[NFBSea] FW: Transit Alert  Route 255 is revised to serve the University of Washington Link light rail station

[Jacob Struiksma]

Passing on for your information.

Transit Alert  Route 255 is revised to serve the University of Washington
Link light rail station

 

	
Beginning Saturday, March 21, Metro Route 255
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Transit Center and the University of Washington Link light rail station.

Background & process
With growing traffic congestion in downtown Seattle and on the freeways
feeding downtown, Route 255 service has become slower and less reliable.

Link light rail provides a fast, frequent and reliable alternative between
UW Station and downtown Seattle. By shortening Route 255, the savings are
being reinvested to improve service frequency to at least every 15 minutes
all day, seven days a week until about 10:00 PM. 

Metro and other agencies arrived at these revisions and net service
improvements after extensive community involvement over the past year.

Routing & schedule revisions 
Route 255 has been shortened
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Washington Station and will no longer directly serve downtown Seattle.

On the Eastside, all trips begin and end at the Totem Lake Transit Center,
no longer serving the Kingsgate neighborhood.

Weekday service is from 5:00 AM to 12:00 Midnight, operating at least every
15 minutes between 6:00 AM and 10:00 PM.

Weekend service is from 6:00 AM to 12:00 Midnight, every 15 minutes between
8:00 AM and 10:00 PM  

Route 255 serves the Holy Spirit Lutheran Church, Kingsgate, South Kirkland,
and Evergreen Point park and ride lots.

UW Station
At UW Station, riders of Route 255, and Sound Transit routes 541 and 542
from the Eastside exit at new Bay 4, northbound on Montlake Blvd NE. 

Heading toward Totem Lake, Route 255 serves Bay 3, southbound on Montlake
Blvd. 

Riders heading into and out of the Link station are always encouraged to use
designated pedestrian walkways. 

March 21 & 22 - Connect 2020 service exceptions
On Saturday, March 21 and Sunday, March 22, Link light rail service
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and Stadium Stations in downtown Seattle during the last of Sound Transit's
Connect 2020 construction work.

Route 255 riders heading toward downtown Seattle can transfer to Link at UW
Station, then to a Link shuttle bus at Capitol Hill Station, or to ST Route
545 on SR 520 at Evergreen Point Station, to continue into downtown Seattle.


Heading toward Totem Lake from downtown Seattle, Route 255 riders may board
the northbound Link shuttle bus at the
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then transfer to Link Capitol Hill Station back to UW Station for
connections with the Route 255 at Bay 3.  

Riders may also ride ST Route 545 from downtown Seattle and transfer to
Route 255 on SR 520 at Evergreen Point. 

Starting Saturday, all transit service is fare-free until further notice. 

 
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Thank you for riding.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
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