CityLink Brown (BaltimoreLink)

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Overlea - Downtown
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Overview
System MTA BaltimoreLink
StatusActive
Route
LocaleBaltimore City
Baltimore County
StartUM Medical Center
ViaPratt Street (EB), Lombard Street (WB), Broadway, Belair Road
EndOverlea
Length7.8 miles (12.6 km)
Service
FrequencyFrequent Daily Service / 24 hours
Ridership1,444,463 (2022)

CityLink Brown (abbreviated BR) is a bus route operated by the Maryland Transit Administration between Downtown Baltimore City, and Overlea, Baltimore County, or Gardenville, Baltimore County. [1] Northbound trips on the route depart from University of Maryland Medical Center, at the intersection of South Greene Street and West Pratt Street in Downtown Baltimore, and terminate at the intersection of Belair Road and East Overlea Avenue just outside the eastern Baltimore City boundary. [2]

On August 27, 2023, the route was truncated from White Marsh Mall to Overlea, with service between those two points replaced by an extension of Route 33. [3]

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References

  1. "Route CityLink BROWN - WHITE MARSH - DOWNTOWN". Maryland Transit Administration. August 29, 2021. Retrieved October 13, 2021.
  2. "CityLink BR - UM Medical Center to Overlea / White Marsh Mall / Park & Ride" (PDF). Maryland Transit Administration. August 29, 2021. Retrieved October 13, 2021.
  3. "Fall 2023 Service Adjustments". Maryland Transit Administration . Retrieved August 30, 2023.