Sound Transit New Flyer hybrid bus 9620 in Seattle, operated by King County Metro |
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| Slogan | Ride the wave. |
| Parent | Sound Transit |
| Founded | 1996 |
| Headquarters | Seattle, Washington |
| Locale | Puget Sound region |
| Service area | King, Pierce, and Snohomish |
| Service type | Public Transit |
| Alliance | King County Metro Community Transit Pierce Transit Everett Transit |
| Routes | 25 |
| Destinations | 53 |
| Hubs | 8 |
| Fleet | 239 buses |
| Daily ridership | 33,351 (Q1 2009)[1] |
| Fuel type | Diesel CNG Diesel-electric hybrid |
| Operator | Buses under contract from King County Metro, Community Transit and Pierce Transit |
| Web site | ST Express |
Sound Transit Express (ST Express) is the bus network of Puget Sound transit agency Sound Transit. The agency, based in Seattle, Washington, provides inter-county bus service throughout 53 cities in three counties (King, Pierce, and Snohomish). While Sound Transit oversees, plans, and funds the service, operation and maintenance of the buses is contracted out to King County Metro, Pierce Transit, and Community Transit.
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ST Express uses a fare zone system, which comprises 3 regions:
The fares are as follows:
A valid youth ORCA card required for youth fares when paying with ORCA card. A valid Regional Reduced Fare Permit (RRFP) required for those over 65 or with a disability. New RRFP's are issued as ORCA cards.
Paper transfers are no longer accepted or given out on Sound Transit routes. Passengers can use an ORCA card to transfer between ST routes or other agencies and will receive an electronic transfer valid for two hours from initial payment.
Sound Transit oversees 24 ST Express bus routes, which are operated under contract by Community Transit (First Transit operates under contract with CT), King County Metro, and Pierce Transit. Prior to the creation of Sound Transit, the routes were part of these agencies' systems. When Sound Transit implements a new bus route, changes are frequently made to existing routes that serve the area to avoid overlapping.
The ST Express routes and operators are as follows[2] († are routes which operate seven days a week; the remaining routes operate Monday through Friday, mostly only during rush hour. Route 510 and route 578 operate Monday-Saturday only, while route 512 operates Sunday only):
Sound Transit owns a fleet of 250 buses operated by three different local transit agencies. Sound Transit buses are painted white with aqua, turquoise, and blue waves along the sides, representing the Puget Sound region ST Express serves, and feature a freely-adapted representation of the Sound Transit bus and train system map on the seating fabric.
Sometimes King County Metro, Community Transit and Pierce Transit use their buses on an ST Express route, and in turn ST Express buses are sometimes used on the local transit agencies' routes. This usually only happens when a bus breaks down and there's no other choice available at the garage.
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