Metro’s fall service revisionsincluding the elimination of 26 bus routes
Published 9:41 pm Saturday, September 27, 2014
Metro’s fall service revisions – including the elimination of 26 bus routes and service revisions to at least 30 others – take effect Saturday, Sept. 27.
Discontinued bus routes
Routes 19, 47, 61, 62, 139, 152, 161, 173, 202, 203, 205, 209, 210, 211, 213, 215, 243, 250, 260, 265, 280 Night Owl, 306, DART 909, DART 919, DART 927 and DART 935, as well as express service on routes 7 and 48, are discontinued.
Revised service
Bus service with revisions to routing, stops or schedules include Metro routes 7, 24, 27, 30, 33, 48, 49, 122, 167, 178, 204, 200, 201, 204, 208, 212, 236, 238, 242, 244, 249, 312, 252, 255, 257, 268, 271, 311, 312, 331, 891, 892, DART 903, DART 931, 982 and 986, and Sound Transit Regional Express routes 522, 540, 542, 545, 555 ad 556.
Metro encourages riders to review and revise their Transit Alert subscriptions as necessary.
Holidays
On Veterans Day, the Day after Thanksgiving, Christmas Eve, New Year’s Eve and Martin Luther King Jr Day, Metro will operate a reduced Weekday schedule with ‘When no UW’ trip reductions.
On Thanksgiving Day, Christmas Day and New Year’s Day, Metro will operate a Sunday schedule.
Additional information
For information about Metro’s Fall service revisions, visit Metro Online, pick up a new orange timetable or a Rider Alert brochure, or visit Metro’s regional online Trip Planner to plan your transit trips. Metro Online also provides transit information and links to Metro’s regional transit partners’ websites.
It’s always a good idea to check Metro’s Service Advisories page before you travel for information about known events or disruptions that could affect your transit trip.
Metro’s fall service revisions are posted online, and are also included in new orange timetables and an orange rider alert brochure. Revised timetables are available on Metro Online, or by calling Metro Customer Information at 206-553-3000.
The information is also available in Metro’s online Trip Planner when a date of September 27 or later is used in a query to find a route, find a stop, find a schedule, track your bus or plan a trip.
Find out about other transit revisions in the greater Seattle area by visiting Metro’s transit partners atCommunity Transit, Everett Transit, King County Water Taxi, Pierce Transit, Seattle Streetcar, Sound Transit and the Washington State Ferries.
