The Massachusetts Avenue Line, designated Route N2, N4, N6, is a daily bus route operated by the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority between Friendship Heights station of the Red Line of the Washington Metro and Farragut Square in Downtown Washington DC. The line operates every 24–30 minutes during the weekdays and 35–45 minutes on weekends. Trips take roughly 45 minutes to complete. Route description The Massachusetts Avenue Line is operated by routes N2, N4, and N6. Routes N2 and N4 only operate during weekdays while route N6 operates after 7:00 PM on weekdays and all day on weekends as a combination of routes N2 and N4. Route N2 operates via Wisconsin Avenue, Nebraska Avenue, New Mexico Avenue, Cathedral Avenue, Idaho Avenue (to Friendship Heights), Massachusetts Avenue, Connecticut Avenue, 18th Street, and P Street which the route terminating along 17th and I Streets NW, serving the Wesley Heights neighborhood. Route N4 operates along Western Avenue, Westmoreland Circle, and Massachusetts Avenue following the N2 routing to Dupont Circle. Route N6 operates along the N4 routing, but operates on a clockwise loop in Wesley Heights along the N2 routing along Idaho Avenue, Cathedral Avenue, New Mexico Avenue, and Nebraska Avenue, going westbound to Friendship Heights and eastbound to Farragut Square. Route N2, N4, and N6 currently operate out of Western division. Select route N2 and N4 rush-hour trips are operated by Montgomery division. During the afternoon peak hours, routes N2 and N4 utilize the 2016 New Flyer XE40 buses WMATA owns (1001). History The N2 and N4 originally began operating under streetcar lines by the Washington Railway & Electric Company in the 1900s. The route would operate between the Friendship Heights neighborhood to Downtown Washington D.C. Differences for the N2 and N4 was the N2 would operate in the Wesley Heights neighborhood along Nebraska Avenue, New Mexico Avenue, Cathedral Avenue, Idaho Avenue while the N4 remains along Massachusetts Avenue. The N2 and N4 later were formed into buses on May 13, 1925. When the Capital Transit Company took over the Washington Railway & Electric Company, route N4 was rerouted to Glen Echo Park along the Maryland side of Massachusetts Avenue and Goldsboro Road. The N4 routing to Glen Echo Park was later replaced by route N7 and Ride On route 29 when the N4 was shortened to terminate at Westmoreland Circle. Route N1 and N3 were introduced to operate as the Massachusetts Avenue–Federal