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  Holiday transit schedule

On Memorial Day – Monday, May 28 – most transit service will operate on a Sunday schedule, except for the Elliott Bay Water Taxi, which will run on a Saturday schedule. The Water Taxi land shuttle, Metro Route 773, will operate on a Saturday schedule.

photo: metro's water taxi

Also, on Saturday, Sunday and Monday, the Waterfront Streetcar Line (Route 99) will will have extended evening hours for the holiday weekend.

All Metro offices will be closed on the holiday. For more details on the holiday weekend service, visit Metro Online.

Ride the bus for a long weekend of holiday fun

The upcoming Memorial Day Weekend kicks off a busy summer season of fun things to do, and you can count on Metro to get you there.

Metro is providing special shuttle service to the Folklife Festival that runs Friday through Monday, May 25-28, at the Seattle Center. On Friday, festival goers can ride regular weekday bus service to the center. Then on Saturday, Sunday and Monday there will be special shuttles between the Northgate Transit Center and the festival.


The Folklife Festival shuttle is $2 each way, but parking is free at both the Northgate Transit Center and the Northgate Park-and-Ride. The shuttles run approximately every 20 minutes.

Metro’s popular Pony Express service to the Emerald Downs racetrack will also have a busy weekend, with service between downtown Seattle and Auburn running Saturday, Sunday and Monday.

The Pony Express bus leaves from Second Avenue and Lenora Street in Seattle at 12:47 p.m. - makes a few more stops downtown - and is at the racetrack by 1:30 p.m. The return trip leaves 15 minutes after the last race. The fare is $2 one-way, cash-only

Also beginning this weekend is the 2007 Seattle International Film Festival, which will be held at several venues from May 24 to June 17. Each is easily accessible using regular bus service. Metro has set up the online Trip Planner with links to each movie house in the festival, so film fans can “autofill” the destination point to obtain route information.

Be on the lookout for new green Metro timetables

Metro’s seasonal service change is coming up on Saturday, June 2. By the end of this week, new green timetables should be popping up on buses and Metro information racks, local libraries, and at many work sites with the new schedule information.

On June 1, all of the new schedules will be loaded into Metro Online for quick reference. But, you can start planning your trips now by using the handy Online Trip Planner

 
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Updated:  May 21, 2007

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