Sound Transit route 590 'Tacoma / Seattle'
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| Service Area | Tacoma, Seattle | |
| Termini | Tacoma (Tacoma Dome Station / 10th & Commerce Transit Center) Seattle (Stewart Street & Yale Avenue - AM, Eastlake Avenue & Stewart Street - PM) | |
| Operations | Pierce Transit | |
| Vehicles | Gillig Phantom  Gillig BRT Gillig BRT HEV Gillig BRTPlus CNG MCI D4500 MCI D4500CL MCI D4500CT NFI XD60 NFI XDE60
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| Branches | 590 Seattle 590 Tacoma | |
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590 Tacoma/Seattle is an express bus route operated by Sound Transit in the Puget Sound area of Washington State. This route is operated by Pierce Transit under contract[1].
Route Details
This north-south express bus route runs between Downtown Seattle and Downtown Tacoma via I-5. Most trips terminate at Tacoma Dome, although select trips continue to 10th & Commerce Transit Center in Downtown Tacoma. Service runs during weekday peak hours only, with southbound service in the morning and northbound service in the afternoon. Reverse peak, off-peak and weekend service is provided by route 594.
Frequency
| Branch | Weekdays | ||
| Early AM (3:45-5 AM) |
AM Peak (5-8:45 AM) |
PM Peak (2:45-6:30 PM) | |
| 590 Southbound |
N/A | N/A | 6-10 |
| 590 Northbound |
10-20 | 5-15 | N/A |
Route Stops
Towards Downtown Seattle
- 10th & Commerce Transit Center (Zone D) (Select Trips)
- Pacific Ave & S 14th St (Select Trips)
- Pacific Ave & S 19th St (Select Trips)
- 24th St & Pacific Ave (Select Trips)
- Tacoma Dome Station (Zone B)
- SODO Busway & S Spokane St (Drop Off Only)
- SODO Busway & S Lander St (Drop Off Only) (SoDo Station)
- SODO Busway & S Holgate St (Drop Off Only)
- SODO Busway & S Royal Brougham Way (Drop Off Only) (Stadium Station)
- 4th Ave S & S Jackson St (Drop Off Only)
- 4th Ave S & S Washington St (Drop Off Only)
- 4th Ave & Cherry St (Drop Off Only) (Pioneer Square Station)
- 4th Ave & Seneca St (Drop Off Only) (University Street Station)
- 4th Ave & Pike St (Drop Off Only) (Westlake Station)
- Olive Way & 6th Ave (Drop Off Only)
- Howell St & 9th Ave (Drop Off Only)
- Howell St & Yale Ave (Drop Off Only)
- Eastlake Ave E & Stewart St (Drop Off Only)
Towards Downtown Tacoma
- Stewart St & Yale Ave N
- Stewart St & 9th Ave
- Stewart St & 7th Ave
- Stewart St & 3rd Ave (Westlake Station)
- 2nd Ave & Stewart St (Westlake Station)
- 2nd Ave & Seneca St (University Street Station)
- 2nd Ave & Cherry St (Pioneer Square Station)
- 2nd Ave & Yesler Way
- SODO Busway & S Royal Brougham Way (Stadium Station)
- SODO Busway & S Holgate St
- SODO Busway & S Lander St (SoDo Station)
- SODO Busway & S Spokane St
- Tacoma Dome Station (Zone E)
- Pacific Ave & S 24th St (Select Trips)
- Pacific Ave & S 19th St (Select Trips)
- Pacific Ave & S 14th St (Select Trips)
- 10th & Commerce Transit Center (Zone G) (Select Trips)
History
- 1991 - Tacoma/Lakewood-Seattle Express service introduced by Pierce Transit[2]
- September 1999 - Service incorporated into Sound Transit regional express network[2]
References
- ↑ Lost & Found, soundtransit.org, retrieved 13-11-2010
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2010 Service Implementation Plan, soundtransit.org, retrieved 06-11-2010
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