Sound Transit route 554 'Issaquah / Seattle'
554 Issaquah/Seattle Express is an express bus route operated by Sound Transit in the Puget Sound area of Washington State. This route is operated by King County Metro under contract[1].
Route Details
This east-west express bus route runs between Issaquah and Downtown Seattle via Eastgate. Select trips are extended to and from Redmond via Sammamish. Normal service frequencies are 30 minutes but morning peak direction service is improved to 15 minutes. Two morning westbound trips originate from 185th Avenue NE & Redmond/Fall City to Seattle in the morning while five trips continue on from Issaquah Highlands Park & Ride to Redmond and Fall City via Sammamish Park & Ride in the evening.
The 2011 Draft Service Implementation Plan tabled the reduction in service frequency for this route with midday service operating every 20 minutes instead of with 15 minute frequencies and Sunday and holiday service reduced to hourly runs[2].
Route Stops
Downtown Seattle
- NE Redmond Way at 185th Ave NE (selected trips only)
- 228th Ave NE at NE 25th Way and NE Inglewood Hill Rd (selected trips only)
- 228th Ave SE at SE 8th St (selected trips only)
- South Sammamish Park & Ride (Bay 1, selected trips only)
- Issaquah-Pine Lake Rd. at SE 37th Pl and Issaquah Fall City (selected trips only)
- Issaquah Highlands Park & Ride (Bay 4)
- E Sunset Way at First Ave NE
- Issaquah Transit Center (Bay 2)
- Eastgate Freeway Station (Bay 3)
- Mercer Island Park & Ride
- I-90 at Rainier Ave S Freeway Station
- 5th Ave S at S Jackson St
- 4th Ave S at S Washington St
- 4th Ave at Cherry St, Seneca St, Union St and Stewart St
- 5th Ave at Lenora St
Issaquah
- 4th Ave at Lenora St
- 2nd Ave at Stewart St, University St, Spring St and Cherry St
- S Washington St at 4th Ave S
- 5th Ave S at S Jackson St
- I-90 at Rainier Ave S Freeway Station
- Mercer Island Park & Ride
- Eastgate Freeway Station (Bay 4)
- Issaquah Transit Center (Bay 6)
- E Sunset Way at Rainier Blvd
- Issaquah Highlands Park & Ride (Bay 3)
- Issaquah-Pine Lake Road at Issaquah-Fall City Rd and SE 37th Place (selected trips only)
- South Sammamish Park & Ride (Bay 3, selected trips only)
- 228th Ave SW at SE 8th St (selected trips only)
- 228th Ave NE at NE 8th St and NE 25th Way (selected trips only)
- NE Redmond Way at 185th Ave NE (selected trips only)
History
- September 2001 - Route introduced[3]
- September 2003 - Weekday service extended Issaquah Highlands Park & Ride from Issaquah Transit Center[3]
- June 2006 - Weekend service extended to Issaquah Highlands Park & Ride[3]
- September 2006 - Route revised to serve Downtown Issaquah with two night trips extended to South Sammamish Park & Ride[3]
- June 2008 - Three additional night trips and two early morning trips from South Sammamish to Issaquah and Downtown Seattle introduced[3]
- September 2008 - Midday Seattle to Eastgate turnback trips introduced due to demand from Bellevue Community College[3]
- June 2009 - Service streamlined to stop at Eastgate Freeway Station only in the Eastgate area allowing for Eastgate turnback trips to be extended to and from Issaquah Transit Center at no added cost[3]
- September 2009 - Trips in South Sammamish revised to begin or terminate in Redmond[3]
Vehicles
Service vehicles include Gillig Phantom 
buses.
References
- ↑ Lost & Found, soundtransit.org, retrieved 13-11-2010
- ↑ 2011 Draft Service Implementation Plan, soundtransit.org, retrieved 06-11-2010
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.6 3.7 Sound Transit 2010 Service Implementation Plan December 10, 2009, soundtransit.org, retrieved 13-11-2010
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