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News from King County Department of Transportation
Release date:
Nov. 13, 2008
Metro will operate with different
holiday schedules on Nov. 27 & 28
Bus riders should be aware that
King County Metro Transit
will have reduced service for the Thanksgiving holiday on both Thursday,
Nov. 27 and Friday, Nov. 28 – and the schedules will be different for
each day.
Metro will operate on a full holiday schedule on Thanksgiving, Thursday,
Nov. 27, which means buses will operate on regular Sunday schedules. If
a bus route normally has service on Sunday, then it will operate with
its Sunday schedule on Thanksgiving. If the route does not usually
operate on Sundays, then it will not have service on Thanksgiving.
On the day after Thanksgiving, a new “partial holiday” schedule will be
in place. It features more bus service than on weekends, but less than
normal weekdays. Many routes that will not run on Thanksgiving will be
in operation on Friday – but with fewer trips than a regular weekday.
Both the printed and online
bus schedules indicate whether each trip on each individual Metro route
will operate on a partial holiday. Look for the “H” symbol next to
individual trip times to see if a specific trip is cancelled on Nov. 28.
Metro is using the new partial holiday schedule on Nov. 28 because it’s
more cost effective, since traditionally ridership on the day after
Thanksgiving is about 40 percent lower than a normal weekday. Metro also
plans to operate with this partial holiday schedule on Dec. 26, Jan. 2,
Jan. 19 and Feb. 18.
Passengers should check the schedules for their bus routes in advance
and plan accordingly. The partial holiday schedules are incorporated in
Metro’s online Trip
Planner, or you can get additional information by calling Metro’s
Customer Information Office at (206) 553-3000.
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