King County Metro Transit will be operating a reduced weekday schedule on several holidays now through January – including a full week of reduced service at the end of December.
These are planned reductions for holiday periods where Metro has historically seen 20-40 percent fewer weekday riders. Also, on several of the upcoming legal holidays, Metro will use a Sunday schedule.
The reduced weekday schedule will be in effect on:
• Wednesday, Nov. 11 – Veteran’s Day
• Friday, Nov. 27 – day after Thanksgiving
• Thursday, Dec. 24 – Christmas Eve
• Monday-Thursday, Dec. 28-31 – winter holiday period
• Monday, Jan. 18 – Martin Luther King Jr. Day
Sunday schedules will be used on the following holidays:
• Thursday, Nov. 26 – Thanksgiving
• Friday, Dec. 25 – Christmas
• Friday, Jan. 1 – New Year’s Day
On days with reduced weekday schedules, some commuter and school-oriented routes do not operate, and other routes will have individual trips canceled. Many routes will have no changes. Regular fares apply on most of these days.
The reduced weekday schedule was used on a limited basis last winter. It features more bus service than on weekends, but somewhat less service than on normal weekdays. This schedule is being used on 10 days in 2009, and is estimated to save Metro more than $1 million each year.
Visit Metro Online for more information and a chart of alternate bus service during the reduced weekday service and holidays, or call the Customer Information Office at 206-553-3000.
If the route is not listed below, it has no changes when reduced weekday service is in effect.
Routes that are canceled when the reduced weekday schedule is in effect:
2EX, 7EX, 9, 34, 38, 45, 46, 48EX, 53, 76, 77, 79, 114, 129 133, 152, 157, 161, 162, 167, 175,192, 196, 197, 201, 205, 206, 207, 208, 210, 217, 219, 237, 243, 247, 250, 256, 260, 261, 265, 266, 268, 272, 277, 291, 304, 308, 316, 355, 373, 885, 886, 888, 889, 890, 891, 892, 912, 925, 935, 981, 982, 984, 986, 987, 988, 989, 994, and 995 and the Group Health Express.
The routes with some trip cancellations in a reduced weekday schedule are:
1, 3, 4, 7, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 17EX,19, 24, 26, 26EX, 28, 28EX, 30, 31, 33, 36, 37, 39, 41, 43, 44, 48, 49, 60, 64, 65, 67, 68, 70, 75, 101, 107, 110, 111, 116, 120, 121, 123, 124, 125, 134, 139, 140, 143, 148, 149, 150, 153, 158, 159, 164, 166, 168, 169, 174, 177, 179, 181, 182, 183, 187,190, 194, 202, 203, 209, 212, 214, 215, 216, 218, 221, 230, 232, 234, 236, 238, 242, 244, 245, 248, 249/921, 251, 252, 255, 257, 269, 271, 303, 312, 311, 330, 331, 342, 346, 358, 372, 915, and 929.
Also, when the University of Washington is not in session, the following routes have designated trips cancelled:
31, 65, 67, 68, 75, 167, 197, 205, 272, 277, and 372.
