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Johns Hopkins Bayview to Westgate / CMS

Frequent Daily Service / 24 hours

Effective June 18, 2017

Former route: 40

Points of Interest

The below table lists points of interests in the left column, with transit connections for each point of interest listed in the right column.

Point of Interest / Transit Connections
Johns Hopkins Bayview (Bayview Medical Center) / None
Greektown / None
Highlandtown / None
Baltimore Highlands / None
Ellwood Park / None
McElderry Park / None
Butchers Hill / None
Washington Hill / Baltimore Bike Share, Charm City Circulator
Dunbar High School / None
Shot Tower / Metro SubwayLink, Baltimore Bike Share, Charm City Circulator
City Hall / Baltimore Bike Share, Charm City Circulator
Mercy Medical Center / None
Lexington Market / Light RailLink, Metro SubwayLink, Baltimore Bike Share
West Baltimore / MARC Train
Mosher / None
Allendale / None
Edmondson Village / None
West Hills / None
Westgate (North Bend) (Select Trips) / None
Social Security / None
Security Square / None
CMS (Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services) / None

Bus Connections

  • Connections at Security Square: LocalLinks 31, 37, and 79 and Express BusLink 107
  • Connections at West Baltimore: CityLinks Pink, Green, and Orange, Local Links 26, 77, 78, and 80, and Express BusLink 150
  • Connections at Lexington Market: LocalLinks 54, 71, 73, 80, and 94 and Express BusLinks 105, 115, 120, 150, and 154
  • Connections at City Hall: CityLinks Red and Yellow, LocalLinks 54, 56, 67, 76, and 80, and Express BusLinks 105, 115, 154, 160, and 164
  • Connections at Johns Hopkins Bayview: CityLink Orange and LocalLinks 22 and 59
  • Commuter Bus Connections are available Downtown and at Johns Hopkins Hospital for routes 210, 215, 310, 320, 410, 411, 420, and 425.

Turn-by-turn Description

Eastbound to Johns Hopkins Bayview

Trips from Westgate begin on Edmondson and North Bend, continuing onto Edmondson for three quarters of a mile before joining the trunk of the route on Edmondson and Cooks Lane. Route Directions for Westgate trips continue on line 3.

  1. The route begins at CMS (on Security & CMS), heading east via Security Boulevard for three and a half miles.
  2. Continue onto Cooks Lane, heading south east for three quarters of a mile.
  3. Slight left onto Edmondson Avenue, heading east for four tenths of a mile to serve Edmondson Village (on Edmonson & Swann).
  4. Continue onto Edmondson Avenue, heading east for one and six tenths of a mile.
  5. Slight right onto West Franklin Street, heading east for half a mile.
  6. Continue onto West Mulberry Street/U.S. Forty for a few hundred feet to serve West Baltimore (on Mulberry & Smallwood).
  7. Continue onto West Mulberry Street/U.S. Forty heading east for one and a quarter mile.
  8. Right onto North Green Street for a few hundred feet.
  9. Left onto West Saratoga Street, heading east for a quarter mile to serve Lexington Market (on Saratoga & Howard).
  10. Continue onto West Saratoga Street then East Saratoga Street, for a half mile.
  11. Right onto Guilford Ave, heading south for two tenths of a mile.
  12. Left onto East Baltimore Street, heading east for three quarters of a mile.
  13. Left onto North Central Avenue.
  14. Right onto East Fayette Street heading east for one third of a mile to serve Washington Hill (on Fayette & Broadway).
  15. Continue onto East Fayette Street for one and three tenths of a mile.
  16. Right onto North Highland Avenue, continuing onto South Highland Avenue, for a half mile.
  17. Left onto Bank Street.
  18. Right onto South Conkling Street.
  19. Left onto Eastern Avenue, heading east for three quarters of a mile to serve Greektown (on Eastern & Ponca).
  20. Continue onto Eastern Avenue for a quarter mile.
  21. Left onto Bayview Boulevard.
  22. Right at Mason Lord Drive heading north for three tenths of a mile.
  23. Left onto Nathan Shock Drive.
  24. Right onto Bioscience Drive heading north for a quarter mile.
  25. Left onto East Lombard Street to serve Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center (on Lombard & Bioscience) where the route terminates.

Westbound to Westgate or CMS

  1. The route begins at Johns Hopkins Bayview (on Lombard & Bioscience) heading west on East Lombard Street for a quarter mile.
  1. Left onto Bayview Boulevard, heading south for approximately a half mile.
  2. Right onto Eastern Avenue, heading west for one third of a mile to serve Greektown (on Eastern & Ponca).
  3. Continue onto Eastern Avenue fortwo thirds of a mile.
  4. Right onto South Conkling Street.
  5. Left onto Bank Street heading west for a few hundred feet.
  6. Right onto South Highland Avenue, continuing onto North Highland Avenue, for a half mile.
  7. Left onto East Fayette Street, heading west for one and three tenths miles, serving Washington Hill (on Fayette & Broadway).
  8. Continue onto East Fayette Street for approximately one mile.
  9. Right onto North Gay Street, heading north for a few hundred feet.
  10. Left onto East Saratoga Street, continuing onto West Saratoga Street, for a half mile to serve Lexington Market (on Saratoga & Howard).
  11. Continue onto West Saratoga Street for a few hundred feet.
  12. Right onto North Paca Street heading north for a few hundred feet.
  13. Left onto West Franklin Street/U.S. Forty, heading west for one and a half milesto serve West Baltimore (on Franklin & Smallwood).
  14. Continue onto West Franklin Street for three quarters of a mile.
  15. Left onto Edmondson Avenue, heading west for one and a half miles to serve Edmondson Village (on Edmondson & Swann).
  16. Continue onto Edmondson Avenue for a half mile, or for three quarters of a mile for trips terminating at Westgate (on Edmondson & North Bend).
  17. Right onto Cooks Lane, heading west for three quarters of a mile.
  18. Continue onto Security Boulevard for approximately three and a half miles
  19. Route terminates at CMS (on Security & CMS).