Travel Times
The vehicles operates with an end-to-end travel time of 36 minutes over the 15.6-mile (25.1 km) route between Westlake and SeaTac/Airport. Travel times are as follows; all times measured in minutes.
| Westlake | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | University Street | |||||||||||
| 4 | 2 | Pioneer Square | ||||||||||
| 6 | 4 | 2 | International District/Chinatown | |||||||||
| 8 | 6 | 4 | 2 | Stadium | ||||||||
| 10 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 2 | SODO | |||||||
| 13 | 11 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 2 | Beacon Hill | ||||||
| 14 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 3 | Mount Baker | |||||
| 17 | 15 | 13 | 11 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 3 | Columbia City | ||||
| 22 | 19 | 18 | 16 | 14 | 12 | 9 | 8 | 5 | Othello | |||
| 25 | 23 | 21 | 19 | 17 | 16 | 13 | 11 | 8 | 4 | Rainier Beach | ||
| 34 | 32 | 30 | 28 | 26 | 24 | 21 | 20 | 17 | 12 | 9 | Tukwila International Blvd | |
| 36 | 34 | 32 | 30 | 28 | 27 | 24 | 22 | 19 | 15 | 11 | 2 | SeaTac/Airport |
The 36-minute travel time from Westlake Station to SeaTac/Airport Station was similar to the 32-minute scheduled travel time of the now cancelled King County Metro Route 194 bus from Convention Place Station to the airport. Wait times are shorter and access is better, as light rail runs more frequently and during more hours of the day than Route 194 did, and serves more stops between downtown and the airport. Since light rail operates on its own right of way, it is not subject to delays due to traffic congestion. King County Metro discontinued route 194 on February 6, 2010. Riders who boarded Route 194 at the Kent/Des Moines or Star Lake (272nd) freeway stations and are destined north of the airport now have to board ST Route 574 and transfer to light rail at SeaTac/Airport Station. Expanded service on Sound Transit routes 577 and 578 now provide a direct connection between the Federal Way Transit Center and Downtown Seattle. Unlike the former route 194, routes 577 and 578 do not serve the Federal Way Park & Ride, but shorten the trip between Downtown and Federal Way by 26 minutes.
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