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Metro rolls out new bus routes, more service starting Sept. 20


Executive Sims announced 48,000 new hours of transit service for September.

In the next week, King County Metro Transit is making its largest single addition of new service since 2001. It comes at a time when Metro’s ridership is nearly 7 percent higher than this time last year.

The new service includes two new bus routes and added service on 20 existing routes. Metro’s new schedule begins Sept. 20, but many of the changes for the weekday commuter routes don’t begin until Monday, Sept. 22.

The new bus routes are:

• Route 157 is a new weekday peak-commute route providing service to neighborhoods east of Kent. The service connects the Lake Meridian Park-and-Ride and downtown Seattle with stops at Kent East Hill, Glencarin, South 212th Street, and Interstate 5.

• The new Route 215 will provide service to North Bend and Snoqualmie residents during peak-commute times. On weekdays, there will be five morning and five afternoon trips connecting North Bend, Snoqualmie and Snoqualmie Ridge to downtown Seattle, with stops at the Issaquah Transit Center and Eastgate Park-and-Ride for connections to other locations. The Route 215 will replace the eastern portion of Route 214, which will now focus solely on service between Issaquah and Seattle.

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Updated:  September 15, 2008

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