Whatcom Transportation Authority route 75 'Blaine - Birch Bay / Bellingham'

75A Blaine / Bellingham
75B Blaine / Birch Bay / Bellingham

Service Area

Bellingham, Kendall

Termini

Bellingham Station
Blaine Cost Cutter

Vehicles

Gillig Low Floor

Branches

75B Blaine via Birch Bay
75B Bellingham via Birch Bay
75A Blaine via I-5
75A Bellingham via I-5

Route Diagram

75 Bellingham / Birch Bay / Blaine is a bus route operated by Whatcom Transportation Authority in Whatcom County, Washington State.

Route Details

This north-south bus route runs between Bellingham Station and Blaine. Route 75B operates via Birch Bay, while route 75A operates via I-5. Route 75A runs on weekdays only, with five northbound and seven southbound trips. Route 75B operates seven northbound and six southbound weekday trips, and four northbound and three southbound Saturday trips, with no Sunday service^[1].

Northbound trips depart Bellingham Station east on E Magnolia Street, north on Forest Street, north on Ellis Street, north on N State Street, north on James Street, east on E Sunset Drive, north on I-5 and south on Barret Road S to Ferndale Station. The route then heads west on Main Street becoming W Axton Road, north on I-5, north on Portal Way becoming Enterprise Road, west on Grandview Road, north on I-5 and west on Birch Bay Lynden Road to Birch Bay Square.

From Birch Bay Square, northbound route 75A trips head south on Portal Way, east on Birch Bay Lynden Road, north on I-5, north on Truck Route and east on H Street to Blaine Cost Cutter.

From Birch Bay Square, northbound route 75B trips head south on Portal Way, west on Birch Bay Lynden Road, south on Blaine Road, west on Alderson Road, north on Birch Bay Drive, north on Beach Way Drive, west on Anderson Road, north on Shintaffer Road, east on Lincoln Road, north on Harborview Road, east on Drayton Road, north on Blaine Road, north on Bell Road, north on Peace Portal Drive and east on H Street to Blaine Cost Cutter.

Southbound route 75A trips depart Blaine Cost Cutter west on H Street, south on Truck Route, south on I-5 and west on Birch Bay Lynden Road to Birch Bay Square.

Southbound route 75B trips depart Blaine Cost Cutter west on H Street, south on Peace Portal Drive, south on Bell Road, south on Blaine Road, west on Drayton Road, south on Harborview Road, west on Lincoln Road, south on Shintaffer Road, east on Anderson Road, south on Harborview Road, south on Birch Bay Drive, east on Alderson Road, north on Blaine Road and east on Birch Bay Lynden Road to Birch Bay Square.

All southbound trips depart Birch Bay Square south on Portal Way, east on Birch Bay Lynden Road, south on I-5, east on Grandview Road, south on Enterprise Road becoming Portal Way, south on I-5 and east on Main Street to Ferndale Station. The route then heads north on Barret Road S, south on I-5, south on James Street, south on N State Street and west on E Chapmion Street to Bellingham Station.

The first two weekday 75B trips and the first Saturday 75B trip begin at Peace Portal Drive & Bell Road.

The last 75A and 75B trips of the day on weekdays end at Ferndale Station.

Route 75 offers flex service in the Birch Bay and Blaine areas. Riders can call at least one hour before the trip leaves Bellingham Station, or in the case of morning trips, by 5PM the previous evening, and request an off-route deviation.