GAITHERSBURG, Md. (WUSA) -- Two new express bus routes began service Tuesday using the Intercounty Connector to link Gaithersburg with BWI Marshall Airport and Fort Meade. The routes will be free to riders for the next two weeks.
Route 201 begins at the Gaithersburg Park & Ride on Quince Orchard Road near I-270. It makes stops at the Shady Grove Metro Station, the Norbeck Park & Ride Lot (Route 28 east of Georgia Avenue), and the Burtonsville Park & Ride Lot (Route 198 at Old Route 29). It then heads north to make two stops at BWI Marshall Airport as well as the BWI MARC and Amtrak station. The trip between Gaithersburg and BWI will take 75 minutes and operates seven days a week.
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Route 202 also begins at the Gaithersburg Park & Ride Lot. It makes stops as well at the Shady Grove Metro Station and the Norbeck Park & Ride Lot. It then uses I-95 and Route 32 to make stops at the Savage MARC station, NSA on Canine Road, and then five stops within Fort Meade. Proper identification is needed to ride the bus inside Fort Meade. The entire trip takes 80 minutes and operates Monday through Friday, except holidays.
Both buses will be free through Tuesday, March 15. After that, the full adult one-way fare is $5.00. For part of the journey, the bus routes will utilize the new ICC toll road before moving on to local roads. When the entire highway opens, the bus will shift most of its route there.
Written by Dan Guzman
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