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Sound Transit train, bus schedules for Christmas and New Year’s holidays

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No Sounder and limited bus service Christmas Eve, Christmas Day and Christmas observed; and New Year’s Eve, New Year’s Day, and New Year’s observed; extended Link and Tacoma Link service on New Year’s Eve

Riders should be aware of service reductions and special train and bus schedules for the Christmas and New Year’s holidays.

Christmas Eve service

  • No Sounder commuter rail service.
  • All ST Express services will operate on normal Saturday schedules.
  • Link light rail and Tacoma Link will run on Saturday schedules.

Christmas Day service

  • No Sounder commuter rail service.
  • All ST Express services will operate on normal Sunday schedules.
  • Link light rail and Tacoma Link will run on Sunday schedules.

Christmas Observed service

  • No Sounder commuter rail service.
  • All ST Express services will operate on Sunday schedules.
  • Link light rail will run on Sunday schedules.
  • Tacoma Link will run on weekday schedules.

New Year’s Eve service

  • No Sounder commuter rail service.
  • All ST Express services will operate on normal Saturday schedules.
  • Link will run on a Saturday schedule. Two additional southbound trips will operate from Westlake Station at 12:58 and 1:13 a.m.
  • Tacoma Link will run on a Saturday schedule with extended service. The last southbound train will leave the Theater District Station at 12:48 a.m.

New Year’s Day service

  • No Sounder commuter rail service.
  • All ST Express services will operate on normal Sunday schedules.
  • Link light rail and Tacoma Link will run on Sunday schedules.

New Year’s Observed service

  • No Sounder commuter rail service.
  • All ST Express services will operate on Sunday schedules.
  • Link light rail will run on Sunday schedules.
  • Tacoma Link will run on weekday schedules.

More holiday schedule information is available at soundtransit.org/Rider-Guide/Holiday-service.

Riders can sign up to receive automatic email service alerts for Link light rail, Tacoma Link, ST Express, Sounder Seattle-Everett and Sounder Seattle-Tacoma/Lakewood. Rider Alerts provide information about special service to events, schedule changes and help riders plan trips around inclement weather. Just go to soundtransit.org/Subscribe-to-alerts.