King County Metro Transit buses will operate on Sunday and reduced weekday schedules during the holidays, including the final week of the year.
Sunday schedules will be in effect on the following holidays:
Christmas (Thursday, Dec. 25) and New Year’s Day (Thursday, Jan. 1).
The reduced weekday schedule and no UW will be in effect on:
•Christmas Eve (Wednesday, Dec. 24);
•Dec. 26, 29, 30, 31 — Winter holiday period, weekdays only
•Martin Luther King Jr. Day (Jan. 19).
Reduced weekday service offers more service than on weekends but somewhat less service than on normal weekdays. Some commuter and school-oriented routes do not operate, and other routes have individual trips canceled. Also, some trips and routes serving the University of Washington are canceled when the university is not in session.
Metro offices — including the Customer Information phone line, and Lost and Found and Pass Sales counter — will close on holidays. Otherwise, the Customer Information Office can be reached at (206) 553-3000.
Using a limited schedule over holiday periods from November through January is estimated to save Metro about $1 million each year. These are planned reductions for holiday periods when Metro has historically seen a reduction in the number of weekday riders — estimated to be 15 percent or more systemwide. Details are posted on Metro’s holiday and reduced service page: metro.kingcounty.gov/alerts/holidays.html.