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News from King County Department of Transportation Release date: Nov. 17, 2005 Metro Transit
Waterfront Streetcar
King County Metro Transit will offer free bus service on the
Waterfront Streetcar Line between the Chinatow The replacement bus service clears the way for construction of the Seattle Art Museum’s Sculpture Park where the streetcar maintenance facility is currently located. Metro is partnering with a local developer to create a mixed-use housing and retail complex that will include a new streetcar maintenance facility near Occidental Park between South Washington and South Main streets in Pioneer Square. Until that project is complete, Metro will use buses that are decorated to look like the streetcar to operate on Route 99. Metro hopes the vintage streetcars will be back on their tracks by mid-2007. “While Metro and loyal streetcar fans will miss the popular Seattle icon, the temporary bus service will offer the same frequency and cover a slightly larger area,” Metro General Manager Kevin Desmond said. “And, because Route 99 will be served by regular coaches operating in the downtown ride-free area, there will be no charge for the trip. The Route 99 buses will even be wrapped to look like the vintage streetcars, so they’ll be easy to spot for passengers who travel the route on a regular basis.” Recognizing the huge popularity of the streetcar, the new Route 99 will continue to be referred to as the Metro Waterfront Streetcar Line. It will operate daily from Alaskan Way and Clay Street on the downtown Seattle waterfront to 8th Avenue South and South King Street in the Chinatown/International District. The vintage streetcars will complete their final trip along the waterfront at 7:15 p.m. Friday, Nov. 18.
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District and Seattle waterfront beginning Saturday, Nov. 19. The new
service and wrapped buses temporarily replace vintage streetcars that
will be taken out of service Friday evening. The Australian streetcars
have served the George Benson Waterfront Streetcar Line since 1982.