Take transit to the Seahawks’ victory parade

Seahawks fans stream out of Sounder cars during special game-day service. (Sound Transit)

On Sunday, the Seattle Seahawks won the Super Bowl by defeating the New England Patriots 29-13. To celebrate their victory, there will be a parade this Wednesday, February 11, with official celebrations starting at Lumen field at 10am. Regular transit riders should plan ahead as many bus routes will be rerouted to avoid the parade. Parade-goers are strongly encouraged to leave the car at home, pull out their ORCA cards, and catch a bus, train, or ferry into Downtown to avoid the gridlock and exorbitant parking fees.

Seahawks victory parade route down 4th Avenue, starting at Washington Street and ending at Cedar Street. (Seahawks)

A trophy celebration will begin at 10am at Lumen Field and the ensuing parade is scheduled to begin at 11am, starting near King Street Station at the intersection of Washington Street and 4th Ave, proceeding north to 4th and Cedar. Transit agencies are expecting hundreds of thousands of attendees and are coordinating to provide extra service to get attendees to and from the event. Here's how you can take transit to join the party:

Sound Transit

Link, Sounder, and STExpress service will be boosted.

Link 1 Line trains will run every six minutes from 5 a.m. until 6 p.m.

Four morning Sounder trains will be added to existing service:

• Event Train 1600 departs Tacoma Dome Station at 8:50 a.m., arrives at King Street at 9:52 a.m.
• Event Train 1602 departs Lakewood Station at 8:51 a.m., arrives at King Street at 10:07 a.m.
• Event Train 1604 departs Lakewood Station at 9:16 a.m., arrives at King Street at 10:37 a.m.
  • Train 1518, scheduled to depart Lakewood at 10:11, will be canceled to support Event Train 1604.
• Event Train 1801 departs Everett Station at 8:45, arrives at King Street at 9:45 a.m.

Afternoon/evening Sounder trains will operate normal schedules.

Additional Sound Transit Express buses will serve Eastside park-and-rides into downtown Seattle.

For more information, see: https://www.soundtransit.org/blog/platform/celebrate-seahawks-big-win-how-to-ride-transit-to-victory-parade

King County Metro

There will be major changes to bus service to Seattle and throughout downtown starting at 5 a.m. Many downtown buses will be rerouted; check adjustments for your route on Metro'sService Advisories web pagecloser to the event.

To keep service moving, these key changes are planned:

• North-South Bus Routes:will drop passengers at hubs outside of Downtown, where they can ride special north-south shuttles. Riders are encouraged to use Link 1 Line trains in the transit tunnel to travel through the downtown core.Metro will share more details and post a map of the shuttle route as soon as possible".
• East-West Bus Routes will be unable to cross the Fourth Avenue parade route and will be rerouted.

Map of shuttle routes (Metro)King County Water Taxi

Additional Water Taxi sailings are planned on Wednesday to accommodate fans coming from Vashon and West Seattle, with a third vessel available if needed.

Seattle Streetcar

The last stop of theFirst Hill Streetcarwill be at Fifth Avenue and South Jackson Street, not at Occidental Avenue.

SDOT has several tips and tricks for getting around.

Pierce Transit

Pierce Transit is providing special event bus service from the 512 Park & Ride and Tacoma Dome Station (TDS) to Federal Way Downtown Station.

This special event service will begin at 6 a.m. at the 512 Park & Ride (Zone I) and will also pick up passengers at Tacoma Dome Station (Zone F) before heading to Federal Way. Service will run approximately every 15 minutes until 9 a.m.

Community Transit

Routes 424, 510, and 515 will be rerouted and drop passengers outside of Downtown Seattle. CT strongly recommends fans take a bus to their nearest Link 1 Line station or Sounder N Line station to get to the parade.

Kitsap Transit

Additional Fast Ferry service will be running all day.

Bremerton-Seattle: All three ferry vessels on this route will be running to offer additional fast-ferry trips. The third boat will operate one-way trips only to Seattle in the morning and one-way trips only to Bremerton in the afternoon. In the event of any mechanical issues with any of the vessels, Kitsap Transit will prioritize maintaining its regular two-boat schedule.

Kingston-Seattle: Normal schedule but with additional crew to open up the upper-level deck and allow up to 349 passengers per trip.

Southworth-Seattle: Normal schedule but served by a 250-passenger vessel.

Seattle Transit Blog will update this post as additional details are released.