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- ↑ http://mta.maryland.gov/news/winter-service-changes-effective-february-22nd
- ↑ Herbert H. Harwood (2003). Baltimore streetcars: the postwar years. Johns Hopkins University Press. pp. 12, 18. ISBN 0-8018-7190-5 . Retrieved August 17, 2011.
- ↑ John Thomas Scharf (1881). History of Baltimore City and County from the earliest period to the present day. Louis H. Everts, Philadelphia. p. 366 . Retrieved August 17, 2011.
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- ↑ "Routes 10-19a". The Routes of Baltimore Transit: 1900 to today. Baltimore Transit Company Archives. Archived from the original on June 1, 2002. Retrieved August 17, 2011.
- ↑ "A History of the Lakeside Streetcar Line". Baltimore Transit Company Archives. Retrieved August 17, 2011.
- ↑ "Route 56 - Murray Hill". All but forgotten: Some of Baltimore's more obscure transit operations. Baltimore Transit Archives. Retrieved August 17, 2011.
- ↑ MTA June 1992 schedule changes
- ↑ MTA Winter 1996 schedule changes
- ↑ Towson Times
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- ↑ Michael Dresser (June 9, 2005). "Sweeping revision of bus routes proposed". The Baltimore Sun. Retrieved August 17, 2011.
- ↑ "Route 11". BaltimoreLink.