In 1999, the Herndon-Monroe Park & Ride and the Along State Route 267 (the Dulles Toll Road), express buses carry commuters from free park-and-ride lots to the Washington Metro system. and Washington Dulles International Airport. In 1994, the service was extended to the high-technology industrial areas of suburban Reston and Herndon, located between Washington, D.C. Service continues to provide through the southern portion of Alexandria, when Van Dorn Street station opened in 1991. In 1990, The Connector took over the operation of the RIBS (Reston Internal Bus Service). It also expanded through the southeastern portion of Fairfax.
In 1988, The Connector began to operate express routes, to connect to Pentagon station. These first 10 routes were previously served by Metrobus. It had 10 routes, and many routes serves through Huntington Station.
This area continues to be the core of the system, and is noted for the number of residents in the Richmond Highway area who use the service at all times of the day.
The original routes connected the southern part of the county (near the Mount Vernon Estate) to the Huntington Metro station which borders Alexandria. The first buses rolled out in September 1985 as a lower-cost alternative to the Metrobus service of the regional Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority. The Connector's goals is to supplement the regional rail and bus service provided by the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA), providing reliable local bus service, and to improves the safety of the community of Fairfax County.Ī typical Fairfax Connector bus stop sign 1980s The Connector provides a fixed-route bus service within Fairfax County on 93 routes and carries about nine million passengers annually. In 2022, the system had a ridership of 4,851,200, or about 26,400 per weekday as of the fourth quarter of 2022.įairfax Connector, or simply "The Connector", is operated under contract by Transdev, and is the third largest bus fleet in the D.C. Fairfax Connector serves all of Fairfax Metrorail Stations, the city of Alexandria, the city of Fairfax (weekday middays only), the Washington Dulles International Airport, and the Pentagon Metrorail station (weekdays only, mostly during morning and evening peak periods). The bus system provides service within Fairfax County, and connects to Metrobus, Metrorail stations, Virginia Railway Express, and other local bus systems. A 2022 New Flyer Xcelsior XD40 Fairfax Connector bus at East Falls Church Metro Station.įairfax Connector is a public bus service provided by Fairfax County, Virginia, United States, and is managed by the county government.
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