From upass@u.washington.edu Mon Apr 5 13:14:19 2004 Received: from mxu6.u.washington.edu (mxu6.u.washington.edu [140.142.33.12]) by lists.u.washington.edu (8.12.11+UW04.02/8.12.11+UW04.03) with ESMTP id i35KEJoN025836 for ; Mon, 5 Apr 2004 13:14:19 -0700 Received: from mxout3.cac.washington.edu (mxout3.cac.washington.edu [140.142.32.166]) by mxu6.u.washington.edu (8.12.11+UW04.02/8.12.11+UW04.03) with ESMTP id i35KE7Lh010572; Mon, 5 Apr 2004 13:14:11 -0700 Received: from homer01.u.washington.edu (homer01.u.washington.edu [140.142.15.35]) by mxout3.cac.washington.edu (8.12.11+UW04.02/8.12.11+UW04.03) with ESMTP id i35KE6g0031625; Mon, 5 Apr 2004 13:14:06 -0700 Received: from localhost (upass@localhost) by homer01.u.washington.edu (8.12.11+UW04.02/8.12.11+UW04.03) with ESMTP id i35KE5Ek052804; Mon, 5 Apr 2004 13:14:05 -0700 Date: Mon, 5 Apr 2004 13:14:05 -0700 (PDT) From: Transportation Office To: uwcommute@u.washington.edu Subject: Changes in Sounder Commuter Train Runs Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII X-Uwash-Spam: Gauge=IIIIIIII, Probability=8%, Report='FOR_FREE 0.001, __HAS_MSGID 0, __SANE_MSGID 0, __MIME_VERSION 0, __CT_TEXT_PLAIN 0, __CT 0, __TO_MALFORMED_2 0, __MIME_TEXT_ONLY 0' UW employees and students that have a U-PASS may ride the Sounder Train for FREE. To get to the Seattle campus deboard at the King Street Station and walk to the International Tunnel then take a 71, 72 or 73 express bus to the UW approximately a 15 minute bus trip. Beginning June 7, the Sounder train will depart each morning from Everett at 6:40 a.m., 15 minutes earlier than the current time. It will arrive in Edmonds at 7:06 a.m. and in Seattle at 7:39 a.m. The afternoon Sounder train back to Everett will depart at 5:13 p.m., two minutes earlier than before. Ridership should pick up with the change in schedule, when more than one train runs, and as more people become aware of the service, he said. A second train could be added next year, and the maximum of four trains allowed by Burlington Northern could be running by 2007. The Tacoma service, which has had generally good ridership, will also see some schedule changes. The first Tacoma-to-Seattle Sounder train will depart the Tacoma Dome station at 5:45 a.m., 30 minutes earlier than it does now. The second train will depart 10 minutes earlier at 6:20 a.m. The schedule for the third train, which departs at 6:45 a.m., is unchanged. In the evening, the first train will depart Seattle at 4:45 p.m., 10 minutes earlier than now. The schedule for the second train, which departs at 5:10 p.m., will be unchanged. The third train will leave at 5:40 p.m., five minutes later than before. The journey between Seattle's King Street Station and Tacoma's Tacoma Dome station takes one hour. Trains stop at Puyallup, Sumner, Auburn, Kent and Tukwila on the way. ****************************************************************************** University of Washington Transportation Office Box 355212 1127 N.E. Boat Street Seattle, WA 98105-6709 (206) 543-0450 www.washington.edu/upass/ ****************************************************************************** .