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Sound Transit Express
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Sound Transit New Flyer hybrid bus 9620 in Seattle, operated by King County Metro
Slogan Ride the wave.
Parent Sound Transit
Founded 1996
Headquarters Seattle, Washington
Locale Puget Sound region
Service area King, Pierce, and Snohomish
Service type Public Transit
Alliance King County Metro
Community Transit
Pierce Transit
Everett Transit
Routes 25
Destinations 53
Hubs 8
Fleet 239 buses
Daily ridership 33,351 (Q1 2009)[1]
Fuel type Diesel
CNG
Diesel-electric hybrid
Operator Buses under contract from King County Metro, Community Transit and Pierce Transit
Web site ST Express

Sound Transit Express (ST Express) is the bus network of Puget Sound transit agency Sound Transit. The agency, based in Seattle, Washington, provides inter-county bus service throughout 53 cities in three counties (King, Pierce, and Snohomish). While Sound Transit oversees, plans, and funds the service, operation and maintenance of the buses is contracted out to King County Metro, Pierce Transit, and Community Transit.

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[edit] Fare zones

ST Express uses a fare zone system, which comprises 3 regions:

  • King County
  • Pierce County
  • Snohomish County

The fares are as follows:

  • One county-$2.50 (18-64) $1.25 (6-18); $0.75 (65+/Disabled)
  • Multi-County-$3.50 (18-64) $2.50 (6-18); $1.50 (65+/Disabled).

A valid youth ORCA card required for youth fares when paying with ORCA card. A valid Regional Reduced Fare Permit (RRFP) required for those over 65 or with a disability. New RRFP's are issued as ORCA cards.

Paper transfers are no longer accepted or given out on Sound Transit routes. Passengers can use an ORCA card to transfer between ST routes or other agencies and will receive an electronic transfer valid for two hours from initial payment.

[edit] Bus routes

 It has been suggested that this article or section be merged into List of Sound Transit Express bus routes. (Discuss) Proposed since February 2011.

Sound Transit oversees 24 ST Express bus routes, which are operated under contract by Community Transit (First Transit operates under contract with CT), King County Metro, and Pierce Transit. Prior to the creation of Sound Transit, the routes were part of these agencies' systems. When Sound Transit implements a new bus route, changes are frequently made to existing routes that serve the area to avoid overlapping.

The ST Express routes and operators are as follows[2] († are routes which operate seven days a week; the remaining routes operate Monday through Friday, mostly only during rush hour. Route 510 and route 578 operate Monday-Saturday only, while route 512 operates Sunday only):

[edit] Community Transit

    • 510 - Seattle/Everett †
    • 511 - Seattle/Ash Way Park & Ride via Lynnwood †
    • 512 - Seattle/Everett
    • 513 - Seattle/Everett via Eastmont
    • 532 - Bellevue/Everett
    • 535 - Bellevue/Lynnwood †

[edit] King County Metro

    • 522 - Seattle/Woodinville †
    • 540 - Kirkland/U District
    • 542 - Redmond/Green Lake via U District
    • 545 - Seattle/Montlake/Redmond †
    • 550 - Seattle/Bellevue †
    • 554 - Seattle/Issaquah †
    • 555 - Issaquah/Northgate
    • 556 - Issaquah/Northgate via University District
    • 560 - West Seattle/Bellevue via Sea-Tac Airport and Renton †

[edit] Pierce Transit

    • 566 - Overlake/Auburn via Renton and Kent
    • 574 - Lakewood/Sea-Tac Airport via Tacoma and Federal Way †
    • 577 - Seattle/Federal Way †
    • 578 - Seattle/Federal Way/Auburn/Sumner/Puyallup, Tacoma (selected trips) †
    • 586 - Tacoma/U District
    • 590 - Seattle/Tacoma
    • 592 - Seattle/Dupont via Lakewood
    • 593 - Seattle/South Tacoma via Tacoma
    • 594 - Seattle/Lakewood via Tacoma †
    • 595 - Seattle/Gig Harbor

[edit] Bus Fleet

See also: Sound Transit's Fleet
 This article needs additional citations for verification. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. (February 2011)

Sound Transit owns a fleet of 250 buses operated by three different local transit agencies. Sound Transit buses are painted white with aqua, turquoise, and blue waves along the sides, representing the Puget Sound region ST Express serves, and feature a freely-adapted representation of the Sound Transit bus and train system map on the seating fabric.

[edit] Current ST Express Bus fleet (2011-)

  • Gillig (122):
    • King County Metro
      • 9000, 9023-9036, 9043-9044, 9055-9069 Phantom (1999) Partly Retired
      • 9070-9089 Phantom (2001)
      • 9090-9091 Phantom (2005)
    • Community Transit
      • 9016-9022, 9045-9054 Phantom (1999) Partly Retired
      • 9112-9121 Phantom (2008)
    • Pierce Transit
      • 9001-9015, 9037-9042 Phantom (1999)
      • 9092-9111 Phantom (2008)
  • New Flyer (21):
    • King County Metro
      • 9200 DE40LF (2003)
    • Pierce Transit
      • 9400-9419 C40LF (2001)
  • New Flyer Articulated bus (137):
    • King County Metro
      • 9500-9506 D60LF (1999) Partly Retired
      • 9526-9536 D60LF (2001)
      • 9537-9552 D60LF (2005)
      • 9584-9586 D60LFR (2011) No Roof Fins
      • 9600-9621 DE60LF (2005)
      • 9622-9623 DE60LF (2008)
      • 9624-9636 DE60LF (2010)
      • 9637-9647 DE60LFR (2010) Roof Fins
      • 9648-9651 DE60LFR (2011) Roof Fins
    • Community Transit
      • 9507-9524 D60LF (1999) Partly Retired
      • 9525 D60LF (2001)
      • 9553-9565 D60LFR (2010) Roof Fins
      • 9566-9583 D60LFR (2011) Roof Fins
      • 9587-9596 D60LFR (2011) No Roof Fins
  • Motor Coach Industries (40):
    • Pierce Transit
      • 9700-9712 D4500 (2005)
      • 9713-9719 D4500 (2007)
      • 9720-9722 D4500 (2009)
      • 9723-9739 D4500 (2011)

Sometimes King County Metro, Community Transit and Pierce Transit use their buses on an ST Express route, and in turn ST Express buses are sometimes used on the local transit agencies' routes. This usually only happens when a bus breaks down and there's no other choice available at the garage.

[edit] Gallery

  • New Flyer DE40LF

  • New Flyer DE60LFR

  • New Flyer D60LF

  • New Flyer C40LF

  • MCI D4500

  • New Flyer DE60LF

  • New Flyer D60LFR

  • New Flyer DE60LF

[edit] References

  1. ^ "First Quarter 2009 Systemwide Ridership" (PDF). Sound Transit. http://www.soundtransit.org/Documents/pdf/newsroom/Ridership_Q1_2009.pdf. Retrieved 2009-05-29. 
  2. ^ "Lost & Found". Sound Transit. http://www.soundtransit.org/x120.xml. Retrieved 2009-05-24. 

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