King County Metro Transit will operate with a Sunday schedule on Thanksgiving, Thursday, Nov. 26, and will have a reduced weekday schedule on Friday, Nov. 27. Also, most Metro offices will be closed on Wednesday, Nov. 25 for a King County cost-saving furlough day.

Metro added that it will be operating reduced weekday schedules on several days 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. On several of the upcoming legal holidays, Metro will use a Sunday schedule.

Sunday schedules will be used on the following holidays:

• Thursday, Nov. 26 – Thanksgiving

• Friday, Dec. 25 – Christmas

• Friday, Jan. 1 – New Year’s Day

The reduced weekday schedule will be in effect on:

• 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

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.

An overview of all the holiday service is available online.