information from King County

King County Metro Transit reminds riders that buses will operate on Sunday and reduced weekday schedules over the Thanksgiving holiday and during several holiday periods through January – including a full week of reduced service at the end of December.

On Thanksgiving Day, Thursday, Nov. 27, Metro will operate a Sunday schedule. On Friday, Nov. 28, Metro will operate reduced weekday service, which offers more service than on weekends, but somewhat less service than on normal weekdays.

Using a limited schedule over holiday periods from November through January is estimated to save Metro about $1 million each year. These are planned reductions for holiday periods when Metro has historically seen a reduction in the number of weekday riders – estimated to be 15 percent or more systemwide. Details are posted on Metro’s holiday and reduced service page.

Metro offices, including the Customer Information phone line, and Lost and Found and Pass Sales counters, will be closed on both Thursday and Friday. The Customer Information Office at 206-553-3000 will reopen on Saturday morning.

Sunday schedules will be in effect on the following holidays:
Thursday, Nov. 27 – Thanksgiving
Thursday, Dec. 25 – Christmas
Thursday, Jan. 1 – New Year’s Day

The reduced weekday schedule, when UW is not in session, will be in effect on:
Friday, Nov. 28 – day after Thanksgiving
Wednesday, Dec. 24 – Christmas Eve
Friday and Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Dec. 26, 29, 30, 31 – winter holiday period, weekdays only
Monday, Jan. 19, 2015 – Martin Luther King Jr. Day

On days with reduced weekday schedules, some commuter and school-oriented routes do not operate, and other routes have individual trips canceled. Also, Metro makes some adjustments to routes that serve the University of Washington. When the UW is not in session, there will be some bus trip reductions.

Many routes will have no changes. If the route is not listed below, it has no changes when reduced weekday service is in effect.

Routes canceled during a “reduced weekday schedule”
5EX, 15EX, 17EX, 21EX, 29, 56EX, 114, 192, 201, 237, 304, 308, 316, 330, 355, 601 Group Health, 930

Routes with fewer trips during reduced weekday schedule operation
(Identified in customer timetables with an "H"): 1, 2, 3, 4, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 16, 24, 26EX, 27, 28EX, 33, 36, 40, 41, 43, 44, 50, 60, 64, 70, 76, 77, 101, 102, 105, 106, 107, 111, 116, 120, 121, 122, 123, 124, 125, 128, 143, 150, 153, 157, 158, 159, 167, 168, 169, 177, 179, 180, 181, 182, 183, 186, 187, 190, 212, 214, 218, 219, 232, 242, 244, 249, 252, 255, 268, 269, 303, 311, 312, 342, 907, 931

Routes with designated trips canceled when the UW is not in session
(Identified in timetables): 31, 32, 48, 65, 67, 68, 75, 167, 197, 271, 277, 331, 372, 373

An overview of all Metro holiday service is online. Visit Metro Online for more transit information, or call the Customer Information Office at 206-553-3000.

King County Water Taxi
The Vashon and West Seattle routes of the King County Water Taxi do not operate on Thursday, Nov. 27 (Thanksgiving) or Friday, Nov. 28, Dec. 25 (Christmas Day) or Jan. 1 (New Year’s Day.) For information about King County Water Taxi service – and DART Shuttle routes 773 and 775 – during the holidays, visit www.kingcounty.gov/watertaxi.