Metro Transit Alert - Tomorrow, Saturday Oct. 2, Metro's Fall service change begins

King County, Washington sent this bulletin at 10/01/2021 05:47 PM PDT

Service change starting tomorrow, Oct. 2

Tomorrow, Saturday, Oct. 2, King County Metro will launch updated bus connections to three new Sound Transit Link light rail stations, Northgate, Roosevelt, and U District in Seattle, along with updates to Metro routes (117 of 194 bus routes will be impacted) throughout King county.

Thumbnail of Youtube video with an image of a metro bus pulling into Northgate station

Have questions?

If you are unsure how these new changes will affect your travels, you can use the following tools:

  • King County Metro Service Change page
  • Metro Matters blog – blog post detailing changes can be found here.
  • Metro Transit Planner – to map out your trip using new service, remember to change the date to Oct. 2.
  • Call Metro at 206-553-3000 – our team of Customer Information Specialist can help find the right route for you. Specialists are available 6:00 a.m. – 8:00 p.m., Monday through Friday, interpreters are available.
    • Metro’s Customer Information Office will be open special hours this weekend to help riders with questions about the service change and trip planning. You can speak to a specialist this Saturday (Oct. 2) and Sunday (Oct. 3) from 8:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. at 206-553-3000.

Connecting to new Link light rail stations

Click on the maps below to see the bus connections at each Link light rail station:

Map of bus to light rail connection at new Northgate station Map of bus to light rail connection at new Roosevelt station
Map of bus to light rail connection at new U District station Map of bus to light rail connection at the established UW station

What is changing?

Overview of service change impacts (some routes appear in multiple lists):

  • 48 bus routes with restored or added service: 9, 15X, 17X, 18X, 22, 29, 60, 113, 114, 120, 121, 167, 177, 190, 204, 208, 214, 216, 217, 221, 225, 226, 232, 237, 241, 246, 249, 250, 255, 268, 271, 342, 630, 891, 892, 893, 894, 895, 981, 982, 984, 986, 987, 988, 989, 992, 994, and RapidRide C Line.
  • Six new bus routes: 16X, 20, 79, 302, 320 and 322.
  • 28 routes with routing or stop revisions: 31, 32, 40, 44, 45, 48, 49, 64, 67, 70, 73, 75, 177, 255, 301, 303, 304, 345, 346, 347, 348, 372, 987, 988, 994, Sound Transit Express routes 522, 542 & 550.
  • Deleted trips on 20 routes in response to reduced Seattle Transit Benefit District funding: 2, 3, 4, 5, 10, 11, 12, 13, 21, 24, 28X, 33, 56, 57, 106, 107, 125, RapidRide C Line, D Line and E Line.
  • 18 deleted and replaced bus routes: 5X, 26X, 41, 63, 71, 74, 76, 77, 78, 308, 309, 312, 316, 355, 373, 628, 980 and 995.
  • 18 bus routes will remain fully suspended as of Oct. 2: 19, 37, 47, 116, 118X, 119X, 122, 123, 143, 154, 157, 178, 179, 197, 200, 219, 252 and DART 931.

To find specific information about your route check out Metro’s Service Change page.

Route suspended?

We have updated travel options for the suspended routes on our blog. 

Metro’s Customer Information Office will be open special hours this weekend to help riders any questions. You can speak to a specialist this Saturday (Oct. 2) and Sunday (Oct. 3) from 8:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. at 206-553-3000.

Its a great day to ride Metro

 Remember, “It’s a great day to ride Metro” to get to events and activities where there is often traffic congestion and limited parking.