December 17, 2023, the route now operates 24/7.{{cite web |title=Metrobus Changes Begin Sunday, December 17, 2023 with 24/7 DC Bus Service |url=https://www.wmata.com/service/status/details/Metrobus-Changes-Begin-Sunday-December-17-2023-with-24-7-DC-Bus-Service.cfm |access-date=2 March 2024}}

In WMATA's FY2025, they proposed terminating Route 80 at Washington Union Station instead of McPherson Square, eliminating service on service along H Street, I Street, K Street, 15th Street, 13th Street, Pennsylvania Avenue, and Massachusetts Avenue. It was also proposed Route 80 would be moved into the 20-minute Frequent Service Network, rather than the 12-minute Frequent Service Network from 7 a.m. to 9 p.m. every day of the week.{{cite web |title=District of Columbia Fiscal Year 2025 Proposed Metrobus Service Changes |url=https://wmata.com/initiatives/budget/upload/Docket-FY2025-Budget-Metrobus-District-of-Columbia.pdf |website=www.wmata.com |access-date=23 June 2024}}

As part of WMATA's Better Bus Redesign taking place on June 29, 2025, Route 80 was modified to operate along E Street NW and terminate at Federal Triangle instead of McPherson Square. Late night service was extended to L'Enfant Plaza station. The line was renamed into the D30.{{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}}

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