Winter Service Change In-Depth Analysis: CityLink Version
Winter Service Change In-Depth Analysis
CityLink Version
Taking a break from the "class", the next three posts will be on the changes that start Sunday, February 3rd, 2019.
The focus here will be changes to the CityLink brand routes. The LocalLink, Express BusLink, and School trippers will be covered in the other two posts.
The major change is that 11 CityLink routes, 36 LocalLink routes, 9 Express BusLink routes, and 4 school supplemental routes received updated schedule for the service change. They are listed below, courtesy of the MTA website:
- CityLink Blue, Brown, Gold, Green, Lime, Navy, Orange, Pink, Purple, Red and Yellow
- LocalLink 21, 22, 26, 28, 29, 30, 31, 33, 34, 36, 37, 51, 53, 54, 56, 59, 62, 63, 65, 67, 69, 70, 71, 73, 75, 76, 77, 78, 80, 81, 82, 85, 87, 91, 94, and 95
- Express BusLink 103, 104, 105, 115, 120, 150, 154, 160, and 164
- Supplemental Service for Select Baltimore City Public Schools on S2, S6, S7, S13, and S16
CityLink Blue:
Trip times have changed on Weekdays and Saturdays. It is still 10 minutes during the rush, 15 minutes in the midday, and 20-30 minutes until 11pm on weekdays. Every hour until 8am on Weekends, 15 minutes during the day, and 20-30 minutes until 11pm.
One noticeable change is in the early mornings. Time was added to improve reliability which means trip times are earlier than for the Fall.
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Although the first bus, currently 4:25am is due to arrive at Hopkins Bayview at 5:10am, the upcoming trip will now leave at 4:17am to give the operator more time to get across the line. Trips were also "spaced" out to avoid bunching and early arrivals.
CityLink Brown:
Trip times have changed for all seven days. It is still 10
minutes during the rush, 15 minutes in the midday, and 20-30 minutes
until 11pm on weekdays. Time was re-calibrated, balancing the total time it takes to go between White Marsh/Overlea and Downtown.
On Saturday Mornings, two trips were added from Overlea. The new trips have dots next to them:
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This will give riders needing to go Downtown a shorter wait time. The rest of the schedule generally stays the same, with trips leaving 2-3 minutes earlier or later, depending on if it's serving Overlea or White Marsh.
CityLink Gold:
Nothing major with the CityLink Gold, just re-calibrated run times, to improve reliability
CityLink Green:
The CityLink Green has a new timepoint on the schedule: Penn Station on St. Paul Street.
CityLink Lime:
The schedule was overhauled, giving additional trips between Northwest Hospital and Druid Hill Park, operating every 12 minutes between 6am-6:30pm. Service to Harbor East would operate every 24 minutes during the rush hours and every 36 minutes during the midday. Run time was added on both branches to improve reliability and rider convenience
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So service has been improved from every 15 minutes to every 12 minutes with double the amount of trips to/from Druid Hill Park, serving the heaviest part of the route.
CityLink Navy:
Run times were re-calibrated to improve reliability and rider convenience while additional late night trip was added to depart Turners Station at 2:38am.
CityLink Orange:
Trips were added and run time re-calibrated to improve reliability and rider convenience. On weekdays, a 5:45am trip from Fox Ridge is added so riders can get into East Baltimore and Downtown earlier. Not shown on the brochure is also a 3:15pm trip from Fox Ridge, closing a 20 minute gap at the beginning of rush hour.
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The new trip is highlighted by a dot.
However, what could be the most beneficial change occurs on Saturday. Currently, service operates every 60-70 minutes between start of service at 4:30am to 8am. For the upcoming change, service is being doubled, operating every 35 minutes during the same period.
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CityLink Pink:
A pair of trips were added from Cedonia Saturday mornings, improving the headway from 60 minutes to every 30 minutes between 4:38 and 6:38am from Cedonia and from 5:47am to 7:17am, while run times were modified to improve reliability.
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CityLink Purple:
A weekday morning and Sunday evening trip was added to decrease headways with run times modified to improve reliability.
The new weekday trip will start from Paradise Loop at 4:41am to Johns Hopkins Hospital. This fills in a gap between 4:09am and 5:13am at Paradise Loop, when riders are attempting to go Downtown.
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On Sundays, a new trip from Johns Hopkins to Catonsville will start at 7:28pm, shortening a 71 minute gap in the early evening.
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CityLink Red:
The CityLink Red received an overhaul, both in run times and trips. Service remains at every 9 minutes between Downtown and Towson (every 18 minutes to Lutherville) during the rush hour and twelve minutes (24 minutes to Lutherville) during the day. In addition, 9 minute service begins one hour earlier at 2pm and lasts until 6pm.
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In addition, a trip was added on Sunday morning towards Towson to improve reliability and rider convenience by decreasing the headway from every 40 minutes to 20 minutes.
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CityLink Silver:
The Only CityLink route without changes
CityLink Yellow:
Trips were adjusted to avoid bunching and run times updated to improve reliability and rider convenience, mainly in the midday and early afternoon. This was done to make the schedule more in line with it running close to every 15 minutes in some periods.
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Next up: LocalLink Service Changes
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