King County Metro route 15 'Blue Ridge / Crown Hill / Downtown Seattle'
Service Suspended This bus route is currently suspended due to a bus operator shortage. |
15X Blue Ridge / Downtown Seattle
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Service area | Blue Ridge, Crown Hill, Ballard, Downtown Seattle | |||||||||
Termini | Downtown Seattle (4th Avenue S & S Jackson Street / 3rd Avenue S & S Main Street) Blue Ridge (14th Avenue NW & NW 105th Street) | |||||||||
Operations | Central Base | |||||||||
Vehicles | NFI XDE60 Orion VII | |||||||||
Branches | 15X Blue Ridge 15X Downtown Seattle | |||||||||
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15X Blue Ridge / Downtown Seattle is a bus route operated by King County Metro in Seattle, Washington State.
Route Details
This north-south express bus route runs between Blue Ridge and Downtown Seattle. Service runs during weekday peak hours only, with 6 trips running south to downtown in the morning and 6 trips running north to Blue Ridge in the afternoon[1].
Northbound trips depart 4th Avenue S & S Jackson Street north on 4th Avenue S, north on Prefontaine Pl S, north on 3rd Avenue, west on Denny Way, west on Western Avenue W becoming Elliott Avenue W, north on 15th Avenue W, east on NW 100th Street and north on 14th Avenue NW to NW 105th Street.
Southbound trips depart NW 105th Street & 14th Avenue NW east on NW 105th Street, south on 13th Avenue NW, west on NW 103rd Street, south on 14th Avenue NW, west on NW 100th Street, south on 15th Avenue NW, east on Elliott Avenue W becoming Western Avenue W, east on Denny Way and south on 3rd Avenue to S Main Street.
Frequency
Branch | Weekdays | |
AM Peak | PM Peak | |
15X Southbound |
20 | N/A |
15X Northbound |
N/A | 20 |
Points of Interest
- Downtown Seattle
- Seattle 3rd Avenue
- Pioneer Square
- Pioneer Square Station
- University Street Station
- Seattle Public Library - Central Branch
- Seattle Art Museum
- Westlake Center
- Westlake Station
- Seattle Center Monorail
- Belltown
- Seattle Center
- Uptown
- Interbay
- South Ballard
- Ballard
- Crown Hill
- Blue Ridge
History
- March 2020 - October 2, 2021 - Route suspended due to COVID-19 pandemic
- March 2022 - Northbound routing revised to use Denny Way instead of Broad Street
- September 2, 2023 - Route suspended due to driver shortage
References
- ↑ Route 15/17/18 Schedule, kingcounty.gov, retrieved 10-15-2021