The Benning Heights–Alabama Avenue Line, designated Route V7, V8, is a daily bus route operated by the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority between Minnesota Avenue station of the Orange Line of the Washington Metro and Congress Heights station (V7) of the Green Line of the Washington Metro or the neighborhood of Benning Heights (H & 46th Streets SE) (V8).

During WMATA's FY2015 budget, a study was announced on the U and V lines from Minnesota Avenue station.

[3] For routes V7, V8, and V9, the reason was for enhance connectivity between points of regional demand, create a better balance of capacity and demand lines serving the Minnesota Avenue station, and reduce or eliminate service with low productivity.

The segment of U8's routing between the Minnesota Avenue & Capitol Heights station was discontinued, was replaced by brand new routes V2 & V4, As a result of the change, U8 was renamed the Benning Heights Line.

[4][5][6][7] During WMATA Fiscal Year of 2018 budget, it was proposed to extend every other U8 weekday peak-hour trip to Congress Heights station via Benning Road and Alabama Avenue SE skipping the Benning Heights loop in order to relieve Route W4 overcrowding and respond to customer demand on portions of Alabama Avenue SE and Benning Road.

The combined weekday rush hour frequency of routes U8 and W4 between East Capitol Street & Benning Road and Congress Heights would be improved from every 12-15 minutes to every 7-8 minutes in response to customer demand and crowding.

[9] During the COVID-19 pandemic, all route V7 service was suspended and V8 was reduced to its Saturday supplemental schedule on March 16, 2020.