Service Change
Effective 9-22-18 thru 3-22-19
Vigente del 9-22-18 al 3-22-19
Metro continues making investments that were funded as part of the adopted 2017-2018 budget, which includes the addition of more than 300,000 annual service hours to improve service throughout King County.
Major service additions include: expansion of all-day, 10-minute service, weekdays on routes 41, 70 and RapidRide E Line; more frequent peak-hour service on routes 40, 180, 181, 240, 245, and 345; two-way peak-hour service on Route 373, and more frequent evening service on routes 31, 75, and RapidRide F Line.
Service additions and changes on routes 7, 17, 18, 40, 50, 56, 57, 70, 106, RapidRide C Line, RapidRide D Line, and RapidRide E Line are being funded by the City of Seattle through the Seattle Transportation Benefit District, and Amazon.
Route revisions
Here's a list that highlights the routes that have new service or routing revisions. Choose a route number to learn about the changes that will begin on Sept. 22, 2018. Some routes with small changes to trip times are not included on this page.
Please consult a red timetable available in the PDF collection for complete information.
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Holiday service
Metro Transit
Sunday schedule will be operated on:
- Thanksgiving Day, Thursday, Nov. 22, 2018
- Christmas Day, Tuesday, Dec. 25, 2018
- New Year's Day, Tuesday, Jan. 1, 2019
Reduced weekday schedules will be operated on selected routes on:
- Veterans Day (observed), Monday, Nov. 12, 2018
- The day after Thanksgiving, Friday, Nov. 23, 2018
- Christmas Eve, Monday, Dec. 24, 2018
- Wednesday thru Friday, Dec. 26-28, 2018
- New Year's Eve, Monday, Dec. 31, 2019
- Martin Luther King Jr Day, Monday, Jan. 21, 2019
- Presidents Day, Monday, Feb. 18, 2019.
Also check your route's timetable or the Metro Holiday Service page for details.
University of Washington and Shoreline Community College reductions
Routes 167, 197, 271 and 277 will have selected weekday trips canceled for the following dates:
- Veterans Day observed, Monday, Nov. 12, 2018
- Monday, Nov. 17, 2018 through Tuesday, Jan. 1, 2019 when the UW is not in session
- Martin Luther King Jr Day, Monday Jan. 21, 2019
- Presidents Day, Monday Feb. 18, 2019.
Sound Transit
Routes 522, 540, 541, 542, 545, 550, 554, 555, 556, Link, Sounder
The Sound Transit bus routes listed above, operated by Metro, and those operated by Pierce Transit (routes 560, 566 and 577) will operate a Sunday schedule on Thanksgiving Day, Thursday, November 22, 2018, Christmas Day, Tuesday, December 25, 2018 and New Year's Day, Tuesday January 1, 2019.
Central Link light rail will also operate a Sunday schedule on Thanksgiving Day, Christmas Day and New Year's Day. Sounder commuter rail will not operate on Thanksgiving Day, Christmas Day and New Year's Day.
For holiday service information for ST routes operated by Pierce Transit and Community Transit—including routes 510, 511, 512, 513, 532, 535, 560, 566, 574, 577, 578, 590, 592, 593, 594, 595 and Tacoma Link, visit the Sound Transit website.
