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Service Change
Effective 08/30/2025 through 03/27/2026
Starting August 30, King County Metro will increase and update bus service, including launching five new routes and revising other routes on the Eastside to better serve communities and Sound Transit’s Link 2 Line stations. A new Metro Flex on-demand pilot service also will launch in the Overlake area of Bellevue.
Schedules will be updated for Route 106 supported by the Seattle Transit Measure.* Thirty trips will be added so buses arrive every 15 minutes from 6 am to 7 pm on weekends. Service in the 5 am hour on weekends will be increased to match the weekday schedule.
New orange timetables are available on buses, at transit centers and at other popular locations. The Metro adult bus fare will increase by $0.25 on September 1, 2025, aligning with Sound Transit’s updated $3.00 flat fare for Link light rail and Express bus service. Metro’s free and reduced bus fares – including for riders with disabilities, riders with lower incomes, seniors and youth – will remain unchanged.
Route revisions
Choose a route number to learn about the changes that will begin on August 30, 2025. Some routes with small changes to trip times are not included on this page.
New routes
New Route 203 will provide service between Issaquah Highlands, north Issaquah, Issaquah Transit Center, Newport Way, Factoria and South Bellevue Station.
New Route 222 will provide service between Overlake, Idylwood, downtown Redmond, Education Hill and Cottage Lake.
New Route 223 will provide service between Eastgate, Lake Hills, Overlake and downtown Redmond.
New Route 256 will provide peak-only service between Woodinville, Brickyard Park & Ride, Totem Lake, Kingsgate Park & Ride, Yarrow Point Freeway Station, Evergreen Point Freeway Station, South Lake Union and downtown Seattle.
Contracted service for the Lake Washington School District will begin on September 2, 2025 for the 2025-2026 school year.
Contracted service for the Lake Washington School District will begin on September 2, 2025 for the 2025-2026 school year.
New DART 931 launched on June 21 and provides peak-only service between Duvall, Cottage Lake, Woodinville and Bothell.
A new Metro Flex on-demand neighborhood transit service launches in the Overlake area on Monday, September 15. Service will operate weekdays 7 am to 7 pm and weekends 8 am to 6 pm for riders in parts of Overlake, Crossroads, and Northeast Bellevue.
Visit Metro Flex to learn more.
Adjusted routes
Thirty trips will be added on Saturday and Sunday. These additional trips are funded by the voter-approved Seattle Transit Measure.*
Route 106 will no longer serve the stop at S Henderson St & Rainier Ave S, west of the intersection, due to upcoming SDOT construction of a protected bike lane. Route 106 will instead serve the S Henderson St & Rainier Ave S stop east of the intersection, approximately 320 feet away from the closed stop.
At Federal Way Downtown Station, Route 187 to Twin Lakes will serve Bays 2 and 12. Weekday and Sunday schedules will be adjusted to better align with Route 181.
When construction is completed in Fall 2025, Route 187 will no longer operate on 21st Ave S and S 319th St. It will instead operate on S 320th and 23rd Ave S and drop off at Bay 1 instead of Bay 9.
Trips will be added on Sunday to match Saturday service levels.
Route 224 will be revised to operate on 196th Ave NE and NE Union Hill Rd to provide new service in southeast Redmond and new access to Swedish Hospital Campus, the Microsoft Millenium Campus and shopping destinations. 5 trips will be added to provide 60-minute service and improved frequency on weekdays.
This route will no longer operate on Avondale Rd between 196th Ave NE and NE Union Hill Rd. Service on Avondale Rd between 196th Ave NE and NE Union Hill is provided by Route 250.
Service in downtown Duvall will continue on Main St NE and terminate on NE Big Rock Rd. Route 224 will no longer operate on NE Ring St, Brown Ave NE and NE Valley St.
Route 226 will be revised to serve Crossroads and Lake Hills via 164th Ave SE and 168th Ave SE and SE 24th St. This will include a route extension to serve South Bellevue Station. It will no longer operate on 148th Ave NE north of SE 22nd St, Lake Hills Blvd, 156th Ave NE, NE 8th St and Northup Way.
Replacement service on 148th Ave NE north of SE 22nd St, Lake Hills Blvd, 156th Ave NE until NE 8th St will be provided by new Route 223.
Trips will be added to weekday peak periods and weekends to increase service levels.
Route 240 will be revised to serve South Bellevue Station. The route will no longer use 139th Ave SE, Richards Road, Lake Hills Connector and SE 8th St between Eastgate Park & Ride and the Bellevue Transit Center.
The route will instead use SE Eastgate Way, I-90, Bellevue Way SE and 112th Ave SE between Eastgate Park & Ride, South Bellevue Station and Bellevue Transit Center.
Trip times will be adjusted to provide 20-minute service during weekday peak and midday periods.
Route 245 will be revised to start and end at Eastgate Park & Ride, and no longer operate in Factoria on 142nd Pl SE, SE 36th St, Factoria Blvd SE, Coal Creek Pkwy and 124th Ave SE.
Span of service will be increased on weekdays. Trip times will be adjusted to provide 15-minute service during weekday peak and midday periods and improve service on weekdays.
Route 249 will become a DART route and only serve Beaux Arts through a Dial-A-Ride Transit flexible service area. It will serve Spring District Station, Clyde Hill and Medina along a fixed route. Service will increase on both weekdays and weekends.
Route 249 will no longer serve Overlake Village and Redmond Technology stations or operate east of the Spring District Station.
Route 269 will be revised to start and end at the Marymoor Village Station, it will no longer provide service south of Marymoor Village Station, including Redmond Technology Station, Overlake Village Station and Overlake Park & Ride.
Replacement service will be provided by the Link 2 Line between Marymoor and Overlake.
Route 322 will be revised to serve Bay 3 at Northgate Station to improve connections with routes serving First Hill. It will no longer serve Bay 2.
Route 333 will be revised to serve Bay 2 at South Shoreline Station for better connections with routes serving the same areas. It will no longer serve Bay 1.
Route 930 will add 3 trips on weekday evenings and 2 trips on weekend evenings to improve span of service.
At the request of Lakeside School, Route 981 will serve the Brickyard Park & Ride freeway station and no longer serve the Totem Lake freeway station.
One early morning trip will be added on weekdays departing the Federal Downtown Station at approximately 4 am.
To support safety and security activities, all southbound trips after 9:30 pm will no longer serve stops past the 3rd Ave S & S Main St stop, which includes stops on SODO Busway.
To support safety and security activities, late evening and early morning trips will no longer serve SODO Busway. Southbound trips will end at Washington St & 3rd Ave S and northbound trips will begin at Prefontaine Pl S & Yesler Way.
Deleted or replaced routes
Many deleted routes have service replaced by new or revised routes listed above. Information about replacement service is included for each route.
The currently suspended Route 114 will be permanently deleted with replacement service provided by routes 111 and 240.
- Between Renton Highlands and Newport use Route 240.
- Between Renton Highlands and downtown Seattle use Route 111.
The currently suspended Route 167 will be permanently deleted with replacement service provided by routes 101, 240, 271, ST Express 566 and Link 1 Line.
- Between Renton and downtown Bellevue use routes 240 and ST Express 566.
- Between Renton and U-District use Route 101 and Link 1 Line, or Route 240 and ST Express 566 to Route 271.
The currently suspended Route 200 will be permanently deleted with replacement service provided by new Route 203, and routes 208 and 271.
- Between Issaquah Highlands Park & Ride and Issaquah Transit Center use Route 203.
- Between Issaquah Transit Center, NW Maple St, Gilman, Front St N, W Sunset Way, 2nd Ave SE and SE Clark St use routes 208 and 271.
The currently suspended Route 214 will be permanently deleted with replacement service provided by routes 208, 271 and ST Express 554.
- Between downtown Seattle and Issaquah Transit Center use ST Express 554.
- Between Issaquah Transit Center and NW Maple St, Gilman, Front St N, W Sunset Way and Newport Way SW use routes 208 and 271.
The currently suspended Route 216 will be permanently deleted with replacement service provided by routes 218, 269 and ST Express 554.
- Between the Bear Creek Park & Ride and the Issaquah Highlands Park & Ride use Route 269.
- Between the Issaquah Highlands Park & Ride and downtown Seattle use Route 218 or ST Express 554.
The currently suspended Route 217 will be permanently deleted with replacement service provided by new Route 203, Route 269 and ST Express 554.
- Between the Issaquah Transit Center and north Issaquah use routes 203 or 269.
- Between the Issaquah Transit Center and downtown Seattle use ST Express 554.
The currently suspended Route 219 will be permanently deleted with replacement service provided by Route 218, revised Route 269 and ST Express 554.
- Between southeast Redmond and Issaquah use Route 269.
- Between Issaquah and downtown Seattle use Route 218 or ST Express 554.
Route 221 will be permanently deleted, with replacement service provided by new Route 222, new Route 223 and revised Route 226.
- Between Education Hill and downtown Redmond use new Route 222.
- Between downtown Redmond and Eastgate Park & Ride via 148th Ave NE use new Route 223.
- Between 156th Ave SE and NE 8th St and Eastgate Park & Ride via 164th Ave SE, 168th Ave SE and SE 24th St use revised Route 226.
The currently suspended Route 232 will be permanently deleted with replacement service provided by new Route 222, new peak-only Route 931, DART 224 and the Link 2 Line.
- Between Duvall and Cottage Lake use new peak-only Route 931.
- Between Cottage Lake and Redmond use new Route 222.
- Between Duvall and Redmond use DART 224.
- Between Redmond and downtown Bellevue use the Link 2 Line.
The currently suspended Route 237 will be permanently deleted with replacement service provided by the new Route 256 and the Route 271.
- Between Woodinville and SR-520 use new Route 256.
- Between SR-520 and Bellevue Transit Center use Route 271.
Route 241 will be permanently deleted, with replacement service provided by new Route 203, revised Route 240 and revised Route 249.
- Between SE Newport Way and South Bellevue Station via Factoria Blvd SE use new Route 203.
- Between Factoria Blvd SE and South Bellevue Station via Eastgate Park & Ride use Route 240.
- Between South Bellevue Station and downtown Bellevue via 108th Ave SE use Route 249.
Route 246 will be permanently deleted, with replacement service provided by revised Route 240, revised Route 249 and Route 271.
- Between Clyde Hill and downtown Bellevue use revised Route 249 or Route 271.
- Between downtown Bellevue and Factoria Blvd via South Bellevue Station and Eastgate Park & Ride use revised Route 240.
The currently suspended Route 252 will be permanently deleted with replacement service provided by the new peak-only Route 256, and partial service replaced by Route 239 and DART 930.
- On NE 132nd St replacement service is provided by Route 239 and DART 930.
- On 124th Ave NE replacement service is provided by Route 239.
Route 257 will be permanently deleted with replacement service provided by new Route 256, and partial service replaced by routes 225, 231 and 239.
- On NE 132nd St replacement service is provided by Route 225.
- On Juanita-Woodinville Way NE replacement service is provided by Route 231.
- On NE 160th St and 124th Ave NE replacement service is provided by Route 239.
The currently suspended Route 268 will be permanently deleted with replacement service provided by revised Route 269, ST Express 542, 545, Link 1 Line and Link 2 Line.
- Between Bear Creek Park & Ride and downtown Seattle use ST Express 545.
- Between NE Redmond Fall City Rd and Marymoor Village Station via Bear Creek Park & Ride use Route 269.
- Between Marymoor Village Station and Redmond Technology Station use the Link 2 Line.
- Between Redmond Technology Station and University of Washington Station use ST Express 542.
- Between University of Washington Station and downtown Seattle use the Link 1 Line.
Route 311 will be permanently deleted with replacement service provided by new Route 256, which will operate between Woodinville and downtown Seattle.
The currently suspended Route 342 will be permanently deleted with replacement service provided by routes 225, 240, 249, 250, 331, and ST Express 522, 560 and 566.
- Between Lake Forest Park and Bothell use routes 331 and ST Express 522.
- Between Kenmore and Totem Lake use Route 225.
- Between South Kirkland and the Bellevue Transit Center use routes 249 and 250.
- Between the Bellevue Transit Center and Renton use Route 240, ST Express 560 and 566.
* The Seattle Transit Measure was approved by voters in November 2020 and is funded by a 0.15% sales tax through early 2027. The Seattle Transit Measure supports transit access and frequency citywide.
Holiday Service
King County Metro
Metro will operate a Sunday schedule on:
- Labor Day
Monday, September 1, 2025 - Thanksgiving Day
Thursday, November 27, 2025 - Christmas Day
Thursday, December 25, 2025 - New Year's Day
Thursday, January 1, 2026
Please check your timetable or Metro’s Holiday Service page for details.
Sound Transit
Sound Transit bus routes 522, 542, 545, 550, 554, 556 and 566 operated by Metro, will operate a Sunday schedule on:
- Labor Day
Monday, September 1, 2025 - Thanksgiving Day
Thursday, November 27, 2025 - Christmas Day
Thursday, December 25, 2025 - New Year's Day
Thursday, January 1, 2026
The Link 1 Line and Link 2 Line will also operate a Sunday schedule for Labor Day, Thanksgiving Day, Christmas Day and New Year’s Day.
Sounder commuter rail will not operate on Labor Day, Thanksgiving Day, Christmas Day and New Year’s Day.
For holiday service information for ST routes operated by Pierce Transit and Community Transit, including routes 510, 511, 512, 513, 532, 535, 560, 567, 574, 577, 578, 590, 592, 594, 595, 596 and Tacoma Link, visit soundtransit.org