Remember,??It?s a great day to ride Metro??to get to events and activities where there is often traffic congestion and limited parking.

Weekend Service Impacts

• Routes 255, 271, ST 542, and ST 545 will be rerouted during the SR 520 bridge closure from Friday, April 5 at 11 p.m. through Monday, April 8 at 5 a.m. due to construction;
• Route ST 522 to Roosevelt Station will be rerouted and will not serve Stop# #76014 SR 522 & 132nd Ave NE on Saturday, April 6 until 7 a.m. due to construction;
• Route 49 will be rerouted and will not serve Stop #9140 University Bridge & NE 40th St from 7 a.m. to 11 a.m. on Saturday, April 6 during the Tenacious Ten Run;
• Route 70 will be rerouted off of Eastlake Ave E between Harvard Ave E and E Roanoke St from 7 a.m. to 11 a.m. on Saturday, April 6 during the Tenacious Ten Run; ?
• Routes 45, 67, 75 and 372 will be rerouted off of the University of Washington campus to reduce congestion during cherry blossom viewing, daily from 6 a.m. to 6 p.m., on Saturday, April 6 and Sunday, April 7;
• Routes 226, 240, 241, 249, 250, the RapidRide B Line and ST 550 will be rerouted in both directions and will not serve the Bellevue Transit Center on Saturday, April 6 due to construction, use the temporary stops on 106th Ave NE at NE 6th St instead;
• Routes 10, 11, 49, 101, 150 and ST 550 will be rerouted during the closure of Pike St between 4th Ave and 5th Ave daily from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m., on Saturday, April 6 and Sunday, April 7 due to construction;
• Route 2 will be affected in both directions by the full closure of E Union St between Broadway and 13th Ave on Sunday, April 7, due to construction;

Service Reminders

• Take transit to all your holiday, sporting, and community events in Seattle. Metro and Link light rail serves riders heading to T-Mobile Park, Husky Stadium, Lumen Field, and Climate Pledge Arena;
  • The Sounders will have a match at 7:30 p.m. on Saturday, April 6 at Lumen Field;
• Water Taxi?will continue a?year-round midday and weekend sailing schedule;?
  • The summer sailing schedule begins?April 15?and will run through?October?11.?Find the summer sailing schedule on the?Water Taxi's Captain's Blog;
  • Water Taxi staff will temporarily?suspend service over the?weekend of April 13-14?to conduct training and maintenance;
• Metro's Lost and Found?will have adjusted hours of operations to 9:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. from April 1 through April 30;
• Seattle Center Monorail?will be open during normal hours except for late service on Friday night until 11:30 p.m. The Monorail will depart approximately every 10 minutes;
• Riders can use?Text for Departures?by texting their stop number to 62550 to get next departure times;
• Remember, it's free and easy to?sign up for?email or text alerts?about King County Metro service. Alerts can be tailored to your favorite route(s).

Metro News

• Link 1 Line service to Lynnwood begins August 30

• Metro celebrates April Fools' day

• 'A rare and remarkable achievement?: Operator celebrates 50 years with Metro

Link 1 Line service to Lynnwood begins August 30

Sound Transit announced today that passenger service on the Link 1 Line will begin to Lynnwood on Aug. 30. The 8.5-mile segment will add four new stations: Shoreline South/148th Street, Shoreline North/185th Street, Mountlake Terrace, and Lynnwood City Center. During peak hours, trains will run approximately every eight minutes.

Community Transit and King County Metro have agreed to revise the date for bus service upgrades and improvements?originally planned to take effect Aug.?31.?Bus changes will instead?take place Sept. 14, allowing a smooth launch of extended 1 Line service before bus routing changes occur.

The Lynnwood extension will serve the following stations, all of them with multiple transit connections:

• Shoreline South/148th Station Located just northeast of I-5 at the?NE 145th Street exit, the elevated Shoreline South/148th Station includes a parking garage with approximately 500 new spaces as part of the project.
• Shoreline North/185th Station Located on the east side of I-5, Shoreline North/185th Station serves Shoreline Stadium, the Shoreline Conference Center and the surrounding neighborhoods. Improved pedestrian pathways connect the station to the west side of I-5. A parking garage with approximately 500 new spaces is part of the project.
• Mountlake Terrace Station Located east of I-5 at the Mountlake Terrace Transit Center just north of 236th Street Southwest, west of Veterans Memorial Park, the elevated Mountlake Terrace Station straddles 236th Street Southwest and is a short walk from the Mountlake Terrace Library, new City Hall, and the future Gateway transit-oriented development neighborhood. There are 890 existing parking spaces at the station.
• Lynnwood City Center Located at the Lynnwood Transit Center, this elevated station serves one of the busiest transit centers in the region, with extensive connections to local and regional service.?A new garage containing 1,670 parking stalls in a five-story structure opened last year.

Visit?this page?to learn more about the 1 Line to Lynnwood.

'A rare and remarkable achievement?: Operator celebrates 50 years with Metro

A Metro light rail and bus operator was honored today for a half-century of service with the agency.

Gorham started his career in 1974 driving a route in the Renton Highlands. When he decided he wanted to take weekends off, he transferred to drive buses out of a base at Dearborn Street, ?which were all stick shifts no wanted to drive? but which did give him Saturdays and Sundays off.

He couldn?t resist moving over to Link light rail in 2008 when the first trains were getting ready to roll. (Metro supplies the operators for Sound Transit Link light rail.) ?It looked interesting,? Gorham said. ?I just wanted the opportunity to play with the trains!?

Read more about the celebration on the Metro Matters blog.?

Metro is hiring part-time and full-time transit operators (bus drivers) and trades professionals to keep the region moving. Learn more on our website.?