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Due to Purple Line construction at Wayne Avenue and Manchester Road, beginning Wednesday, June 18, Ride On Bus Routes 12, 13, and 19 will be detoured in Silver Spring. These detours will be in effect until the closure is lifted, with a projected end of August 2025. Details of the detours can be found below. 

Note: Dashed lines represent original routes and solid lines represent detours.

Bus Route 12 to Takoma Station:

From Wayne Avenue, make a right turn onto Sligo Creek Parkway, left turn onto Piney Branch Road, right turn onto Flower Avenue, and back on route.

Missed Bus Stops

• 27076: East Wayne Avenue & Manchester Road
• 27078: East Wayne Avenue & Manchester Place
• 27080: East Wayne Avenue & Flower Avenue
• 22312: Flower Avenue & Plymouth Street
• 22314: Flower Avenue & Hartwell Street

Alternate Bus Stops

• Temporary bus stop: Wayne Avenue & Sligo Creek Parkway
• 23828: Manchester Road & Wayne Avenue

Bus Route 12 to Takoma Station via Three Oaks:

From Wayne Avenue and Sligo Creek Parkway, left onto Sligo Creek Parkway, right onto Three Oaks Drive, right into Parkside, left onto Manchester Road, right onto Schuyler Road, left onto Sligo Creek Parkway, left onto Piney Branch, right onto Flower Avenue, back on route.

Missed Bus Stops

• 27076: East Wayne Avenue & Manchester Road
• 27078: East Wayne Avenue & Manchester Place
• 27080: East Wayne Avenue & Flower Avenue
• 22312: Flower Avenue & Plymouth Street
• 22314: Flower Avenue & Hartwell Street
• 23824: 8904 Manchester Road
• 23826: Manchester Road & Manchester Place

Alternate Bus Stops

• Temporary bus stop: Wayne Avenue & Sligo Creek Parkway
• 23828: Manchester Road & Wayne Avenue

Route 13 to Takoma Station:

From Manchester Road and Schuyler Road (after going through Parkside), right onto Schuyler Road, left onto Sligo Creek Parkway, left onto Piney Branch, right onto Flower Avenue, back on route.

Missed Bus Stops

• 27076: East Wayne Avenue & Manchester Road
• 27078: East Wayne Avenue & Manchester Place
• 27080: East Wayne Avenue & Flower Avenue
• 22312: Flower Avenue & Plymouth Street
• 22314: Flower Avenue & Hartwell Street
• 23824: 8904 Manchester Road
• 23826: Manchester Road & Manchester Place

Alternate Bus Stops

• Temporary bus stop: Wayne Avenue & Sligo Creek Parkway
• 23828: Manchester Road & Wayne Avenue
• 23822: Manchester Road & Schuyler Road

Route 13 to Silver Spring Transit Center:

When on East Wayne Avenue, continue to Sligo Creek Parkway, right onto Sligo Creek Parkway, right onto Schuyler Road, left onto Manchester Road, back on route.

Missed Bus Stops

• 23816: Manchester Road & Manchester Place
• 23818: 8904 Manchester Road

Alternate Bus Stops

• 27084: Wayne Avenue & Manchester Place
• 23820: Manchester Road & Schuyler Road

Route 19 to Forest Glen:

From Wayne Avenue, right onto Sligo Creek Parkway, left onto Piney Branch Road, left onto Flower Avenue, and back on route.

Missed Bus Stops

• 27074: East Wayne Avenue & Manchester Road
• 27076: East Wayne Avenue & Manchester Road
• 27078: East Wayne Avenue & Manchester Place

Alternate Bus Stops

• Temporary bus stop: Wayne Avenue & Sligo Creek Parkway
• 22296: Flower Avenue & East Wayne Avenue

Route 19 to Forest Glen via Three Oaks:

From Wayne Avenue, left onto Sligo Creek Parkway, right onto Three Oaks Drive, right into Parkside, left onto Manchester, right onto Schuyler Road, left onto Sligo Creek Parkway, left onto Piney Branch, left onto Flower Ave, back on route

Missed Bus Stops

• 23816: Manchester Road & Manchester Place
• 23818: 8904 Manchester Road
• 23824: 8904 Manchester Road
• 23826: Manchester Road & Manchester Place
• 27074: East Wayne Avenue & Manchester Road
• 27076: East Wayne Avenue & Manchester Road
• 27078: East Wayne Avenue & Manchester Place

Alternate Bus Stops

• 23820: Manchester Road & Schuyler Road
• 22296: Flower Avenue & East Wayne Avenue
  

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