Route 29 (MTA Maryland)

Route 29
Route 29 bus at the Cherry Hill Light Rail Station
Overview
System	Maryland Transit Administration
Garage	Bush
Status	active
Began service	1993
Predecessors	Bus Routes 28 and 37
Route
Locale	Baltimore City
Communities served	Cherry Hill
Landmarks served	Harbor Hospital Center
Other routes	27, 51, 64
Service
Level	Weekdays and Saturdays
Frequency	Every 20 minutes Every 20-30 minutes (peak)
Weekend frequency	Every 20 minutes
Operates	5:00 am to 12:00 am WEEKDAYS, 5:00 am to 12:00 am SATURDAYS

Route 29 is a bus route operated by the Maryland Transit Administration in Baltimore. The line currently operates weekdays and Saturdays in a circular fashion, linking the Cherry Hill Light Rail Stop to the Cherry Hill community. Two other MTA bus lines, Routes 27 and 51, also serve the Cherry Hill area.

The Route 29 designation for service in Cherry Hill has been around since June 14, 1993. But prior to this date, the Cherry Hill area has been served by, and continues to be served by other routes.

The no. 29 designation was never used for any routes in the Cherry Hill area before. The most notable Baltimore transit route of the past that used the no. 29 designation was the No. 29 Streetcar, which operated from Roland Park to downtown from 1908 to 1947, when it was converted into the No. 29 bus. The no. 29 bus operated until 1959, when it was merged into the No. 6 Bus (presently Route 64). The Roland Park bus line was later split again from the no. 6 line in 1977, but it was then designated Route 61. The only other line that was known as Route 29 was an express bus that operated between Timonium and downtown from 1983 to 1988.

Prior to the inception of Route 29, the main bus line serving Cherry Hill was Route 28. Route 28 had operated since 1947 between the Liberty Heights Avenue corridor and Cherry Hill. All buses that had operated from Cherry Hill and other locations in South Baltimore had been given the no. 28 designation. All buses that originated from Liberty Heights with a destination other than Cherry Hill were identified as no. 28. But all buses that originated in the Liberty Heights area and had a final destination of Cherry Hill were designated no. 37. This was done to alert white residents of the communities in the Liberty Heights area that the bus's final destination was Cherry Hill, then a low class black community. This practice was discontinued in 1974 when the no. 37 designation was dropped, and all buses along this route were given the no. 28 designation.