Route 15 (MTA Maryland)
| Route 15 | |
|---|---|
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| Overview | |
| System | Maryland Transit Administration |
| Garage | Bush Kirk |
| Status | active |
| Began service | 1963 |
| Predecessors | Nos. 4, 15, and 35 streetcars |
| Route | |
| Locale | Baltimore City Baltimore County |
| Communities served |
Woodlawn Dickeyville Historic District Forest Park Rosemont Poppleton Belair-Edison Gardenville Fullerton |
| Landmarks served |
Social Security Administration Kernan Hospital Leakin Park Lexington Market |
| Other routes | 1, 3, 5, 7, 8, 10, 11, 13, 16, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 27, 33, 35, 36, 38, qb40, 44, qb46, qb47, qb48, 50, 51, 55, 57, 58, 61, 64, 77, 91, 99, 120, 150, 160 |
| Service | |
| Level | Daily |
| Frequency | Every 15 minutes Every 12 minutes (peak) |
| Weekend frequency | Every 15-30 minutes |
| Operates | 24 Hours a Day |
Route 15 is a bus route operated by the Maryland Transit Administration in Baltimore and its suburbs. The line currently runs from Security Square Mall, Westview Mall, Windsor Hills, or Walbrook Junction (all in West Baltimore or Baltimore County) through downtown Baltimore and northeast to Overlea, with selected peak hour express trips to Perry Hall. The main roads on which it operates include Security Boulevard, Windsor Mill Road, Forest Park Avenue, Poplar Grove Street, Edmondson Avenue, Saratoga Street, Gay Street, and Belair Road, and is one of the most heavily used bus routes operated by the MTA.
The bus route is the successor to the 4 Edmondson Avenue and 15 Gay Street streetcar lines.
Route 15 is the successor to two streetcar lines, numbered in 1899: the west half of Route 4 on Bloomingdale Road and Edmondson Avenue and the east half of the original Route 15 on Gay Street and Belair Road.
The Baltimore City Passenger Railway opened its Gay Street Line to Boundary Avenue (now North Avenue) on December 11, 1861, and through-routed it with the Baltimore Street Line to West Baltimore (now part of Route 20) as the Red Line. The line was equipped with cable traction on July 23, 1893, and electrified in 1899.[2]. An extension along Belair Road was built by the Central Passenger Railway in the late 1890s, branching off their Preston Street Line via Milton Avenue, and the Baltimore, Gardenville and Bel Air Electric Railway later opened an extension to Overlea.
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