Pierce Transit route 425 'Puyallup Connector'
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| Service Area | Puyallup, South Hill | |
| Termini | South Hill Mall Transit Center Puyallup Station | |
| Vehicles | ENC Aerotech 
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| Branches | 425 South Hill TC 425 Puyallup Station | |
425 Puyallup Connector was a bus route operated by Pierce Transit in Pierce County, Washington State.
Route Details
This north-south bus route ran between Puyallup Station and South Hill Mall Transit Center. There is no Sunday service on this route[1]. Weekday service runs from 11 AM to 4 PM, and Saturday service runs from 9 AM to 5 PM.
Southbound trips depart Puyallup Station east on W Stewart Street, south on N Meridian becoming S Meridian, east on 15th Avenue SE, through the Good Samaritan Hospital main entrance loop, east on 15th Avenue SE, south on 7th Street SE, west on 27th Avenue SE to just past 5th Street SE where the route turns around and heads east on 27th Avenue SE, south on 7th Street SE, south on 5th Street SE, east on 37th Avenue SE, north on 10th Street SE to Kaiser Permanente, south on 10th Street SE, west on 43rd Avenue SE, south on 5th Street SE to the YMCA, north on 5th Avenue, west on 43rd Avenue SE becoming 43rd Avenue SW, south on 98th Avenue E, west on 118th Street E, north on 94th Avenue E and east on 39th Avenue SW to South Hill Mall Transit Center.
Northbound trips depart South Hill Mall Transit Center east on 39th Avenue SW, south on S Meridian, east on 43rd Avenue SE, south on 5th Street SE to the YMCA, north on 5th Street SE, east on 43rd Avenue SE, north on 10th Street SE to Kaiser Permanente, south on 10th Street SE, west on 39th Avenue SE becoming 37th Avenue SE, north on 5th Street SE, north on S Meridian, east on 31st Avenue SE, north on 7th Street SE, west on 27th Avenue SE to just past 5th Street SE, east on 27th Avenue SE, north on 7th Street SE, west on 15th Avenue SE, through the Good Samaritan Hospital main entrance loop, west on 15th Avenue SE, north on S Meridian, north on 3rd Street SE, west on W Pioneer Avenue, north on 5th Street NW becoming 4th Street NW, east on River Road, south on N Meridian and west on W Stewart Avenue to Puyallup Station.
Frequency
| Branch | Weekdays | Saturday | |||||||||
| Early AM | AM Peak | Midday | PM Peak | Early PM | Late PM | Early AM | Morning | Afternoon | Early PM | Late PM | |
| 425 Northbound |
N/A | N/A | 60 | 60 | N/A | N/A | N/A | 120 | 120 | N/A | N/A |
| 425 Southbound |
N/A | N/A | 60 | 60 | N/A | N/A | N/A | 120 | 120 | N/A | N/A |
Points of Interest
- Puyallup Station (Bay 2)
- Pioneer Park
- Good Samaritan Hospital
- Kaiser Permanente
- South Hill Mall
- South Hill
- South Hill Mall Transit Center (Zone D)
History
- June 8, 2014 - Route launched, with service every half hour 7 days a week, and extra evening service on Thursdays
- September 28, 2014 - Thursday evening extra service eliminated, two Saturday morning roundtrips eliminated
- February 15, 2015 - Two new weekday morning trips added. Weekend service to Group Health parking lot eliminated
- June 7, 2015 - Thursday extra evening service and two Saturday morning trips restored
- September 27, 2015 - Routing modified to serve S Meridian between 35th Avenue SE and 31st Avenue SE. South Hill Mall loop eliminated, and routing between YMCA and mall modified to use 94th Avenue E.
- March 27, 2016 - Sunday service eliminated. Southbound service modified to travel on 5th Street SE instead of S Meridian between 31st Avenue SE and 35th Avenue SE
- March 11, 2018 - Routing modified to remove right turn on 117th Street E, instead remaining on 94th Avenue E
- September 23, 2018 - Northbound trips modified to use 3rd Avenue SE, E Pioneer and 5th Avenue NW
- March 31, 2024 - Route canceled, replaced with on-demand service.
References
- ↑ Route 44259 Schedule, piercetransit.org, retrieved 03-1-2022
