Sound Transit route 577 'Federal Way / Seattle'

577 Federal Way / Seattle

New Flyer XD60 - 51401 operating on route 577

Service Area

Federal Way, Downtown Seattle

Termini

Federal Way Transit Center
Downtown Seattle (Eastlake Avenue & Stewart Street / Fairview Avenue & Thomas Street)

Operations

Vehicles

Gillig BRT

MCI D4500

MCI D4500CL

MCI D4500CT

NFI XD60

NFI XDE60

Branches

577 Federal Way
577 Seattle

Route Diagram

577 Federal Way/Seattle is an express bus route operated by Sound Transit in the Puget Sound area of Washington State^[1].

Route Details

This north-south express bus route runs between Federal Way and Downtown Seattle. Weekday service runs during peak hours only, while weekend service runs all day.

The route follows the same routing as route 578 between Seattle and Federal Way, which allows for greater frequencies when both routes are operating, especially on weekends, where the two routes offer service roughly every 30 minutes.

Frequency

Branch	Weekdays						Saturday					Sunday
Branch	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
577 Northbound	15	8-10	N/A	120	N/A	N/A	60	60	60	60	N/A	60	60	60	60	N/A
577 Southbound	30	20-30	30	15	N/A	N/A	60	60	60	60	60	60	60	60	60	N/A

Route Stops

Towards Seattle

Federal Way Transit Center (Bay 7)
Seneca St & 5th Ave (Weekdays before 10 AM only)
4th Avenue & Pike Street
Olive Way & 6th Avenue
Howell Street & 9th Avenue
Howell Street & Yale Avenue
Eastlake Avenue E & Stewart Street

Towards Federal Way

Fairview Ave NE & Thomas St
Boren Ave & Virginia St
Stewart St & 9th Ave
Stewart St & 7th Ave
Stewart St & 3rd Ave
2nd Ave & Pike St
2nd Ave & Marion St
2nd Ave & James St
2nd Ave Ext S & S Jackson St
Federal Way Transit Center (Bay 2)

History

February 2006 - Route introduced with the opening of Federal Way Transit Center^[2].
June 2007 - Service expansion resulting in seven additional trips^[2]
February 2010 - Weekend service introduced^[2]