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Posted by Nabinut on Thu Jun 24 21:09:03 2010 King County Metro is the major transit provider for all of Seattle, Washington and several suburban areas of King County. With 223 routes spread across the service area, the majority under the hub and spoke pattern with many routes ending or beginning in Downtown Seattle and the Downtown Seattle Transit Tunnel where it shares service with Sound Transit.Seattle is also one of a handful of cities that employ ride-free zones in Downtown to promote usage and encourage shopping and other events. The method involves passenger who board inside the zone and who exit after the zone to pay while exiting. The reverse is true for passengers traveling into Downtown Seattle from outlying areas. KC Metro operates the largest all bus fleet in the country with a mixture of Diesel, Trackless Trolley & Diesel Electric units. The majority of the fleet are articulated buses from New Flyer in almost every conceivable version except LFRs. Gillig Phantoms made up most of the 40 foot vehicles with a batch of New Flyer D40LFs and soon to be in service Orion VII Hybrids balancing out the fleet. Also in the fleet are 159 Trackless Trolleys, 100 of which were built on Gillig Phantom shells with the last 59 salvaged Breda dual mode artics changed over to all electric. These buses operate on Monday-Friday only along thirteen lines with weekend service replaced by Diesel buses. Gillig Phantom #3213, one of 395 purchased by King County Metro between 1996 & 1999 sits in Downtown Seattle on Route 70, one of several that serve the University District:  Route 36 during the week is covered by Trackless Trolleys. On this day, Diesel #3424 is operating along 3rd Avenue: King County Metro has several hundred New Flyer Diesel Electric Artics. Many of them operate in the Downtown Transit Tunnel. #6832 is collecting passengers at the Pioneer Square Station: One of the major transit hubs in Seattle outside of Downtown is the Northgate Transit Center, which serves the nearby Northgate Mall. Here is #3289 with J.C Penney’s in the shadow: KC Metro operates several different sizes of buses including 30 footers. Here is #1151, one of 95 Gillig Phantoms on Route 345: The next biggest series are a batch of 35 footers, only 15 in size and slowly being retired. Here is #3198 sans driver outside Northgate: In 2003, King County Metro purchased their first low floor buses from New Flyer. The 3600 series are used on several routes including Route 28, which has #3677 assigned to it this day: Between 1998 & 2000, KC Metro took delivery of 274 New Flyer D60HF Galaxy artics in to replace artics from MAN. Here is #2344 on the heavy Route 124: In 2004, KC Metro became the largest operator of Diesel Electric artics in the United States with the purchased of 235 units from New Flyer of which 213 were retained. Here is #2605 operating on Route 358, which usually sees older D60HFs on weekdays: Videos: Gillig Phantom #3517: Cummins ISM/Allison B400R: New Flyer DE60LF #2764: Caterpillar C9/Allison EP50 Hybrid Drive New Flyer D40LF #3622: Cummins ISL/Voith D864.3 New Flyer D60HF “Galaxy”: Cummins ISM/Allison B500R Music Video of Seattle & other transit systems: |
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Posted by TMC RTS 06 on Fri Jun 25 02:07:21 2010, in response to Photos & Videos: King County Metro of Seattle, posted by Nabinut on Thu Jun 24 21:09:03 2010. You caught 2333...NICE. Those D60s are some of the best riding New Flyers ever, IMO. 2323 is another wonderful specimen. |
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Posted by Nabinut on Fri Jun 25 07:14:51 2010, in response to Re: Photos & Videos: King County Metro of Seattle, posted by TMC RTS 06 on Fri Jun 25 02:07:21 2010. I almost missed my flight trying to get a ride on a D60HF. I waited nearly 30 minutes on 3rd Avenue before 2333 came up... |
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Posted by TMC RTS 06 on Fri Jun 25 13:34:50 2010, in response to Re: Photos & Videos: King County Metro of Seattle, posted by Nabinut on Fri Jun 25 07:14:51 2010. Really?Then that must mean the retirement of those buses is in full swing. They were planned to go starting in 2010 and should be gone from the fleet come 2012. I was last there in April and couldn't throw a rock without hitting one. Was going to just take LINK to the airport but 2323 pulled up on the 36 route and, on a whim, I decided to ride. I should post that video. |
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Posted by RiverLINE3501 on Fri Jun 25 22:36:02 2010, in response to Photos & Videos: King County Metro of Seattle, posted by Nabinut on Thu Jun 24 21:09:03 2010. Damn! Do all of Seattle buses have those "Suburban/Express" seats in their buses? |
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Posted by Nabinut on Sat Jun 26 06:47:14 2010, in response to Re: Photos & Videos: King County Metro of Seattle, posted by RiverLINE3501 on Fri Jun 25 22:36:02 2010. Yup. Since technically certain lines run "Express" from Downtown Seattle to other points in the city.Fun fact. KC Metro D40LFs only seat 36... |
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Posted by The I MAN on Sat Jun 26 09:08:34 2010, in response to Photos & Videos: King County Metro of Seattle, posted by Nabinut on Thu Jun 24 21:09:03 2010. Great video. On what routes do the Electric Trolleybuses run? |
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Posted by Nabinut on Sat Jun 26 13:19:55 2010, in response to Re: Photos & Videos: King County Metro of Seattle, posted by The I MAN on Sat Jun 26 09:08:34 2010. Routes:1,2,3,4,7,10,12,13,14,36,43,44,49 & 70 I don't know which lines operate the Breda Artics though |
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Posted by TMC RTS 06 on Sat Jun 26 20:08:58 2010, in response to Re: Photos & Videos: King County Metro of Seattle, posted by Nabinut on Sat Jun 26 13:19:55 2010. The Bredas usually operate the 7, 43 and 49 pretty much exclusively |
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Posted by busdude on Sat Jun 26 23:42:23 2010, in response to Re: Photos & Videos: King County Metro of Seattle, posted by TMC RTS 06 on Sat Jun 26 20:08:58 2010. 44 runs them as well as many trips on the 43/44 are interlined.Metro has ran a large fleet of articulated coaches for many years, not just since 2004. Prior to the 1998 delivery of the D60s, Metro had 270 or so MAN SG 220 and 310 coaches in the 1400 and 2000 series, one of which #1455 has been preserved. They were replaced by 273 D60s, of which 2 have been perminatly retired due to fire. in 1990 Metro bought 235 Breda Duobuses for use in the tunnel, those coaches were replaced in 2004 with an eaqual number of DE60LFs. At that time some standard D60LFs were purchased as expansion, plus some DE60LFs were freed up by Sound Transit purchasing their own fleet of DE60LFs. Around 50 more DE60LFs were added within the past 2 years as expansion, plus around 25 DE60As added. It's my understanding that the D60s are being displaced from service when the new DE60As come online, as there will be added transit service as mitigation for some major highway projects in the region. Of course with the threat of service cutbacks this all could change... |
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Posted by The I MAN on Sun Jun 27 12:23:15 2010, in response to Re: Photos & Videos: King County Metro of Seattle, posted by Nabinut on Sat Jun 26 13:19:55 2010. I thought that they were being taken out of service en masse. |
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Posted by The I MAN on Sun Jun 27 12:24:47 2010, in response to Re: Photos & Videos: King County Metro of Seattle, posted by Nabinut on Sat Jun 26 13:19:55 2010. That would make Seattle the largest Trackless Trolley operator in the US. |
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Posted by PHXTUSbusfan on Sun Jun 27 12:55:17 2010, in response to Re: Photos & Videos: King County Metro of Seattle, posted by The I MAN on Sun Jun 27 12:24:47 2010. San Francisco's MUNI is the largest Trackless Trolley operator in the US.MUNI operates 240 ETI Skoda 14Tr-SF buses, 60 New Flyer E60s, and 33 ETI Skoda 15Tr-SFs for a grand total of 333 Trolleybuses. Also, unlike Seattle, San Francisco operates its Trolleybuses 7 days a week. |
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