Sound Transit Service Changes and Revisions,
May 2009

Route(s)

Service Revision

522, 540, 545, 550, 554, 555, 556, 560, 564, 565, 577

These Sound Transit routes will operate Sunday schedules on Friday, July 3, and on Labor Day, Monday, Sept 7. Link light rail will operate a Sunday schedule on Labor Day. No Sounder commuter rail service will operate on these holidays. These routes will operate Saturday schedules on Independence Day, Saturday, July 4.

For holiday service information for ST routes not operated by Metro, which include routes 510, 511, 513, 532, 535, 574, 578, 590, 592, 593, 594, 595, the Link Connector and Tacoma Link, please visit Sound Transit's web site [external link].

510

Northbound Route 510 to Everett will have a new trip leaving 6th Ave S & S Royal Brougham Way in downtown Seattle at 3 pm.

511

Northbound Route 511 to Ash Way P&R will have new trips leaving 6th Ave S & S Royal Brougham Way in downtown Seattle at 2:43 pm, 3:11 pm and 9 pm.

513

Northbound Route 513 to Everett will have a new trip leaving 6th Ave S & S Royal Brougham Way in downtown Seattle at 6:22 pm.

522

Northbound Route 522 to Woodinville will have two new trip on weekdays leaving 6th Ave S & S Atlantic St in downtown Seattle at 1:38 pm and 2:08 pm. One southbound Route 522 trip to downtown Seattle will also be added on weekdays leaving the UW Bothell/Cascadia CC campus at 8:43 am. The southbound Route 522 trip to downtown Seattle leaving the UW Bothell/Cascadia CC campus at 8:38 am is revised to leave at 8:33 am. Also, all southbound Route 522 trips to downtown Seattle will be rerouted in downtown Seattle for about one year due to the Sound Transit University Link construction project. Route 522 will operate via the I-5 general-purpose lanes, exit at Union St and continue to serve the existing bus stops on Union St and 2nd Ave.

532

Northbound Route 532 to Everett will have two new trips leaving NE 10th St & 102nd Ave NE in downtown Bellevue at 2:13 pm and 6:43 pm.

535

Northbound Route 535 to Lynnwood will have a new trip leaving NE 10th St & 102nd Ave NE 6:29 pm. The existing trips leaving at 2:15 pm and 6:45 pm are revised to leave at 2:06 pm and 6:52 pm.

545

Westbound Route 545 to downtown Seattle will have two new weekday trips leaving the Bear Creek P&R at 4:31 am and 3:49 pm. Three eastbound Route 545 trips to Redmond will leave 6th Ave S & S Royal Brougham Way at 5:02 am, 5:47 am and 9:54 am. The Route 545 trip to Redmond that leaves 6th Ave S & S Royal Brougham Way at 10 am is revised to leave at 10:05 am.

550

Beginning Saturday, May 30, the Downtown Seattle Transit Tunnel will be open from 5 am to 1 am weekdays and Saturday, and from 6 am to midnight on Sunday. Route 550 will operate in the tunnel during these times EXCEPT for the last westbound trip to downtown Seattle on Sunday. When the tunnel is closed, Route 550 to Bellevue will operate on Stewart St serving zones at 7th and 4th avenues, and on 2nd Ave at Stewart, University, Spring and Cherry streets, on S Washington St at 4th Ave and on 5th Ave S at S Jackson St. Eastbound Route 550 to Bellevue will have two new weekday trips leaving Convention Place Station at 4:59 am and 6:23 am. The trip leaving Convention Place Station at 6:28 am is revised to leave at 6:33 am. One westbound Route 550 weekday trip to downtown Seattle will leave 112th Ave NE & NE 12th St in Bellevue at 3:49 pm. The trip leaving 112th Ave NE & NE 12th St at 3:44 pm is revised to leave at 3:39 pm.

554

In Eastgate, Route 554 will serve the Eastgate Freeway Station in both directions and will no longer stop at the Eastgate P&R. Midday service frequency on Route 554 will improve to every 15 minutes on weekdays between the Issaquah Transit Center and downtown Seattle. The Route 554 trips leaving 4th Ave & Lenora St in downtown Seattle at 7:12 pm and 7:29 pm are revised to leave at 7:25 pm and 7:45 pm.

555

In the Factoria/Eastgate area, Route 555 will no longer operate via SE 36th St, Richards Rd, the Lake Hills Connector, 116th Ave SE and NE 4th St. Instead, Route 555 will operate via 112th Ave SE, Bellevue Way SE, I-90 and SE Eastgate Way. One westbound Route 555 trip to Northgate will be added leaving the Issaquah Highlands P&R at 2:35 pm.

556

In Eastgate, Route 556 will serve the Eastgate Freeway Station in both directions and will no longer stop at the Eastgate P&R. Route 556 will no longer operate via 139th Ave SE, SE 26th St, Richards Rd, the Lake Hills Connector, 116th Ave SE and NE 4th St. Instead, Route 556 will operate via 112th Ave SE, Bellevue Way SE and I-90. One eastbound Route 556 trip to Issaquah will be added leaving the Northgate Transit Center at 2:17 pm.

560

At the new Burien Transit Center, westbound Route 560 to West Seattle will serve Bay 4. Eastbound Route 560 to Southcenter/Bellevue will serve Bay 6. See the inset map of the Burien Transit Center for more information.

577

The southbound Route 577 trip to Federal Way leaving 4th Ave & Lenora St in downtown Seattle at 6:42 pm is revised to leave at 6:37 pm.

578

New Route 578 will operate one southbound trip to Federal Way leaving 4th Ave & Lenora St in downtown Seattle at 6:50 pm. Route 578 will operate the same routing as Route 577 between downtown Seattle and the Federal Way Transit Center , but will continue to Auburn, Sumner and Puyallup stations.

590, 593

Southbound Route 590 trips to the Tacoma Dome Station leaving Stewart St & 9th Ave at 3:18 pm, 3:34, 3:45 pm, 5:42 pm, 5:51 pm and 6:20 pm will continue as Route 593 to the South Tacoma Station. The Route 590 trip leaving Stewart St & 9th Ave at 3:54 pm will operate to downtown Tacoma.

ST "Link Connector" Shuttle

When Link light rail begins operation on Saturday, July 18, the "Link Connector" will provide a non-stop transit bus connection between the new Tukwila International Blvd Link Station and Sea-Tac Airport until the airport Link station opens in late 2009. Link Connector trips will operate every 10-15 minutes and will meet all trains during off-peak hours and most trains during peak hours. No cash fares will be collected on the Link Connector, but proof of payment will be required for all boardings at the Tukwila International Blvd Station.