View source for Sound Transit Route 566 'Auburn / Redmond Technology Station'

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| align="center" | <big>'''<font color=white>566 Auburn / Overlake'''</big><br>[[File:TransLink Accessible bullet-a.png|30px|link=]] [[File:TransLink Bike bullet-a.png|30px|link=]]
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| style= width="122px" colspan=2 align="center" |[[File:Sound_Transit_9042-a.jpg|thumb|center|300px|Gillig Phantom - 9042 operating on route 566 to Overlake TC]] 
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|'''Service Area'''
|Overlake, Bellevue, Renton, Kent, Auburn
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|'''Termini'''
|[[Sound Transit Redmond Technology Station|Redmond Technology Station]]<br>Auburn <small>(Auburn Station)</small>
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|'''Operations'''
|[[King County Metro]]
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|'''Vehicles'''
|[[New Flyer Industries|NFI]] [[New Flyer Industries DE60LF|DE60LF]] [[File:TransLink Accessible bullet-b.png|17px|link=]]<br>[[New Flyer Industries|NFI]] [[New Flyer Industries D60LFR|D60LFR]] [[File:TransLink Accessible bullet-b.png|17px|link=]]<br>[[New Flyer Industries|NFI]] [[New Flyer Industries DE60LFR|DE60LFR]] [[File:TransLink Accessible bullet-b.png|17px|link=]]<br>[[New Flyer Industries|NFI]] [[New Flyer Industries XD60|XD60]] [[File:TransLink Accessible bullet-b.png|17px|link=]]<br>[[New Flyer Industries|NFI]] [[New Flyer Industries XDE60|XDE60]] [[File:TransLink Accessible bullet-b.png|17px|link=]]
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|'''Branches'''
|566 [[Sound Transit Redmond Technology Station|Redmond Technology Station]]<br>566 Auburn Station
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'''566 Auburn / Overlake''' is an express bus route operated by [[Sound Transit]] in the Puget Sound area of Washington State<ref>[http://www.soundtransit.org/x120.xml Lost & Found], soundtransit.org, retrieved 13-11-2010</ref>.

==Route Details==
This north-south express bus route runs between Auburn and Overlake via Bellevue, Renton and Kent. Service runs during weekday peak hours only, with northbound trips to Overlake in the morning and southbound trips to Auburn and Kent in the afternoon. There is no weekend service on this route.

The first two morning northbound trips start at Kent Station instead of Auburn Station. 

===Frequency===
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|colspan=3 align="center"|'''Weekdays'''
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|'''Early AM''' <br><small>(4:45-5:30 AM)</small>
|'''AM Peak''' <br><small>(5:30-9:45 AM)</small>
|'''PM Peak''' <br><small>(1:45-6:30 PM)</small>
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|'''566'''<br><small>Northbound</small>
|30
|20-30
|N/A
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|'''566'''<br><small>Southbound</small>
|N/A
|N/A
|20-30
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==Route Stops==
===Towards Overlake Transit Center===
* Auburn Station (Bay 2)
* Auburn Park & Ride (Bay 1)
* W Smith & 4th Ave N
* Kent Station (Bay 3)
* Central Ave N & S 228th St
* Rainier Ave S & S 7th Ave
* Renton Transit Center (Bay 1)
* Park Ave N & N 6th St
* Park Ave N & N 8th St
* Southport Dr N & Garden Ave N
* [[Sound Transit Bellevue Downtown Station|Bellevue Transit Center]] (Bay 11)
* Overlake Freeway Station EB (SR 520 & NE 40th St)

===Towards Auburn Station===
* Redmond Technology Station (Bay 4) 
* Overlake Freeway Station WB (SR 520 & NE 40th St)
* [[Sound Transit Bellevue Downtown Station|Bellevue Transit Center]] (Bay 6)
* Southport Dr N & Lake Washington Blvd N
* Park Ave N & N 8th St
* Park Ave N & N 6th St
* Renton Transit Center (Bay 4)
* Rainier Ave S & SW 7th St
* Central Ave N & S 228th St
* Kent Station (Bay 8)
* 4th Ave N & W Smith St
* Auburn Park & Ride (Bay 1)
* Auburn Station (Bay 4)

==History==
* February 2010 - Route introduced by combining routes 564/565 South Hill/Federal Way - Overlake<ref name=D1>[http://www.soundtransit.org/Documents/pdf/newsroom/SIP/2010SIP_Final.pdf Sound Transit 2010 Service Implementation Plan December 10, 2009], soundtransit.org, retrieved 13-11-2010</ref>
* November 2021 - Frequencies reduced, reverse peak trips deleted due to operator shortages
* March 22, 2022 - Route operations taken over by [[King County Metro]] from [[Pierce Transit]].<ref>[https://www.soundtransit.org/get-to-know-us/news-events/news-releases/sound-transit-announces-march-2022-service-change Sound Transit announces March 2022 Service Change] Sound Transit, retrieved 28-02-2022</ref>
* April 27, 2024 - Northern terminus renamed to Redmond Technology Station

==References==
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