Metro Weekend Update – December 29 – January 1, 2024

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Weekend Service Impacts

• Route 4 will be rerouted off of 5th Avenue N near the Seattle Center on Sunday, December 31 starting at 9 p.m. during New Year’s at the Needle event;

• Route 21 will be affected in both directions during the NHL Winter Classic; stops on portions of 1st Avenue S will not be served on Monday, January 1; use alternate stops on 4th Avenue S instead;

More details on the Service Advisory page.

Service Reminders

• Take transit to all your holiday, sporting and community events in Seattle. Metro and Link light rail serves riders heading to T-Mobile Park, Husky Stadium, Lumen Field and Climate Pledge Arena;
  • Seattle Kraken host the Philadelphia Flyers at 7 p.m. on Friday at Climate Pledge Arena;
  • The Seahawks will play the Pittsburgh Steelers on Sunday, December 31st at 1:05 p.m. at Lumen Field;

• • T-Mobile Park will host the NHL Winter Classic of the Kraken vs Las Vegas Golden Knights at 12 p.m.;
    • Click here for a larger version of the map;

• Water Taxi will continue a year-round midday and weekend sailing schedule; 
  • West Seattle and Vashon Water Taxi will not run on New Year’s day. Check out our holiday sailing schedules;
• Seattle Center Monorail will be open late from 8:30 a.m. to 1 a.m. for New Year’s Eve on Sunday and will open late from 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. this weekend. The Monorail will depart approximately every 10 minutes;

• Riders can use Text for Departures by texting their stop number to 62550 to get next departure times;
• Remember, it’s free and easy to sign up for email or text alerts about King County Metro service. Alerts can be tailored to your favorite route(s).

For the complete Metro Weekend Update alert click here.

As always, “It’s a great day to ride Metro” to get to events and activities where there is often traffic congestion and limited parking.