King County Metro route 257 ‘Kingsgate / Downtown Seattle'

257 Kingsgate / Downtown Seattle
Service Area	Kingsgate, Totem Lake, Medina, Seattle
Termini	Downtown Seattle (5th Avenue S & S Jackson Street / 5th Avenue S & S Weller Street) Kingsgate (Brickyard P&R / 116th Avenue NE & NE 160th Street)
Operations	East Base
Vehicles	NFI XDE60 NFI DE60LFR Gillig Low Floor HEV 40'
Branches	257 Kingsgate 257 Downtown Seattle
Route Diagram

257 Kingsgate / Downtown Seattle is a bus route operated by King County Metro in King County, Washington State.

Route Details

This north-south bus route runs between Kingsgate and Downtown Seattle. Service runs during weekday peak hours only, with northbound trips running to Kingsgate in the afternoon and southbound trips running to Seattle in the morning.

Northbound trips depart 5th Avenue S & S Jackson Street north on 5th Avenue, east on Marion Street, north on 6th Avenue, east on Olive Way, north on I-5, east on SR-520, stopping at Evergreen Point and Yarrow Point Freeway Stations, north on I-405, west on NE 128th Street, north on 116th Way NE, stopping at Kingsgate Park & Ride, west on NE 132nd Street, north on 100th Avenue NE, north on Juanita Woodinville Road NE, east on NE 160th Street, south on 119th Avenue NE, east on east on NE 144th Street, north on 124th Avenue NE and west on NE 160th Street to 116th Avenue NE.

Southbound trips depart Brickyard Park & Ride north on Juanita Woodinville Road NE, east on NE 160th Street, south on 124th Avenue NE, west on NE 144th Street north on 119th Avenue NE, west on NE 160th Street, south on Juanita Woodinville Road NE, south on 100th Avenue NE, east on NE 132nd Street, south on 116th Way NE, stopping at Kingsgate Park & Ride, east on NE 124th Street, south on I-405, west on SR-520, stopping at Yarrow Point and Evergreen Point Freeway Stations, south on I-5, west on Stewart Street and south on 5th Avenue to S Weller Street.

Frequency

Branch	Weekdays
	AM Peak	PM Peak
257 Northbound	N/A	50
257 Southbound	45-60	N/A

Points of Interest

• Downtown Seattle
• International District / Chinatown Station
• Pioneer Square
• Pioneer Square Station
• University Street Station
• Seattle Public Library - Central Branch
• Seattle Art Museum
• Westlake Center
• Westlake Station
• Seattle Center Monorail
• Evergreen Point Freeway Station
• Yarrow Point Freeway Station
• Totem Lake Freeway Station
• Kingsgate Park & Ride
• Juanita High School
• North Juanita
• Brickyard Park & Ride
• Kingsgate

History

• March 2019 - Route removed from Downtown Seattle Transit Tunnel, revised to operate via 5th and 6th Avenues in Downtown Seattle