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City of Tukwila: Background Report for the Transportation Element of the Comprehensive Plan Update <br />Transportation Analysis and 2030 Improvement Recommendations <br />May 2012 <br />run northbound in the morning and southbound in the afternoon and two trains run southbound in the <br />morning and northbound in the afternoon. Amtrak inter-city service also serves Tukwila Station. Several <br />Sound Transit Express buses have stops close to Tukwila (such as at Sea-Tac airport), but not within the <br />city limits. <br />King County Metro <br />The Southcenter area of the City is served by King County Metro transit routes reaching West Seattl <br />Downtown Seattle, Burien, Kent, and Renton. The routes, neighborhood destinations, and headways are <br />Table 2 <br />shown in . Headways for all five lines remain the same throughout the day <br />exception of Route 155 operate every day of the week. Route 155 does not operate on Sundays. <br />TABLE 2 – SOUTHCENTER KING COUNTY METRO BUS ROUTES <br />Route Destinations Headway in Minutes <br />(6 AM – 6 PM) <br />128 Admiral District, West Seattle Junction, Delridge, South Seattle Community 30 <br />College, White Center Transfer Point, Highline Specialty Medical Center, Riverton <br />Heights, Tukwila International Blvd Station, and Southcenter <br />140* Burien Transit Center, Riverton Heights, Tukwila International Blvd Station, 15 <br />Southcenter, Tukwila Station, South Renton Park & Ride, and Renton Transit <br />Center <br />Downtown Seattle Transit Tunnel, Stadium Station, SoDo, SoDo Station, Tukwila <br />150 15 <br />Park & Ride, Southcenter, Kent Boeing, Regional Justice Center, and Kent Station <br />155 Fairwood, Cascade Vista, Valley Medical Center, and Southcen <br />156 Sea-Tac, McMicken Heights, Southcenter, and Tukwila Station 30 <br /> Source: King County Metro, 2010. <br /> Note: *Route 140 will be replaced with the RapidRide F Line in September 2013. <br />Table 3 <br />Additional routes serving Tukwila outside of Southcenter are summarized in . Several of these <br />routes have peak periods outside the typical 6-9 AM and 3-6 PM (for example, Route 124 is geared <br />toward early morning Boeing shifts). In addition, several routes run only in the peak direction. Headways <br />Table 3 <br />shown in are for each routeÓs peak direction during its peak period. Route 124 runs every day of <br />the week. All remaining routes run only on weekdays and Route 28 <br /> <br /> 13 <br /> <br /> <br />