Seattle Metropolitan Area Public Transit (Not Including Local Buses) by xzerubei
created at 2024-12-30T04:04:46.399Z
updated at 2025-08-25T04:39:06.526Z
!! If you want to branch please ask me first !!
This map is to include all public transport in the Seattle Area, besides local buses (I'm working on that in another map)
Other versions of this
| The same map, but it's in 2045: https://metrodreamin.com/edit/aWR3dnE0V1dPOFA2b3c0d3lHbHczUm9ud1FGM3w2
| That map, but with Local Buses (WIP): https://metrodreamin.com/edit/aWR3dnE0V1dPOFA2b3c0d3lHbHczUm9ud1FGM3w1
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Timeline of everything
June 1929 - The Empire Builder Begins Service
June 1951 - Washington State Ferries Begins Operations
March 1962 - The Seattle Center Monorail Opens
May 1971 - AMTRAK Cascades & Coast Starlight Begins Service
January 1973 - King County Metro subsumes the Seattle Transit System, Beginning Operations
July 1973 - The SEA Underground Opens
September 1973 - Metro takes on the role of the bankrupt metropolitan transit corporation
October 1976 - Community Transit begins operations
January 1980 - Pierce Transit Begins Operations
January 1983 - Kitsap Transit Took over the Bremerton Municipal Transit System, beginning operations
September 1993 - Sound Transit Is formed
November 1996 - Sound Move is approved by voters (1, T, & N/S Lines)
1997 - King County Water Taxi Begins Operations
September 2000 - The S Line opens from Seattle to Tacoma
February 2001 - Kent and Puyallup Stations are added as infill stations to the S Line
March 2001 - Tukwila Station is opened as an infill station to the S Line
August 2003 - The T Line opens from Tacoma Dome to Theater District/South 9th St
December 2003 - The N Line Opens from Seattle to Everett
December 2007 - The South Lake Union Streetcar Opens
May 2008 - Mukilteo station is added as an infill station to the N Line
November 2008 - Sound Transit 2 is approved by Voters (1, T, & S Line Extensions; 2 Line)
July 2009 - The 1 Line Opens from Tukwila International Boulevard to Westlake
November 2009 - The Swift Blue Line Opens
December 2009 - The 1 Line is extended to SeaTac
October 2010 - The RapidRide A Line Opens
October 2011 - The RapidRide B Line Opens
September 2012 - the RapidRide C & D Lines Open
October 2012 - The S Line is extended to Lakewood
February 2014 - The RapidRide E Line Opens
June 2014 - The RapidRide F Line Opens
January 2016 - The First Hill Streetcar Opens
March 2016 - The 1 Line is extended to U District
September 2016 - The 1 Line is extended to Angle Lake
November 2016 - Sound Transit 3 is Approved by Voters (3, 4 Line; 1, 2, 3, T, S Line Extensions; Stride S1, S2, S3)
July 2017 - Kitsap Fast Ferries Begins Operations
March 2019 - The Swift Green Line Opens
October 2021 - The 1 Line is Extended to Northgate
March 2023 - The RapidRide H Line Opens
September 2023 - The Hilltop Extension extends The T Line to St. Joseph
March 2024 - The Swift Orange Line Opens
April 2024 - The 2 Line Opens from Redmond Technology to South Bellevue, and the Stream Community Line Opens
August 2024 - The 1 Line is extended to Lynnwood
September 2024 - The RapidRide G Line Opens
May 2025 - The 2 Line is extended to Downtown Redmond
Late 2025 - The 2 Line is extended to Seattle
2026 - The 1 Line is extended to Federal Way & The Culture Connector Line Opens
2027 - The RapidRide I & J Lines Open
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Sources
| King County Metro's Trip Planner: https://tripplanner.kingcounty.gov/#/app/tripplanning
| King County's Metro's page on RapidRide: https://kingcounty.gov/en/dept/metro/travel-options/bus/rapidride
| The Urbanist, a nonprofit organization reporting on public transportation in the Puget Sound Area: theurbanist.org
| Sound Transit's System Expansion Page: https://www.soundtransit.org/system-expansion
| Kitsap Transit's Ferry Services: https://www.kitsaptransit.com/service/category/ferries
| Pierce Transit and info on Stream BRT: https://piercetransit.org/ , https://piercetransit.org/routes/stream-community-line-tacoma-spanaway/ , https://piercetransit.org/wp- content/uploads/2024/03/SESS-Fact-Sheet-021622.pdf
| Community Transit's info on Swift BRT: https://www.communitytransit.org/swift/swift-bus-network
| Colors: https://www.soundtransit.org/sites/default/files/documents/sound-transit-brand-colors.pdf
| Some Wikipedia Articles: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RapidRide , https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seattle_Streetcar , https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sounder_commuter_rail ,
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Link_light_rail , https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pierce_Transit , https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:KCMT_color
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Map type: local | Total track length: 446 miles | Center coordinate: 47.5625, -122.3067 |
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