List of King County Metro facilities
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King County Metro is the public transit authority of King County, Washington, including the city of Seattle in the Puget Sound region. It operates a fleet of 1,396 buses, serving 115 million rides at over 8,000 bus stops in 2012, making it the eighth-largest transit agency in the United States.[1][2] The agency has eight bases spread throughout its 2,134-square-mile (5,530 km2) operating area[3][4] and has 131 park and rides for commuters.[2]
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| Name | Image | Location | Year opened | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Central Campus | Atlantic Base |  | 1555 Airport Way S, Seattle[5] | 1941[6] | Only base that serves electric trolley buses[6] |
| Atlantic Maintenance |  | 1555 Airport Way South, Seattle[7] | |||
| Central Base |  | 640 S Massachusetts St, Seattle[5] | 1941[6] | ||
| Central/Atlantic/Ryerson Operations[8] |  | 1270 6th Ave S, Seattle[7] | |||
| Communications Control Center |  | 1505 6th Ave S, Seattle[7] | 2007[9] | ||
| Marketing Distribution Center |  | 1523 6th Ave South, Seattle[7] | |||
| Power Distribution |  | 2255 4th Avenue South, Seattle[7] | |||
| Ryerson Base |  | 1220 4th Ave S, Seattle[5] | 1987[10] | Named for the Ryerson steel mill that formerly occupied the site.[11] | |
| Tire and Millwright Shop |  | 1555 Airport Way South, Seattle[7] | |||
| East Campus | Bellevue Base |  | 1790 124th Ave NE, Bellevue[5] | 1983[citation needed] | |
| East Base | .jpg) | 1975 124 Ave NE, Bellevue[5] | 1977[12] | ||
| South Campus | South Base |  | 12100 East Marginal Way S, Tukwila[5] | 1978[12] | More coaches here than any other base[8] (as of September 2003). |
| Tukwila Base | Tukwila | 2026 | Up to 120 battery electric buses[13] | ||
| Component Supply Center |  | 12200 East Marginal Way South, Tukwila[7] | |||
| Training and Safety Center |  | 3401 S Norfolk St, Seattle, WA 98118 | Operator training, new equipment qualifications, and retraining. | ||
| North Base |  | 2160 N 163rd St, Shoreline[5] | 1992[14][15] | Built mostly underground[14] | |
Atlantic, Central, and Ryerson Bases are located close together near Stadium Station in SODO and are known as the Central Campus.[8][16] East and Bellevue bases comprise the East Campus[8] and are located nearby each other in north Bellevue. The South and East transit facilities finished an ADA retrofit in 2001.[citation needed]
| Name | Image | Location | Year opened | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Central Maintenance |  | 640 South Massachusetts, Seattle[7] | ||
| Employee Parking Garage |  | 1505 6th Avenue South, Seattle[7] | ||
| Redmond Van Pool Center |  | 18655 NE Union Hill Road, Redmond[7] | 2002[17][verification needed] | Van Pool van storage[18] |
| South Facilities |  | 11911 East Marginal Way South, Tukwila[7] |
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