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72
Weekday: June 12 thru Oct. 1, 2010

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Weekday Saturday Sunday Route Map
To DOWNTOWN SEATTLE (Weekday):
    NE 130th   Lake City Wy    NE 80th      NE 65th     University  Fairview Av  University  International   3rd Av    
        &          NE &           &            &          NE &           &       Street Sta  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):
  On S Jackson International University   Fairview Av  University     NE 65th      NE 80th     Lake City  
       at      Dist Station  Street Sta       N &       Way NE &         &            &        Way NE &   
    5th Av S       Bay-A        Bay-A      Denny Way     NE 45th    15th Av NE   15th Av NE    NE 130th   

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Timetable Symbols

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.
To Lake City: via Stewart St, 3rd Ave, Terrace St, 5th Ave, I-5, NE 42nd St. No stops between 5th Ave & Jefferson St and NE 65th St & 12th Ave NE EXCEPT on NE 42nd St at 8th Ave NE, and on 11th Ave NE at NE 42nd St, NE 45th St, NE 50th St, NE 55th St and NE Ravenna Blvd.
§-Estimated time.

Special Service Info

  • Route 70 on weekdays and Saturdays, and routes 71, 72 and 73 at nights 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 3rd Ave, serving stops at James, Madison, Union and Pine streets. Service will thenstop east on Olive Way at 4th and 6th avenues. To downtown, Route 72 will operate west on Stewart St and south on 3rd Ave.

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