Sound Transit route 554 'Issaquah / Seattle'

554 Issaquah / Seattle

New Flyer DE60LF - 9631 operating on route 554

Service Area

Downtown Seattle, Mercer Island, Bellevue, Issaquah

Termini

Downtown Seattle (5th Avenue & Blanchard Street / 4th Avenue & Lenora Street)
Issaquah (Issaquah Highlands Park & Ride)

Operations

King County Metro

Vehicles

NFI DE60LF

NFI D60LFR

NFI DE60LFR

NFI XD60

NFI XDE60

Branches

554 Issaquah
554 Seattle
554 Sammamish (Weekday late nights only)

Route Diagram

554 Issaquah / 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 Issaquah and Downtown Seattle via Eastgate and Mercer Island. Select early morning and late evening weekday trips are extended to and from Redmond via Sammamish.

Frequency

Branch	Weekdays						Saturday					Sunday
Branch	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
554 Westbound	30	15	20	20-30	30-60	60	60	30-60	30	30-60	60	60	30-60	30	30-60	60
554 Eastbound	30	30	20	20	20-60	60	60	30-60	30	30-60	60	60	30-60	30	30-60	60

Route Stops

Towards Downtown Seattle

NE Redmond Way & 185th Ave NE (Select Trips Only)
228th Ave NE & NE 25th Way (Select Trips Only)
228th Ave SE & NE 8th St (Select Trips Only)
228th Ave SE & SE 8th St (Select Trips Only)
South Sammamish Park & Ride (Bay 1) (Select Trips Only)
Issaquah-Pine Lake Rd. SE & SE 37th Pl
Issaquah Highlands Park & Ride (Bay 4)
9th Ave NE & NE Ellis Dr
E Sunset Way & 1st Ave NE
Issaquah Transit Center (Bay 2)
Eastgate Freeway Station (Bay 3) (I-90 & 142nd Pl SE)
Mercer Island Park & Ride (N Mercer Way & 80th Ave SE)
Rainier Ave S & S Charles St
4th Ave S & S Jackson St
4th Ave S & S Washington St
4th Ave & Cherry St (Pioneer Square Station)
4th Ave & Seneca St (University Street Station)
4th Ave & Pike St (Westlake Station)
4th Ave & Stewart St
Blanchard St & 6th Ave

Towards Issaquah Highlands Park & Ride/Sammamish

Lenora St & 4th Ave
2nd Ave & Stewart St (Westlake Station)
2nd Ave & Seneca St (University Street Station)
2nd Ave & Cherry St (Pioneer Square Station)
2nd Ave Ext S & Yesler Way
S Jackson Street & Maynard Avenue S
Rainier Ave S & S Charles St
Mercer Island Park & Ride (N Mercer Way & 80th Ave SE)
Eastgate Freeway Station (Bay 4) (I-90 & 142nd Pl SE)
Issaquah Transit Center (Bay 6)
E Sunset Way & Rainier Blvd S
Highlands Dr NE & NE Ellis Dr
Issaquah Highlands Park & Ride (Bay 3)
Issaquah-Pine Lake Rd. SE & SE Issaquah-Fall City Rd (Select Trips Only)
Issaquah-Pine Lake Rd. SE & SE 40th Pl (Select Trips Only)
South Sammamish Park & Ride (Bay 1) (Select Trips Only)
228th Ave SE & SE 8th St (Select Trips Only)
228th Ave NE & NE 8th St (Select Trips Only)
228th Ave NE & NE 25th Way (Select Trips Only)
NE Redmond Way & 185th Ave NE (Select Trips Only)

History

September 2001 - Route introduced^[2]
September 2001 - Route replaces King County Metro route 211. ^[3]
September 2003 - Weekday service extended Issaquah Highlands Park & Ride from Issaquah Transit Center^[2]
June 2006 - Weekend service extended to Issaquah Highlands Park & Ride^[2]
September 2006 - Route revised to serve Downtown Issaquah with two night trips extended to South Sammamish Park & Ride^[2]
June 2008 - Three additional night trips and two early morning trips from South Sammamish to Issaquah and Downtown Seattle introduced^[2]
September 2008 - Midday Seattle to Eastgate turnback trips introduced due to demand from Bellevue Community College^[2]
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^[2]
September 2009 - Trips in South Sammamish revised to begin or terminate in Redmond^[2]