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This is a list of current routes operated by the mass transit agency King County Metro in the Greater Seattle area. It includes routes directly operated by the agency, routes operated by contractors and routes operated by King County Metro under contract with another agency. Routes are organized by route number (or letters in the case of ...
By way of contrast, Metro's peak-only route with the lowest cost per boarding was route 206 (Newport Hills to International School), at $2.04. Metro's highest cost route by this measure, route 149 (Renton Transit Center to Black Diamond), had a peak time cost of $34.47 per boarding. Route 149 serves the rural southeastern corner of King County ...
The H Line is a RapidRide bus route in Seattle and Burien in King County, Washington, United States.It is operated by King County Metro and incorporates bus rapid transit features, including transit signal priority, exclusive lanes, and off-board fare payment at some stations.
Has the features of a RapidRide bus, but will be wrapped in regular metro livery and operate regular routes until the opening of the H Line in March 2023. [44] 2015–2016: 8000–8084 (85) Equipped with three doors for use on urban routes. 2017–2018: 8100–8199 (100) Equipped with two doors for use on suburban routes. 2018 8200–8299 (100)
King County Metro is the public transit authority of King County, Washington, including the city of Seattle in the Puget Sound region. It operates a fleet of 1,396 buses, serving 115 million rides at over 8,000 bus stops in 2012, making it the eighth-largest transit agency in the United States .
The busiest route in 2023 was Route 550, which connects Seattle to Bellevue and carried 1.17 million riders. [13] The fleet of 319 buses [3] is owned by Sound Transit and includes double-decker buses with up to 81 seats, articulated buses, high-floor motorcoaches, and standard buses with a minimum of 42 seats.
The routes connect major regional hubs throughout 53 cities in three counties (King, Pierce, and Snohomish) in the Puget Sound region. Sound Transit Express ranks first in the nation in the number of commuter bus passengers carried and in vehicle miles driven. [3] The first nine routes and 114 buses began carrying passengers on September 19, 1999.
The Madison Street corridor was identified as a bus rapid transit candidate in the 2012 Transit Master Plan, adopted by the city of Seattle with input from King County Metro. [18] While other routes were given feasibility studies for streetcars, as part of a new municipal system, Madison Street was considered too steep to support rail transit. [19]