SS/ride-on.pr                 Contact:  Carolyn Biggins, 301-217-2184


RIDE-ON SERVICE CHANGES TO
TAKE EFFECT MAY 7, JUNE 25         For Immediate Release:  April 28, 1995


     Montgomery County's Ride-On bus system will make service adjustments on
many of its routes, which will take effect on either May 7 or June 25.
     Effective May 7, new Sunday service will be operated on Route 35.  Trips
will leave Wheaton every 30 minutes on the hour and half hour, from 8 a.m. to
7 p.m.  Route 35 trips will leave Montgomery Mall every 30 minutes at :07 and
:37 after each hour, from 8:37 a.m. to 7:37 p.m.  Route 74 (Germantown-Shady
Grove Metro Station, via Great Seneca Highway) will be diverted to service
Kentlands Boulevard.
     Most Ride-On routes will have minor service adjustments effective May 7. 
Weekday service adjustments of more than five minutes, which may include the
elimination or addition of trips, affect Ride-On routes 5, 9, 11-17, 20, 23,
35, 40, 42, 48 and 74.  Service adjustments of more than five minutes on
Saturdays affect routes 2, 11, 15, 16, 17, 20, 29, 40, 42; and on Sundays,
adjustments affect routes 12, 15, 16, 20, 35 and 42.
     On June 25, service adjustments affect Ride-On routes 47 and C8.  Route
47 will be re-routed between Montgomery Mall and Old Georgetown Road, via
Westlake Terrace, the new Fernwood Road bridge, Rockledge Drive and Democracy
Boulevard.  Route C8 will be re-routed between Montgomery Mall and Old
Georgetown Road, via Westlake Terrace, the new Fernwood Road bridge and Rock
Spring Drive.
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     Ride-On service adjustments are made three times a year to improve the
bus system's overall efficiency.  The next service changes are planned for
September 3.
     For more information on bus routes or to have route timetables mailed to
you, call Montgomery County's Transit Information Center at 217-7433 (rotary
dial 217-6434).  To call toll free from a pay phone within the county, call 1-
800-732-3327.  The TDD number is 217-2222.
     
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