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King County Metro Transit reminds riders that buses will operate on Sunday and reduced weekday schedules over several holiday periods. The King County Water Taxi also has schedule changes on holidays.

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Revised schedules in effect starting Dec. 21

King County Metro Transit reminds riders that buses will operate on Sunday and reduced weekday schedules during the coming holiday weeks. The King County Water Taxi also has schedule changes on holidays.

Details are posted on Metro’s holiday and reduced service page. Under a Community Mobility Contract created by County Executive Constantine and funded by voter-approved Prop 1, regular bus service will be provided on about three dozen routes within the City of Seattle that were previously reduced during holiday periods.

Metro offices, including the Customer Information center, Lost and Found and Pass Sales counters, will be closed on Dec. 25 and Jan. 1. The Customer Information Office at 206-553-3000 will reopen the Monday morning following each holiday weekend.

Reduced UW service

• Monday-Wednesday, Dec. 21-23 have reduced UW trips during Winter Break

Sunday schedules will be in effect on the following holidays:

• Friday, Dec. 25 – Christmas
• Friday, Jan. 1, 2016 – New Year’s Day

The reduced weekday schedule and no UW will be in effect on:

• Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Dec. 28-31 – winter holiday period, weekdays only
• Monday, Jan. 18, 2016 – Martin Luther King Jr. Day
• Monday, Feb. 15, 2016 – President’s Day

On days with reduced weekday schedules, some commuter and school-oriented routes do not operate, and other routes have individual trips canceled. Also, Metro makes some adjustments to routes that serve the University of Washington. When the UW is not in session, there will be some bus trip reductions.

Many routes will have no changes. If the route is not listed below, it has no changes when reduced weekday service is in effect.

Routes canceled during a “reduced weekday schedule”: 114, 192, 201, 237, 304, 308, 316, 330, 355, Group Health Express, 930

Routes with fewer trips during reduced weekday schedule operation (Identified in customer timetables with an "H"): 101, 102, 105, 106, 107, 111, 116, 120, 121, 122, 123, 125, 128, 143, 150, 153, 157, 158, 159, 167, 168, 169, 177, 179, 180, 181, 182, 183, 186, 187, 190, 212, 214, 218, 219, 232, 242, 244, 249, 252, 255, 269, 303, 311, 312, 342, 907, 931

Routes with designated trips canceled when the UW is not in session (Identified in timetables): 31, 32, 48, 65, 67, 68, 75, 167, 197, 271, 277, 331, 372, 373

An overview of all Metro holiday service is online. Visit Metro Online for more transit information, or call the Customer Information Office at 206-553-3000.

King County Water Taxi

The Vashon and West Seattle routes of the King County Water Taxi do not operate on Dec. 25 (Christmas Day) or Jan. 1 (New Year’s Day), nor will DART Shuttle routes 773 and 775. For information about King County Water Taxi service – and DART Shuttle routes 773 and 775 – during the holidays, visit www.kingcounty.gov/watertaxi.