Lakewood Station finally gets a reverse-peak commuter trip from Seattle … on Black Friday only.
Photo from Sound Transit on flickr
Many transit agencies close down for Thanksgiving, and a few reduce service the day after.
Sound Transit is continuing its tradition of providing at least some Sounder service the day after, with two morning runs from and one morning run to Lakewood, a morning run from Everett, and the reverse in the evening. That unusual reverse-peak trip to Lakewood results in the second morning run from Lakewood arriving after Macy’s Holiday Parade is over. Those who want to take the occasion to ride all the way from Everett to Lakewood are scheduled to miss the connection by 4 minutes in the morning and 23 minutes in the evening. Sorry.
UW routes are running their full schedule through Wednesday, as the University of Washington is in session.
| Agency/Service | Thanksgiving | Day After | Saturday | Sunday |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bikeshare (Seattle) | any time | any time | any time | any time |
| Clallam Transit | No Service | Weekday | Saturday | No Service |
| Community Transit | Sunday | Weekday Local Commuter: 402, 413, 421, 855 Only |
Saturday | Sunday |
| Everett Transit | Sunday | Sunday | Saturday | Sunday |
| Grays Harbor Transit | No Service | Friday | Saturday | No Service |
| Island Transit | No Service | Weekday | No Service | No Service |
| Intercity Transit | No Service | Weekday | Saturday | Sunday |
| Jefferson Transit | No Service | Weekday | Saturday | No Service |
| King County Metro | Sunday | Reduced Weekday/UW | Saturday | Sunday |
| King County Water Taxis | No Service | No Service | Saturday | Sunday |
| Kitsap Transit | No Service | Weekday | Saturday | No Service |
| Mason Transit | No Service | Saturday | Saturday | No Service |
| Monorail | No Service | 7:30 am-11 pm | 8:30 am-11 pm | 8:30 am-11 pm |
| Pierce Transit | Sunday | Weekday | Saturday | Sunday |
| Seattle Streetcars | First Hill Sunday No SLU |
Friday | Saturday | Sunday |
| Skagit Transit | No Service | Friday | Saturday | Sunday |
| Sound Transit | Sunday (no Sounder) |
Weekday (ST Express) Saturday (Link Light Rail) Weekday (Tacoma Link) Sounder Limited Runs |
Saturday | Sunday |
| Twin Transit | No Service | Weekday | Saturday | Sunday |
| UW Night Ride | No Service | No Service | No Service | No Service |
| Washington State Ferries | Check Route | Friday | Saturday | Sunday |
| Whatcom Transit | No Service | Weekday | Saturday | Sunday |
It seems kind of silly to put bikeshare on the list since it’s not at all directly affected by different days.
I think that’s the point?
If Brent was was feeling snarky, he could put “walking” and “driving” up there too.
For measure, how about the SeaTac train to the N/S gates? It’s the only public transportation not included in the list.
Thurston County Rural and Tribal Transit (Tenino to Centralia to the Nisqually reservation and the Chehalis reservation) isn’t on the list.
http://www.trpc.org/325/Rural-Tribal-Transportation
Not really public since it’s past security.
Those trains are no more public than the airlines on which you have to buy tickets in order to be allowed onto those trains.
I always look forward to the day after Thanksgiving, if only to take Sounder to Lakewood AND back. And this year the schedule is an hour earlier, which allows for more daylight viewing.
One of these days I’m going to go to Lakewood just to watch JBLM flight ops… ;-).
Be real damn tragic if this #ST3exit thing got outta hand down there.
Seattle Streetcar, Washington State Ferries and a few others are listed at having Friday service on Friday. Put other transit agencies show it as Weekday service. Was the difference in nomenclature intentional? Is there special “Black Friday Service” on some transit agencies, or is it regular weekday service?
In the case of the ferries, IIRC some routes on Friday nights have extra late night runs that they don’t have Monday through Thursday.
I think there is method to it.
WSF has unique schedules on most of their runs for Friday, Saturday, and Sunday. They use the Saturday schedule for holidays on some routes.
The streetcar has different operating hours on Friday compared to other weekdays.
It has to do with later night traffic on Fridays. It’s basically just a weekday, but with a few extra runs later.
Some agencies don’t have that particular consideration for the special late night start of weekend crowd.
While most Skagit Transit routes run Monday-Friday, Monday-Saturday, or seven days a week, a couple (185 and 195) only run Monday/Wednesday/Friday. Some have extra weekend runs.
Grays Harbor route 57 only runs Tuesday and Thursday. Route 90 only runs Monday and Friday.