List of King County Metro facilities

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King County Metro is the public transit authority of King County, Washington, including the city of Seattle in the Puget Sound region. It operates a fleet of 1,396 buses, serving 115 million rides at over 8,000 bus stops in 2012, making it the eighth-largest transit agency in the United States. [1] [2] The agency has seven bases spread throughout its 2,134-square-mile (5,530 km2) operating area [3] [4] and has 131 park and rides for commuters. [2]

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Bases

Atlantic, Central, and Ryerson Bases are located close together near Stadium Station south of downtown Seattle and are known as the Central Campus. [8] [15] East and Bellevue bases comprise the East Campus [8] and are located nearby each other in north Bellevue. The South and East transit facilities finished an ADA retrofit in 2001.[ citation needed ]

Other

NameImageLocationYear OpenedNotes
Central Maintenance King County Metro Central Maintenance.jpg 640 South Massachusetts, Seattle [7]
Employee Parking Garage King County Metro Employee Parking Garage.jpg 1505 6th Avenue South, Seattle [7]
Redmond Van Pool Center Redmond Van Pool Center.jpg 18655 NE Union Hill Road, Redmond [7] 2002 [16] [ verification needed ]Van Pool van storage [17]
South Facilities King County Metro South Facilities.jpg 11911 East Marginal Way South, Tukwila [7]

Transit centers

While Downtown Seattle is Metro's main transit hub, the transit centers act as smaller regional hubs and are served by many bus routes. Some transit centers also offer a park-and-ride facility. Metro operates out of several transit centers located throughout King County: [18]

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References

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  2. 1 2 "Executive Summary" (PDF). King County Metro Transit 2013 Service Guidelines Report (Report). King County Metro. November 2013. p. 4. Retrieved September 28, 2014.
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  8. 1 2 3 4 "OBS/CCS Business Requirements" (PDF). King County Metro. September 2003. Retrieved 2009-05-21.[ permanent dead link ]
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  12. 1 2 King County Metro. Transit Milestones 1970s
  13. 1 2 "Slabs Of Concrete Today; A Bus Barn Soon". Carpio, Nina. The Seattle Times. 1990-02-07.
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  15. ↑ "Metro's 'central campus'—a decade of transformation". King County Metro. January 2010. Retrieved June 16, 2018.
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  18. 1 2 3 "2007 Annual Management Report" (PDF). King County Department of Transportation. 2007-12-14. Retrieved 2009-02-14.
  19. ↑ "Transit". City of Auburn, Washington. Archived from the original on 2009-07-17. Retrieved 2009-07-16.
  20. ↑ "Burien Transit Center". King County Metro. 2008-12-29. Archived from the original on June 24, 2009. Retrieved 2009-07-16.
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  22. ↑ "Park & Ride Lots - South Seattle". King County Metro. Retrieved 2009-07-16.
  23. ↑ "New Eastgate Park-and-Ride garage opens June 5". King County Metro. 2006-05-24. Retrieved 2009-07-16.[ dead link ]
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  27. ↑ "Unique partnership brings Sound Transit's ST Express to Issaquah Highlands" (Press release). Sound Transit. September 24, 2003. Retrieved January 18, 2016.
  28. 1 2 Sound Transit. Kirkland Transit Center Archived 2011-06-17 at the Wayback Machine
  29. ↑ "Kirkland Transit Center temporary closure". King County Metro. Archived from the original on 2010-10-18. Retrieved 2010-08-27.
  30. ↑ "Mount Baker Transit Center Opens Sept 19". King County Metro. 2009-09-09. Retrieved 2009-10-27.
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  32. ↑ Sound Transit. Overlake Transit Center/NE 40th Archived 2012-02-22 at the Wayback Machine
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  34. ↑ "Totem Lake Transit Center/Evergreen Medical Center". Sound Transit. Archived from the original on 2009-05-21. Retrieved 2009-02-14.
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