King County Metro route 66 'Northgate / Roosevelt / Downtown Seattle'

66X Northgate / Roosevelt / Downtown Seattle

Service Area

Northgate, Maple Leaf, Roosevelt, U District, Eastlake, Downtown

Termini

Northgate TC
Ferry Terminal (Occidental and Jackson)

Operations

North Base

Vehicles

MAN Americana

NFI D60HF

Gillig Phantom

NFI D40LF

NFI DE60LF

Branches

66X Northgate
66X Ferry Term

Route Diagram

66X Northgate / Roosevelt / Downtown Seattle was a bus route operated by King County Metro in Seattle, Washington State, that ran along the route 67 to the U-District, then ran an express service from there to Downtown Seattle.

Route Details

This route served local stops along the corridor with the 67, which, before 2016, traveled from Northgate, down 5th Ave NE, NE 80th St, then either Roosevelt Way NE southbound or 11th and 12th Ave NE northbound.

From there, the route began its express service down the corridor of Eastlake Ave E, and towards 3rd Ave via Stewart and Olive Way. The routing towards the "ferry terminal" down 1st Ave has changed over the years,^[1] but the latest version had the route originating on Jackson St, terminating on 2nd and Jackson, and travelling down 1st Ave, Seneca and Madison streets towards 3rd Ave.

The route ran a slightly larger service span than the 67 during its life, beginning service from 5-6 AM and ending from 12-1 AM.^[2]

Frequency

Branch	Weekdays						Saturday					Sunday
Branch	Early AM	AM Peak	Midday	PM Peak	Early PM	Late PM	Early AM	Morning	Afternoon	Early PM	Late PM	Early AM	Morning	Afternoon	Early PM	Late PM
66X Downtown	30	15	30	30	30-60	30-60	30	30	30	30	30-60	60-30	30	30	30	58
66X Northgate TC	30	30	30	15	15	60	30	30	30	30	60	60	60-30	30	30-58	60

Route Stops

66X Express Stops

To Downtown No stops between Roosevelt Wy NE/ NE 40 St and Eastlake Av E/ Stewart St except at:

Eastlake Av E/ Harvard Av E
Eastlake Av E/ E Lynn St
Eastlake Av E/ 1100 Block (Fred Hutchinson Center)
Eastlake Av E/ Mercer St

To Northgate TC No stops between Eastlake Av E/ Stewart St and Eastlake Av NE/ NE 41 St except at:

Eastlake Av E/ Mercer St
Eastlake Av E/ Aloha St (Fred Hutchinson Center)
Eastlake Av E/ E Lynn St
Eastlake Av E/ Harvard Av E

Route History

Route 66 was created in June 1997 as a replacement for the Northgate/Roosevelt/U-District parts of the old routes 302 and 305, the former being shortened to Northgate and the latter being deleted. ^[3] Route 67 already existed, but the combination for frequent service has been coordinated since the beginning of the 66.^[4]

The 66 has always had a terminal near the waterfront area on 1st Ave, but the exact routing has changed many times. The "ferry terminal" sign displayed after a southbound 66 coach entered the Downtown area.

The route lasted with peak frequent service and half-hourly all day and weekend service until a restructure in March 2016, with the opening of the University of Washington Link station.^[5] The coverage on 5th Ave NE just south of Northgate was replaced by peak only 63X, and the 67 was shifted to use Roosevelt Way between Northgate and Maple Leaf, which replaced the deleted part of the 68 north of 75th St.