Pierce Transit route 45 'Yakima'
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Service Area | Downtown Tacoma, South Tacoma, Parkland | |
Termini | 10th & Commerce Transit Center Parkland Transit Center | |
Vehicles | Gillig Low Floor HEV Gillig Low Floor CNG NFI C40LFR | |
Branches | 45 Parkland via Yakima Avenue 45 Downtown Tacoma | |
45 Yakima is a bus route operated by Pierce Transit in Pierce County, Washington State.
Route Details
This north-south bus route runs between Parkland Transit Center and 10th & Commerce Transit Center in Downtown Tacoma[1]. Weekday service runs from 5:15 AM to 9:30 PM, Saturday service from 9:15 AM to 5:45 PM and Sunday service from 9:15 AM to 5:45 PM.
Southbound trips depart 10th & Commerce Transit Center north on Commerce Street, west on S 9th Street, south on S Yakima Avenue becoming S Thompson Avenue becoming S Yakima Avenue, south on Park Avenue S becoming C Street S and east on 121st Street S to Parkland Transit Center.
Northbound trips depart Parkland Transit Center west on 120th Street S, north on C Street S becoming Park Avenue S, north on S Yakima Avenue becoming S Thompson Avenue becoming S Yakima Avenue, east on S 9th Street and south on Commerce Street to 10th & Commerce Transit Center.
Frequency
Branch | Weekdays | Saturday | Sunday | |||||||||||||
Early AM | AM Peak | Midday | PM Peak | Early PM | Late PM | Early AM | Morning | Afternoon | Early PM | Late PM | Early AM | Morning | Afternoon | Early PM | Late PM | |
45 Northbound |
30 | 30 | 30 | 30 | 60 | N/A | N/A | 60 | 60 | N/A | N/A | N/A | 60 | 60 | N/A | N/A |
45 Southbound |
30 | 30 | 30 | 30 | 60 | N/A | N/A | 60 | 60 | N/A | N/A | N/A | 60 | 60 | N/A | N/A |
Points of Interest
- 10th & Commerce Transit Center (Zone G - Southbound, Zone B - Northbound)
- Downtown Tacoma
- Tacoma Link Light Rail
- Tacoma Vocational Technical School
- St. Joseph Medical Center
- Lincoln Park
- Lincoln High School
- Lincoln International District
- South End
- Parkland
- Pacific Lutheran University
- Parkland Transit Center (Zone E)
History
- June 9, 2013 - Two weekday trips eliminated
- June 7, 2015 - Sunday service resumed
- March 12, 2017 - 30 new trips added, improving weekday midday service to every 30 minutes (from hourly) and extending weekday evening service to 10 PM
- March 19, 2023 - Sunday morning service improved to hourly (from every 2 hours)
References
- ↑ Route 45 Schedule, piercetransit.org, retrieved 05-31-2021