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These routes run mostly within the city of Seattle. Trolley routes may be operated by electric trolleybuses. Conventional routes are not operated by trolleybuses, but are instead operated by diesel, diesel-electric hybrid, or battery-electric buses. All bus routes in other sections of this page are conventional routes.
Link light rail is a light rail rapid transit system serving the Seattle metropolitan area in the U.S. state of Washington.It is managed by Sound Transit in partnership with local transit providers, and consists of three non-connected lines: the 1 Line (formerly Central Link) in King County and Snohomish County, which travels for 33 miles (53 km) between Lynnwood, Seattle, and Seattle–Tacoma ...
Trains began operating on the 13.9-mile (22.4 km) segment between Westlake and Tukwila International Boulevard stations, [61] along with a bus shuttle to serve Sea-Tac Airport from Tukwila. [62] The 1.7-mile (2.7 km) extension to SeaTac/Airport station opened on December 19, 2009, replacing the shuttle and other bus services to the airport. [63]
Sound Transit's current bus service on the west half of the corridor, Sound Transit Express Route 550, carries over 10,000 daily passengers and takes 35 minutes to travel from Seattle to Bellevue. [ 221 ] [ 222 ] King County Metro's RapidRide B Line operates on the east half of the corridor, traveling between Bellevue and Overlake at a ...
The first set of nine express bus routes launched on September 19, 1999, and served regional destinations and 33 park and ride lots in the three counties; [33] [96] an existing King County Metro express route from Seattle to Bellevue and Pierce Transit's Seattle–Tacoma express were also transferred to Sound Transit.
The Downtown Seattle Transit Tunnel (DSTT), also referred to as the Metro Bus Tunnel, is a 1.3-mile-long (2.1 km) pair of public transit tunnels in Seattle, Washington, United States. The double-track tunnel and its four stations serve Link light rail trains on the 1 Line as it travels through Downtown Seattle.
The initial, 14-mile-long (23 km) segment of Central Link (now the 1 Line) with 12 stations was opened from Seattle to Tukwila on July 18, 2009, and was later extended 1.7 miles (2.7 km) to the Seattle–Tacoma International Airport on December 19, 2009.
The Municipality of Metropolitan Seattle (Metro) began operating bus service in King County in 1973, including regular bus service to the airport from Downtown Seattle on routes 174 and 194. [16] A 1986 study from the Puget Sound Council of Governments and Metro recommended the construction of a light rail system between Federal Way and ...