Sound Transit route 550 'Bellevue / Seattle'

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Sound Transit route 550 'Bellevue / Seattle' is wheelchair accessible.
550 Bellevue / Seattle
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New Flyer XDE60 - 9660 operating on route 550 to Seattle, entering Mercer Island Park & Ride.
Service Area Downtown Seattle, Mercer Island, Bellevue
Termini Downtown Seattle (6th Avenue & Pike Street / Union Street)
Bellevue (NE 10th Street & 110th Avenue NE)
Operations King County Metro
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Branches 550 Bellevue
550 Seattle

Route Diagram

550 Bellevue/Seattle 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 Downtown Bellevue and Downtown Seattle via Mercer Island. Service runs all day, 7 days a week.

This route has the highest ridership in the Sound Transit system, and is anticipated to be replaced in 2023, when East Link opens.

Frequency

Branch Weekdays Saturday Sunday
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
550
Westbound
15-30 8-10 15 10 15-30 30 30 15-30 15 15-30 30 30 30 30 30 30
550
Eastbound
15-30 10-15 15 8 15-30 30 30 15-30 15 20-30 30 30 30 30 30 30


Route Stops

Towards Downtown Seattle

  • 110th Ave NE & NE 10th St (Select trips begin from Bellevue Transit Center)
  • Bellevue Transit Center (Bay 9)
  • NE 4th St & 108th Ave NE
  • Bellevue Way NE & NE 4th St
  • Bellevue Way SE & Main St
  • Bellevue Way SE & SE 3rd St
  • Bellevue Way SE & SE 11th St
  • Bellevue Way SE & SE 16th St
  • Bellevue Way SE & 112th Ave SE (S. Bellevue P&R under construction)
  • Mercer Island Park & Ride (N Mercer Way & 80th Ave SE)
  • 4th Ave S & S Jackson St
  • 4th Ave S & S Washington St
  • 4th Ave S & Cherry St (Pioneer Square Station)
  • 4th Ave S & Seneca St (University Street Station)
  • 4th Ave S & Union St
  • Pike St & 6th Ave (Westlake Station)
  • Pike St & Convention Pl

Towards Bellevue

  • Union St & 6th Ave
  • Union St & 4th Ave (Westlake Station)
  • 2nd Ave & Seneca St (University Street Station)
  • 2nd Ave & Cherry St (Pioneer Square Station)
  • 2nd Ave Ext S & Yesler Way
  • Mercer Island Park & Ride (N Mercer Way & 80th Ave SE)
  • South Bellevue Park & Ride (Bay 1)
  • Bellevue Way SE & SE 16th St
  • Bellevue Way SE & SE 10th St
  • Bellevue Way SE & SE 3rd St
  • Bellevue Way NE & Main St
  • NE 4th St & 105th Ave NE
  • Bellevue Transit Center (Bay 12)
  • NE 12th St at 110th Ave NE

History

  • September 1999 - Route introduced. [2] This route replaced Metro route 226. [3]
  • September 2005 - Route temporarily moved to surface for Downtown Seattle Transit Tunnel Link light rail construction.
  • September 2007 - Route moved back into Downtown Seattle Transit Tunnel.
  • March 2019 - Route permanently moved to surface street in Downtown.

References

  1. Lost & Found, soundtransit.org, retrieved 13-11-2010
  2. name=T1
  3. http://metro.kingcounty.gov/up/sc/rideralert/ra-091999.html
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Fleet
ST Express 9092-9121 9122-9123 9124-9126 9201-9222 9301-9312 9553-9565 9566-9583 9584-9586 9587-9596 9622-9623 9624-9636 9637-9647 9648-9651 9652-9659 9660-9690 9713-9719 9720-9722 9723-9739 9800-9813 9814-9817 9818-9822 41501-41517 41601-41605 51401-51403 61401-61407 91501-91505 91701-91732 91901-91913
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 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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Routes
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Former:

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Stride BRT Future:

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