CityLink Gold (abbreviated GD) is a bus route operated by the Maryland Transit Administration in Baltimore.
The line has two main branches, both operating to Canton: one that operates via Fells Point (these buses are marked Fells Point) and the other via Linwood and East Streets (these buses are marked Canton).
In 1999, Route 13 has the highest farebox recovery rate of all MTA bus lines, recovering nearly its entire cost.
[2] The current bus route is the successor to the 13 North Avenue and 22 Washington Street–Canton streetcar lines.
In 2005, as part of the Greater Baltimore Bus Initiative, a comprehensive overhaul for the region's transit system, MTA announced that the following changes would be made to Route 13: All these plans were implemented on October 23, 2005.
This required elderly residents of these communities to walk up to six blocks extra in order to reach the line.
All trips to Canton and Fells Point now operate via Washington/Wolfe Streets rather than Patterson Park Avenue.
This branch, which operates every 30 minutes on weekdays from 6:30 am to 6:30 pm, and has more limited Saturday service, meets the needs of senior citizens in these areas.