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Sound Transit Express
	Sound Transit New Flyer hybrid bus 9620 in Seattle, operated by King County Metro
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)
Annual ridership	15.4 million (2012)
Fuel type	Diesel; CNG; Diesel-electric hybrid
Operator	Buses under contract from King County Metro, Community Transit and Pierce Transit
Website	ST Express

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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.

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.

Bus routes

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^[3] († 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):

Community Transit

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

King County Metro

522 - Seattle/Woodinville †
540 - Kirkland/U District
542 - Redmond/Green Lake via U District
545 - Seattle/Redmond via SR-520 †
550 - Seattle/Bellevue via I-90 and Mercer Island †
554 - Seattle/Issaquah via I-90 and Mercer Island †
555 - Issaquah/Northgate via Bellevue
556 - Issaquah/Northgate via University District and Bellevue
560 - Westwood Village/Bellevue via Sea-Tac Airport and Renton †

Pierce Transit

566 - Overlake/Auburn via Bellevue, Renton and Kent
567 - Overlake/Kent via Bellevue
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
594 - Seattle/Lakewood via Tacoma †
595 - Seattle/Gig Harbor

Bus Fleet

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.

Current ST Express Bus fleet (2013-)

Gillig Phantom (52):
- King County Metro
  - 9070-9089 (2001)
  - 9090-9091 (2005)
- Community Transit
  - 9112-9121 (2008)
- Pierce Transit
  - 9092-9111 (2008)
Gillig Advantage BRT Series (25):
- Pierce Transit
  - 9201-9223 (Hybrid diesel/electric; 2012)
  - 9122-9123 (Diesel; 2012)
New Flyer (21):
- King County Metro
  - 9200 DE40LF (2003)
- Pierce Transit
  - 9400-9419 C40LF (2001)
New Flyer Articulated bus (142):
- King County Metro
  - 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
  - 9801-9813 D60LFR (2013) No Roof Fins
- Community Transit
  - 9525 D60LF (2001)
  - 9553-9565 D60LFR (2010) Roof Fins
  - 9566-9583 D60LFR (2011) Roof Fins
  - 9587-9596 D60LFR (2011) No Roof Fins
  - 51214-51218 D60LFR (2013) 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.

Gallery

New Flyer DE40LF
New Flyer DE60LFR
New Flyer D60LF
New Flyer C40LF
MCI D4500
New Flyer DE60LF
New Flyer D60LFR
New Flyer DE60LF

References

^ "First Quarter 2009 Systemwide Ridership" (PDF). Sound Transit. Retrieved 2009-05-29.
^ http://www.soundtransit.org/About-Sound-Transit/News-and-events/News-releases/2012-ridership
^ "Lost & Found". Sound Transit. Retrieved 2009-05-24.

External links

ST Express information

[q1_2009_ridership-1] "First Quarter 2009 Systemwide Ridership" (PDF). Sound Transit. Retrieved 2009-05-29.

[2] ttp://www.soundtransit.org/About-Sound-Transit/News-and-events/News-releases/2012-ridership

[STLostFound-3] "Lost & Found". Sound Transit. Retrieved 2009-05-24.

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@@ Line 52: / Line 52: @@
 ===Community Transit===
-*510 - Seattle/Everett †
+*510 - Seattle/Everett
-*511 - Seattle/Ash Way Park & Ride via Lynnwood †
+*511 - Seattle/Ash Way Park & Ride via Lynnwood
-*512 - Seattle/Everett
+*512 - Seattle/Everett †
 *513 - Seattle/Eastmont
 *532 - Bellevue/Everett
 *535 - Bellevue/Lynnwood
 ===King County Metro===

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Transportation in Seattle
Local and express bus	Community Transit Everett Transit Intercity Transit Island Transit King County Metro list of routes fleet facilities trolleybuses Kitsap Transit Pierce Transit Skagit Transit Sound Transit Express
Light rail	Link light rail list of stations 1 Line 2 Line T Line Future extensions: Federal Way Link 3 Line 4 Line
Streetcar	Seattle Streetcar First Hill South Lake Union Waterfront Streetcar (discontinued)
Commuter rail	Sounder N Line S Line
Bus rapid transit	RapidRide A B C D E F G H Stride S1 S2 S3 Stream Swift Blue Green Orange
Ferry	Clipper Navigation Herron Island ferry King County Water Taxi Kitsap Fast Ferries Kitsap Transit Foot Ferry Steilacoom–Anderson Island ferry Washington State Ferries
Monorail	Seattle Center Monorail Seattle Monorail Project (cancelled)
People mover	SEA Underground
Historic	Seattle Municipal Street Railway Highland Park and Lake Burien Railway Queen Anne Counterbalance Tacoma Railway & Power
Other	Downtown Seattle Transit Tunnel ORCA card SODO Busway Sound Transit Trolleybuses in Seattle
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