King County Metro Transit will operate on Sunday and reduced weekday schedules over the Thanksgiving holiday and during several holiday periods through January, including a full week of reduced service at the end of December.
On Thanksgiving Day (Thursday, Nov. 27), Metro will operate a Sunday schedule. On Friday, Nov. 28, Metro will operate reduced weekday service, which offers more service than on weekends but somewhat less service than on normal weekdays.
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.
Metro offices — including the Customer Information phone line and Lost and Found and Pass Sales counters — will close on both Thursday and Friday. The Customer Information Office at (206) 553-3000 will reopen on Saturday morning.
Sunday schedules will be in effect on the following holidays: Thursday, Nov. 27 (Thanksgiving), Dec. 25 (Christmas) and Jan. 1 (New Year’s Day).
The reduced weekday schedule, when UW is not in session, will be in effect on:
•Friday, Nov. 28 — day after Thanksgiving
•Dec. 24 – Christmas Eve
•Dec. 26, 29, 30 and 31 — winter holiday period, weekdays only
• Jan. 19, 2015 — Martin Luther King Jr. Day
On days with reduced weekday schedules, some commuter and school-oriented routes do not operate, and other routes have individual trips canceled. Also, Metro makes some adjustments to routes that serve the University of Washington. When the UW is not in session, there will be some bus trip reductions.
An overview of all Metro holiday service is online (metro.kingcounty.gov/alerts/holidays.html).
Also, the Vashon and West Seattle routes of the King County Water Taxi do not operate on Thursday, Nov. 27 (Thanksgiving) or Friday, Nov. 28, Dec. 25 (Christmas Day) or Jan. 1 (New Year’s Day.)