Sound Transit route 556 'Issaquah / U District Station'

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Sound Transit route 556 'Issaquah / U District Station' is wheelchair accessible.
556 Issaquah / U District
New Flyer D60LFR - 9805 operating on route 556 to Issaquah seen on 15th Avenue NE in the University District.
Service Area University District (Seattle), Bellevue, Issaquah
Termini University District Station
Issaquah (Issaquah Highlands Park & Ride)
Operations King County Metro
Vehicles NFI DE60LF
NFI D60LFR
NFI DE60LFR
NFI XD60
NFI XDE60
Branches 556 Issaquah
556 University District

Route Diagram

556 Issaquah / University District is an express bus route operated by Sound Transit in the Puget Sound area of Washington State[1].

Route Details

This east-west express bus route runs between U District Station and Issaquah via Bellevue. This route runs during weekday peak hours only, with service to U District in the morning and service to Issaquah in the afternoon. There is no weekend service on this route.

Frequency

Branch Weekdays
AM Peak
(5-9 AM)
PM Peak
(2:30-6:15 PM)
556
Eastbound
N/A 20-30
556
Westbound
20-30 N/A

Route Stops

Towards U District Station

Towards Issaquah Highlands Park & Ride

History

  • September 2005 - Route introduced as variation of route 555[2]
  • September 2008 - University District routing modified to run along 15th Avenue NE for common U-District stops[2]
  • June 2009 - Route modified to operate via Eastgate Freeway Station[2]
  • October 2021 - Northgate Link Light Rail Extension: Route shortened to end at U District Station.

References

  1. Lost & Found, soundtransit.org, retrieved 13-11-2010
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 Sound Transit 2010 Service Implementation Plan December 10, 2009, soundtransit.org, retrieved 13-11-2010
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Retired ST Express 801-827 5019-5021,5194-5210 9000-9069 9070-9089 9090-9091 9200 9400-9419 9500-9524 9525-9536 9537-9552 9600-9621 9622-9623 9700-9712
Sounder 101-104 112-118 201-214 201-230 231-240 301-307 321-329 401-410 901-906 907-911 921-923
Tacoma Link 1001-1003 2001-2005
Central Link 101-135 136-162 201-352
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Stride BRT Future:

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Central Link Tacoma Link

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Future:

3 Line (2030) 4 Line (2041)

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