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Metro Transit Division

King Street Center
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Service Frequency

The following bus routes or route groups in King County operate every 15 minutes or better during the day until at least 6:00 p.m. Monday-Saturday and 5:30 p.m. on Sundays and holidays. Also see the Service Frequency Table which shows the frequency of all routes that serve King County.

  • X = Frequent service available
  • E = Express service
  • NB = Northbound
  • SB = Southbound
  • ST = Sound Transit
  • DT = Downtown followed by city
Route(s) Monday-
Friday		 Saturday Sunday &
Holidays		 Portion of route with frequent service
Link Light Rail (ST) X X X Entire route
2 (NB) & 13 X X X DT Seattle – Galer Street
2 (SB) X X   DT Seattle – Madrona
3 & 4 (NB) X     DT Seattle – North Queen Anne
3 & 4 (SB) X X X DT Seattle – First Hill
5 X X   DT Seattle – Greenwood
7 X X X DT Seattle – Rainier Beach
10 X X   Entire route
12 X X   DT Seattle – First Hill
15 & 18 X X X DT Seattle – Leary Way
21, 22, 56 X X X DT Seattle – Spokane Street
26 & 28 X X X DT Seattle – Fremont
36 X X X Entire route
41 X X   Entire route
43 X X X Entire route
44 X X X Entire route
48 X X   Entire route
49 X X X Entire route
54 & 55 X X X DT Seattle – Alaska Junction
66 & 67 X     University District – Northgate
70 X X   Entire route
71E, 72E, 73E X X   DT Seattle – University District
71, 72, 73     X DT Seattle – University District
98 Streetcar X X X Entire route
120 X X   Entire route
140 X     Entire route
150 X X   Entire route
194 X     DT Seattle – Sea-Tac Airport
230 & 253 X X   DT Bellevue – 156th Avenue
345 & 346 X X   Northgate – 130th Street
347 & 348 X X   Northgate – North City
358 X X   Entire route
372 & ST 522 X     Lake City - Bothell
ST 545 X     Entire route
ST 550 X X   Entire route

Service Frequency Table

For service change:

The Service Frequency Table shows the approximate periods of operation and service frequencies (in minutes) for all King County Metro bus routes as well as Sound Transit Regional Express and Pierce Transit bus routes that serve King County.

Weekday rush hour frequencies (6:00-9:00 a.m. and 3:00-6:00 p.m.) are for the direction of peak commute travel. Routes that operate during rush hours only generally operate only in the peak direction of travel; exceptions that operate in both directions are noted.

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