Annual Service Plan

Redmond – Seattle

We propose to add a stop at Downtown Redmond Station to Route 545.

Bellevue – West Seattle 

Route 560 would no longer serve stops in West Seattle, ending at Burien Transit Center. In turn, frequency between Burien and Bellevue would increase as follows: 

• Weekdays: Every 20 min (daytime), every 30 min (evenings)
• Weekends: Every 30 min all day (double current service)

For trips between Westwood Village and Burien, King County Metro's RapidRide H Line serves all current Route 560 stops in this segment. The H Line runs every 7-15 minutes on weekdays and every 15 minutes on weekends.

Burien Transit Center will also be the future western end of the Stride S1 Line, which will replace Route 560 as early as 2028.

Passengers looking to go from West Seattle to Seattle-Tacoma International Airport can take the H Line to connect to Route 560. Passengers can also take King County Metro Route 60 to connect to the 1 Line.

“Why isn’t my train moving?!”

We know that unplanned disruptions on Link can have a major impact on your travel plans. 

One way to reduce unplanned disruptions is to allocate more time for planned routine maintenance on the Link system. This enables our crews to proactively address problems and resolve issues before they occur. In some areas of our system, we have limited time each night to perform this work, which constrains what crews can complete before service starts the next day.

After the last trip, crews must store the trains, clear the tracks, and power down before maintenance begins.

More time for routine maintenance = fewer disruptions

We are reviewing ways to get more time for conducting planned maintenance on the Link system overnight. Increasing routine maintenance time can help reduce unplanned disruptions. We want to learn how you use Link during certain days and times, so we can better understand how various maintenance approaches could affect your travel. Your input will help us evaluate tradeoffs and identify ways to reduce the effects on riders. 

An expanded Night Bus service could support any changes to the Link service’s start and end times. Some options under consideration include:

• More frequent planned Link closures on weekends: Temporarily closing segments of the lines to allow crews to complete larger maintenance projects, supported by planned bus shuttles.
• Ending Link service earlier at night, which an expanded Night Bus service could support.
• Starting Link service later in the morning, which an expanded Night Bus service could support.
• Place all trains, irrespective of their direction, on one side of the tracks during service hours. This shift could result in up to 20–30 minutes between trains while crews work.
• Some trips only serve part of the line: For example, late evening 2 Line trips end at intermediate stations, like Northgate, so maintenance work can take place on other segments.