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72
Weekday: February 16 thru June 7, 2013


Holiday Service Alert!
Between February 16 & June 7, 2013, this route may be affected by revised schedules or service cancellations on Presidents Day, Monday, February 18; Memorial Day, Monday, May 27, and during the UW Spring break, March 25-29. Visit the Holiday and Reduced Service page for information.

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Weekday
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Saturday Sunday Route Map
To DOWNTOWN SEATTLE (Weekday):
    NE 130th   Lake City Wy    NE 80th      NE 65th     University  Fairview Av  University  International   2nd Av    
        &          NE &           &            &          NE &         N &       St Station  Dist Station       &      
   35th Av NE    NE 125th    15th Av NE   15th Av NE     NE 45th     Denny Way      Bay-C        Bay-C        Pike     

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To LAKE CITY (Weekday):
  International University   Fairview Av  University     NE 65th      NE 80th     Lake City  
  Dist Station  St Station      N  &       Way NE &         &            &        Way NE &   
      Bay-A        Bay-A      Denny Way     NE 45th    15th Av NE   15th Av NE    NE 130th   

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Timetable Symbols

B-Leaves 4th Ave S & S Jackson St at this time.
E-Route 72 Express
To downtown Seattle: Afternoons via Eastlake Ave E. Weekday mornings via I-5. Makes no stops between 12th Ave NE & NE Campus Parkway and Convention Place Station (Stewart St & Yale Ave when tunnel is closed) except 7th NE & NE 40th St when express lanes are open.
To Lake City: Afternoons via I-5. No stops between Convention Place Station and NE Campus Parkway & Brooklyn Ave NE (EXCEPT at NE 42nd St & 8th Ave NE when express lanes are open). Mornings via I-5. No stops between Convention Place Station and Brooklyn Ave NE & NE Campus Pkwy.
§-Estimated time.

Special Service Info

  • Route 70 on weekdays and Saturday, and routes 71, 72 and 73 on weeknights and all day Sunday, provide local service via Eastlake Avenue between downtown Seattle and the University District. Please pick up a University District timetable for complete schedule information.
  • Additional express service via Eastlake is provided by Route 66. Please refer to the individual timetable for schedule information.

Downtown Seattle Tunnel Operation Information
Route 72 operates in the Downtown Seattle Transit Tunnel. The tunnel (see downtown map) is open for service Monday thru Saturday from 5 a.m. to 1 a.m., and Sunday from 6 a.m. to midnight. Late night trips that do not use the tunnel are noted on schedules in this timetable. If the tunnel is closed during normal "tunnel-open" hours, Route 72 to U-District and Lake City will operate north on 4th Ave, serving stops at Jackson, James, Marion, University and Pike streets. Service will then stop east on Olive Way at 6th avenue. To downtown, Route 72 will operate west on Stewart St and south on 2nd Ave.

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