Press Releases - Department of Transportation

For Immediate Release: Wednesday, July 2, 2025

Due to Purple Line construction which began on Wednesday, June 18, at Wayne Avenue and Manchester Road, Ride On Bus Routes 12, 13, and 19 will be detoured in Silver Spring. The Route 12 detour is now going down Manchester Road instead of Sligo Creek Parkway, but the missed and alternate stops are the same. 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.

*UPDATED 7/2/25 - Bus Route 12 to Takoma Station:

From Wayne Avenue, right turn onto Manchester Road, left turn onto Piney Branch Road, right turn onto Flower Avenue, and back on route. Regular routing to Silver Spring.

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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Release ID: 25-103
Media Contact: Emily DeTitta, 240-372-2282