Summer Service Change In-Depth Analysis: CityLink Version

Summer Service Change In-Depth Analysis

CityLink Version


For the Summer Service Change, all 12 CityLink routes will receive a new schedule. The majority of these routes received received additional running time, while others received re-calibrations. Below will focus on modified or added trips for CityLink routes during Weekdays, Saturdays, and Sundays.

CityLink Blue: CMS/Westgate to Hopkins Bayview
This route will receive a few trip changes. Currently, there is a 2:47pm trip to Westgate, which will now because a 2:48pm to CMS to improve the frequency between Edmondson Village and Security blvd. The 2nd change is to avoid bunching heading eastbound towards the end of PM peak, the 5:43pm from CMS was discontinued. However, the proceeding trip leaves only three minutes earlier at 5:40pm. Lastly, to improve early morning connections into Downtown, trips between 5:00am and 5:30am will operate every 15 minutes, instead of 15-20 minutes.

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CityLink Brown: Downtown to Overlea/White Marsh
This route received major trip changes for the Weekday and Saturday service. Northbound service towards Overlea in the AM peak has changed to every 10 minutes after 6:20am, improved from 7-21 minutes. SB service received a pair of added trips at 5:10am and 6:20am for better connectivity and reducing overcrowding. This will double the headway from 30 minutes to 15 minutes after 4:55am between Overlea and Downtown. In the afternoon, a trip at 3:10pm was added to fill in a service gap out of Overlea .
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CityLink Gold: Walbrook Junction to Berea/Canton Crossing
One slight trip modification for the CityLink Gold. There will now be a 7:39am trip from Berea to Walbrook Junction on weekday mornings, temporarily reducing the frequency to six minutes.

CityLink Green: Downtown to Towson
To get riders Downtown quickly during the peaks, three trips were added, departing Towson at 6:50am, 2:45pm, and 3:15pm. This also improves the frequency from 15-20 minutes to 10 minutes at the start of rush hour
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CityLink Pink: West Baltimore to Cedonia
The CityLink Pink has received the most changes for all three service periods.On weekdays, the 4:45am trip from Cedonia, will now depart 5 minutes earlier at 4:40am, and from 5:00am to 8:50am, service will operate every 10 minutes towards West Baltimore. From 5:50am to 8:50am, service from West Baltimore will operate every 10 minutes towards Cedonia. In addition, service prior to 5:50am will operate every 25 minutes, instead of the current 30 minute frequency.
 
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On Saturdays, trip times in both directions have changed but the frequency remains at 20 minutes.

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For Sundays, service in the early AM has doubled, from every 60 minutes to every 30 minutes after the 5:43am out of Cedonia, and the 6:50am out of West Baltimore. 

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 CityLink Red: Downtown to Towson/Lutherville
While Weekday and Saturday service virtually remained unchanged, Sunday service was updated to improve frequency during the early morning and midday periods. They including adding a trip from Towson, departing at 8:22am and one departing Downtown at 9:10am. There were also trip time modifications. Heading NB, trips that current depart Downtown at 5:21am and 5:52am, will now depart at 5:10am and 5:40am respectively. A SB trip from Lutherville, which currently leaves at 6:15am, will now depart at 6:06am. In the midday, frequency was improved on selected trips from 40 minutes to 20 minutes. 

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CityLink Silver: Morgan State/JHU to Curtis Bay
On weekdays only, times were modified on trips leaving Morgan State and JHU during the midday and evening. The 5:08am trip from Johns Hopkins is being discontinued. Riders can use the 4:58am trip from Morgan State instead. Midday service on both branches will depart 8-10 minutes later than the current schedule. Lastly, evening service will remain at 20 minutes. However, some trip times have changed. See below:
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