List of King County Metro facilities

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King County Metro is the public transit authority of King County, Washington, including the city of Seattle and most of the Puget Sound region. It operates a fleet of 1,396 buses, serving 115 million rides at over 8,000 bus stops in 2012, making it the eight-largest transit agency in the United States.[1][2] The agency has seven bases spread throughout its 2,134-square-mile (5,530 km2) operating area[citation needed] and had 131 park and rides for commuters.[2]

Bases

Name Location Year Opened Notes
Central Campus Atlantic Base Seattle-Atlantic-Base-3580.jpg 1555 Airport Way S, Seattle[3] 1941[4] Only base that serves electric trolley buses[4]
Atlantic Maintenance 150px 1555 Airport Way South, Seattle[5]
Central Base 150px 640 S Massachusetts St, Seattle[3] 1941[4]
Central/Atlantic/Ryerson Operations[6] 150px 1270 6th Ave S, Seattle[5]
Communications Control Center 150px 1505 6th Ave S, Seattle[5] 2007[7]
Marketing Distribution Center 150px 1523 6th Ave South, Seattle[5]
Power Distribution 150px 2255 4th Avenue South, Seattle[5]
Ryerson Base 150px 1220 4th Ave S, Seattle[3] 1987[8]
Tire and Millwright Shop 150px 1555 Airport Way South, Seattle[5]
Bellevue Campus Bellevue Base 150px 1790 124th Ave NE, Bellevue[3] 1983[citation needed]
East Base 150px 1975 124 Ave NE, Bellevue[3] 1977[9]
South Base 150px 12100 East Marginal Way S, Tukwila[3] 1978[9] More coaches here than any other base[6] (as of September 2003).
Component Supply Center 150px 12200 East Marginal Way South, Tukwila[5]
Training and Safety Center 150px 11911 East Marginal Way S, Tukwila[10] Operator training, new equipment qualifications, and retraining.
North Base 150px 2160 N 163rd St, Shoreline[3] 1992[11][12] Built mostly underground[11]

Atlantic, Central, and Ryerson Bases are located close together near Stadium Station south of downtown Seattle and are known as the Central Campus.[6] East and Bellevue bases comprise the Bellevue Campus[6] and are located nearby each other in north Bellevue. The South and East transit facilities finished an ADA retrofit in 2001.[citation needed]

Other

Name Location Year Opened Notes
150px Central Maintenance 640 South Massachusetts, Seattle[5]
150px Employee Parking Garage 1505 6th Avenue South, Seattle[5]
150px Redmond Van Pool Center 18655 NE Union Hill Road, Redmond[5] 2002[13][verification needed] Van Pool van storage[14]
150px South Facilities 11911 East Marginal Way South, Tukwila[5]

Transit centers

While Downtown Seattle is Metro's main transit hub, the transit centers act as smaller regional hubs and are served by many bus routes. Some transit centers also offer a park-and-ride facility. Metro operates out of several transit centers located throughout King County:[15]

Name Location Year Opened Notes
Auburn-Sounder-station-3592.jpg Auburn Station A St SW & 2nd St SW, Auburn 2000[16]
Aurora Village Transit Center 1524 N 200th St, Shoreline 1985[8]
Bellevue Transit Center.jpg Bellevue Transit Center 10850 NE 6th St, Bellevue 1985[8] Owned 51% by Sound Transit, 49% by Metro[15]
Burien Transit Center.jpg Burien Transit Center 14900 4th Avenue SW, Burien 2009[17][18] 5 electric vehicle recharging stations[19]
Eastgate P&R.JPG Eastgate Park & Ride 14200 SE Eastgate Way, Eastgate 2004[20] 3 electric vehicle recharging stations[21]
Federal Way Transit Center.jpg Federal Way Transit Center 31621 23rd Ave S, Federal Way 2006[22]
Issaquah Transit Center.JPG Issaquah Transit Center 1050 17th Ave NW, Issaquah 2008[23]
Issaquah Highlands Transit Center 1755 Highland Dr., Issaquah 2003 (interim lot)[24]
Bilevel commuter train in SoundTransit livery -b.jpg Kent Station Transit Center 301 Railroad Ave N, Kent 2001
Kirkland Transit Center 3rd Street & Park Lane, Kirkland 1986[25] Renovated 2011[25][26]
Route 14 Trolley at Mount Baker TC.jpg Mount Baker Transit Center 2824 Rainier Ave S, Mount Baker, Seattle 2009[27] Connection to Mount Baker light rail station
Northgate Transit Center Sign.jpg Northgate Transit Center 10200 1st Ave NE, Northgate, Seattle 1992[28]
Overlake Transit Center.jpg Overlake Transit Center 15590 NE 36th St, Overlake 2002[29]
Sound Transit 545 at Redmond TC.jpg Redmond Transit Center 16160 NE 83rd St, Redmond 2008[15]
Renton Transit Center.jpg Renton Transit Center S 2nd St & Burnett Ave S, Renton 2001[30]
Totem Lake Transit Center.jpg Totem Lake Transit Center 120th Ave NE & NE 128th St, Kirkland 2008[31] At Evergreen Medical Center

References

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External links

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  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.6 Addresses of Metro Bases
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 "Expanding Atlantic/Central Bases". Metro Transit. Transit Facility News. 2001, Summer.
  5. ↑ 5.00 5.01 5.02 5.03 5.04 5.05 5.06 5.07 5.08 5.09 5.10 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
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  8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 King County Metro. Transit Milestones 1980s
  9. ↑ 9.0 9.1 King County Metro. Transit Milestones 1970s
  10. ↑ "Metro's training staff rolls seven days a week". 2008-06-16.
  11. ↑ 11.0 11.1 "Slabs Of Concrete Today; A Bus Barn Soon". Carpio, Nina. The Seattle Times. 1990-02-07.
  12. ↑ "New Metro Bus Base Will Open June 8". Aweeka, Charles. The Seattle Times. 1991-05-17.
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  22. ↑ Sound Transit. Federal Way Transit Center/S. 317th
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  25. ↑ 25.0 25.1 Sound Transit. Kirkland Transit Center
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  29. ↑ Sound Transit. Overlake Transit Center/NE 40th
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