King County Metro route 47 'Summit / Downtown Seattle'

47 Summit / Downtown Seattle

Service Area

Downtown Seattle, Capitol Hill

Termini

Downtown Seattle (Pine Street & 5th Avenue / Pike Street & 4th Avenue)
Summit (Bellevue Avenue E & Bellevue Pl E)

Operations

Atlantic Base

Vehicles

NFI XT40

Orion VII

On weekends only

Branches

47 Summit
47 Downtown Seattle

Route Diagram

47 Summit / Downtown Seattle was a bus route operated by King County Metro in Seattle, Washington State.

Route Details

This east-west route runs between Capitol Hill and Downtown Seattle. Weekday service runs from 4:50 AM to 7:30 PM and weekend service runs from 6:50 AM to 7 PM.

Westbound trips depart Bellevue Avenue E & Bellevue Pl E south on Bellevue Avenue E and west on Pine Street to 5th Avenue.

Eastbound trips depart Pike Street & 4th Avenue east on Pike Street, north on Bellevue Avenue E, east on E Olive Way, north on Summit Avenue E, north on Belmont Avenue E and west on Bellevue Pl E to Bellevue Avenue E.

Frequency

Branch

Weekdays

Weekends

Early AM

AM Peak

Midday

PM Peak

Early PM

Late PM

Overnight

Early AM

Morning

Afternoon

Early PM

Late PM

Overnight

47
Eastbound

30

15-20

30

20

30

N/A

30

N/A

47
Westbound

30

15-20

15

20

30

N/A

30

N/A

Points of Interest

Downtown Seattle
Seattle Art Museum
Westlake Center
Westlake Station
South Lake Union Streetcar
Seattle Center Monorail
Summit

Route History

Route 47 was created in September 2012, and was meant to replace coverage lost by the deleted "Summit" routing from the route 14.^[1]^[2] Summit routing had service hours reduced to 10 PM from midnight service from route 14.

The 47 ran for two years and was deleted in September 2014 due to budget cuts, along with other routes.^[3]

The route was restored in June 2015, but service hours were reduced to 7 PM from the first iteration.^[4]

March 2018 - Southbound trips terminating at 5th Avenue S & S Jackson Street modified to use 3rd Avenue instead of 1st Avenue

Route 47 was suspended in March 2020 due to COVID, and the Summit routing was not served until September 2024, with the opening of Rapidride G Line, when the 47 was deleted and route 3 was changed to terminate in Downtown and Summit instead of the SPU, with Summit trips having a similar service span to the deleted 47.^[5]