PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION

Ride On Bus, Metrobus, Metrorail and Express Bus Services are available to employees, residents and visitors of the Montgomery County area. The Ride On bus is operated by the Montgomery County Government and serves the Montgomery County area. The Metrobus and Metrorail are operated by the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA) and provides service throughout Maryland, Virginia and the District of Columbia.

Where to go?
The County's "Getting There" brochure has info on how to use Ride On to go to area malls, swimming pools & recreational facilities, libraries and other popular summer haunts. To access a PDF version of the brochure, please click here.

NIH has free shuttle service for employees and visitors to NIH's main campus in Bethesda. {click for information}

Rock Spring/Grosvenor Shuttle (RIDE ON 6)

This bus travels between the Wheaton Metro station, the Grosvenor Metro station, the Rock Spring business park and Montgomery Mall. This bus has convenient stops between Grosvenor and Montogomery Mall, which include the following streets: Democracy Lane, Fernwood Road, Rockledge and Rock Spring Drive, Old Georgetown Road and Tuckerman Lane. This bus operates every 30 minutes from 6:29am. To 7:57pm. And every 30 minutes from Rock Spring business park to the Grosvenor Metro station from 6:15am. to 8:15pm. Call the NBTC for a Ride On #6 shuttle schedule at (301) 770-8108.

Hagerstown and Frederick Commuters

Convenient and direct service from Hagerstown & Frederick to Rock Spring Park is available. Commuter bus service to Rock Spring Business Park, Shady Grove Metro, Urbana Park & Ride, Monocacy MARC Station and Hagerstown MVA is NOW AVAILABLE.

For all you weary commuters who travel I70 and I270 to work, the MTA Bus 991 (PDF File 219 kb) is your answer to an easier commute. There are nine buses in the morning and 10 buses running in the evening. Service begins at 5:00 a.m. in the morning out of either Hagerstown or the Monocacy MARC Station and resumes in the evening at 3:50 p.m. from the Rock Springs Business Park. There is also one mid-day bus available from the Rock Spring Business Park at 1:10 p.m. arriving in Urbana Park & Ride lot at 1:52 p.m., finally arriving in Hagerstown at 2:32 p.m.

For more information about this service call the North Bethesda Transportation Center at 301.770.8108.

Ride On Route 70 Express Bus Service:

Ride-On express bus service Route 70 is provided weekdays, Monday through Friday, from the Milestone Shopping Center in Germantown to Suburban Hospital in Bethesda.

Stops include:

• Ridge Road & Observation Dr.
• National Naval Medical Center
• Medical Center Metro
• National Institutes of Health main campus
• Morning service is provided every 30 minutes beginning at 5:15 a.m. to 8:20 a.m.
• Evening service begins at 3:10 p.m.
• The last bus leaves the National Institutue of Health at 6:48 p.m.

Express bus service is provided from the Lakeforest Mall Transit Center to Bethesda, weekdays only.

• The Route J9 Express Bus begins service at 5:50 a.m. at the Lakeforest Mall Transit Center (Park & Ride Lot) and has stops at the National Naval Medical Center, Medical Center Metro and Suburban Hospital. This service runs every 15 minutes until 8:25 a.m.
• Service resumes in the evening at 3:11 p.m. until 6:26 p.m.

• Montgomery County DPW&T:
• Fare and transfer information
• Purchasing Tokens & Cruiser Passes
• Park -n- Ride Lots in Montgomery County
• Real-Time Ride On Transit Information in the County
• Traffic Information in the County
• LIVE traffic cameras in the County
• Public parking garages and lots (maps and meter charges) in the County

 
• METRO bus and rail:
• Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments' Commuter Connections:
• MARC rail
• VRE rail
• Montgomery County Government:

 

• Fare Media by Mail 301-984-6676
• Metrobus and Metrorail: 202-637-7000
• MARC commuter (and baseball-Camden Yards) train service: 1-800-325-RAIL (7245)
• Montgomery County RIDE ON 240-777-7433

 

When you read a bus schedule, you may see a lot of stops listed, however, due to limited space, all stops cannot be listed: there are simply too many. If you live along a bus route, chances are the driver will have a convenient stop for you.