View source for King County Metro route 219 'Redmond / Issaquah Highlands P&R / Downtown Seattle'

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|'''Service Area'''
|Redmond, Sammamish, Issaquah, Downtown Seattle
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|'''Termini'''
|Downtown Seattle <small>(8th Avenue & Olive Way / Stewart Street & Yale Avenue N)</small><br>Redmond <small>(NE Redmond Way & 185th Avenue NE)</small>
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|'''Operations'''
|[[King County Metro East Base|East Base]]
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|'''Branches'''
|219 Redmond<br>219 Downtown Seattle
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'''219 Redmond / Issaquah Highlands Park & Ride / Downtown Seattle''' is a [[List of King County Metro Bus Routes|bus route]] operated by [[King County Metro]] in Seattle, Washington State.

==Route Details==
This east-west bus route runs between Redmond and Downtown Seattle via Sammamish and northern Issaquah. Service runs during weekday peak hours only, with trips running to Seattle in the morning and to Redmond in the afternoon<ref name=A1>[https://kingcounty.gov/depts/transportation/metro/schedules-maps/hastop/216-218.aspx#weekday-b Route 216-218 Schedule], kingcounty.gov, retrieved 2-15-2022</ref>.

Eastbound trips depart Stewart Street & Yale Avenue N west on Stewart Street, south on 2nd Avenue, south on 4th Avenue S, east on I-90, and north on Highlands Drive NE to Issaquah Highlands Park & Ride. The route then heads north on Highlands Drive NE, north on Issaquah Pine Lake Road SE and west on SE 30th Street to South Sammamish Park & Ride. The route then heads east on SE 30th Street, north on 228th Avenue SE, north on Sahalee Road NE and west on Redmond - Fall City Road NE to 185th Avenue NE.

Westbound trips depart NE Redmond Way & 185th Avenue NE east on Redmond - Fall City Road NE, south on Sahalee Road NE, south on 228th Avenue SE and west on SE 30th Street to South Sammamish Park & Ride. The route then heads east on SE 30th Street, south on Issaquah Pine Lake Road SE, south on Highlands Drive NE and south on 9th Avenue NE to Issaquah Highlands Park & Ride. The route then heads south on 9th Avenue NE, south on Highlands Drive NE, west on I-90, north on 4th Avenue S and north on Olive Way to 8th Avenue.

===Frequency===
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|'''AM Peak'''
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|'''219'''<br><small>Eastbound</small>
|N/A
|7-30
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|'''219'''<br><small>Westbound</small>
|15-30
|N/A
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===Points of Interest===
* Downtown Seattle
* Pioneer Square
* [[Sound Transit Pioneer Square Station|Pioneer Square Station]]
* [[Sound Transit University Street Station|University Street Station]]
* Seattle Public Library - Central Branch
* Seattle Art Museum
* Westlake Center
* [[Sound Transit Westlake Station|Westlake Station]]
* Seattle Center Monorail
* International District / Chinatown Station
* King Street Station
* Swedish Medical Center Issaquah
* [[King County Metro Issaquah Highlands Park & Ride|Issaquah Highlands Park & Ride]]
* South Sammamish Park & Ride
* Pine Lake
* Sammamish
* Skyline High School
* Eastlake High School
* Evans Creek Preserve

==History==
* September 2017 - All trips revised to use regular I-90 lanes, westbound trips revised to use 4th Avenue instead of 5th Avenue in Seattle, eastbound trips revised to use Stewart Street instead of Pine Street
* September 2018 - All trips revised to use 4th Avenue instead of 5th Avenue and bypass Rainier Freeway Station
* Spring 2020 - service suspended due to COVID-19 pandemic

==References==
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{{King County Metro}}
[[Category:King County Metro|219]]