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

NameImageLocationYear OpenedNotes
Central CampusAtlantic Base Seattle-Atlantic-Base-3580.jpg 1555 Airport Way S, Seattle [5] 1941 [6] Only base that serves electric trolley buses [6]
Atlantic Maintenance King County Metro Atlantic Maintenance.jpg 1555 Airport Way South, Seattle [7]
Central Base King County Metro Central Base.jpg 640 S Massachusetts St, Seattle [5] 1941 [6]
Central/Atlantic/Ryerson Operations [8] King County Metro Central Operations.jpg 1270 6th Ave S, Seattle [7]
Communications Control Center King County Metro Communications Control Center.jpg 1505 6th Ave S, Seattle [7] 2007 [9]
Marketing Distribution Center King County Metro Marketing Distribution Center.jpg 1523 6th Ave South, Seattle [7]
Power Distribution King County Metro Power Distribution.jpg 2255 4th Avenue South, Seattle [7]
Ryerson Base King County Metro Ryerson Base.jpg 1220 4th Ave S, Seattle [5] 1987 [10] Named for the Ryerson steel mill that formerly occupied the site. [11]
Tire and Millwright Shop King County Metro Tire & Millwright Shop.jpg 1555 Airport Way South, Seattle [7]
East CampusBellevue Base King County Metro Bellevue Base.jpg 1790 124th Ave NE, Bellevue [5] 1983[ citation needed ]
East Base King County Metro East Base.jpg 1975 124 Ave NE, Bellevue [5] 1977 [12]
South Base King County Metro South Base.jpg 12100 East Marginal Way S, Tukwila [5] 1978 [12] More coaches here than any other base [8] (as of September 2003).
Component Supply Center King County Metro Component Supply Center.jpg 12200 East Marginal Way South, Tukwila [7]
Training and Safety Center King County Metro Training and Safety Center.jpg 11911 East Marginal Way S, Tukwila [13] Operator training, new equipment qualifications, and retraining.
North Base King County Metro North Base.jpg 2160 N 163rd St, Shoreline [5] 1992 [14] [15] Built mostly underground [14]

Atlantic, Central, and Ryerson Bases are located close together near Stadium Station south of downtown Seattle and are known as the Central Campus. [8] [16] 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 [17] [ verification needed ]Van Pool van storage [18]
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: [19]

ImageNameLocationYear OpenedNotes
Auburn-Sounder-station-3592.jpg Auburn Station A St SW & 2nd St SW, Auburn 2000 [20]
Aurora Village Transit Center.jpg Aurora Village Transit Center 1524 N 200th St, Shoreline 1985 [10]
Bellevue Transit Center.jpg Bellevue Transit Center 10850 NE 6th St, Bellevue 1985 [10] Owned 51% by Sound Transit, 49% by Metro [19]
Burien Transit Center.jpg Burien Transit Center14900 4th Avenue SW, Burien 2009 [21] [22] 5 electric vehicle recharging stations [23]
Eastgate P&R.JPG Eastgate Park & Ride14200 SE Eastgate Way, Eastgate 2004 [24] 3 electric vehicle recharging stations [25]
Federal Way Transit Center.jpg Federal Way Transit Center 31621 23rd Ave S, Federal Way 2006 [26]
Issaquah Transit Center.JPG Issaquah Transit Center1050 17th Ave NW, Issaquah 2008 [27]
Issaquah Highlands Park and Ride.jpg Issaquah Highlands Transit Center1755 Highland Dr., Issaquah 2003 (interim lot) [28]
Bilevel commuter train in SoundTransit livery -b.jpg Kent Station Transit Center 301 Railroad Ave N, Kent 2001
Kirkland Transit Center.jpg Kirkland Transit Center3rd Street & Park Lane, Kirkland 1986 [29] Renovated 2011 [29] [30]
Route 14 Trolley at Mount Baker TC.jpg Mount Baker Transit Center 2824 Rainier Ave S, Mount Baker, Seattle 2009 [31] Connection to Mount Baker light rail station
Northgate Transit Center looking north (28956398971).jpg Northgate Transit Center 10200 1st Ave NE, Northgate, Seattle 1992 [32]
Overlake Transit Center bus bays.jpg Overlake Transit Center 15590 NE 36th St, Overlake 2002 [33]
Sound Transit 545 at Redmond TC.jpg Redmond Transit Center16160 NE 83rd St, Redmond 2008 [19]
Renton Transit Center.jpg Renton Transit CenterS 2nd St & Burnett Ave S, Renton 2001 [34]
Totem Lake Transit Center.jpg Totem Lake Transit Center120th Ave NE & NE 128th St, Kirkland 2008 [35] At Evergreen Medical Center

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