Bus routes could terminate at Northgate as soon as 2021
EVERETT — Snohomish County commuters could start riding light rail years before the Lynnwood Link extension opens in 2024.
A new proposal by Community Transit and Sound Transit would reroute some buses to Northgate Station starting in 2021, when the extension to north Seattle is set to open. There passengers would transfer to light rail for a reliable six-minute ride to the U District Station, according to Martin Munguia, a spokesperson for Community Transit.
Giving up a one-seat bus ride and transferring to light rail would likely be faster during peak times, Munguia said. But it also would give passengers a more reliable trip by getting them out of the fickle traffic that plagues I-5.
Potential changes include terminating all Sound Transit express routes that run along I-5 into Seattle — buses 510, 511, 512, 513 — at Northgate, along with Community Transit routes 810, 821, 855, 860, 871 and 880, which currently run to the University of Washington campus.
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