Mix & Match Your Commute

  • Bike + Rail
    Most Sounder stations have bike lockers and security. Tie downs also available on the train.
  • Walk + Rail + Bus
    How far IS it to the train station? Forget the gym and enjoy a free walk. Use Trip Planner to check bus routes linking Seattle's Sounder station to Bellevue destinations.
  • Carpool + Rail
    South King County residents can ride the rails to meet a carpool partner, then HOV it the rest of the way to Bellevue.
  • Telework + Rail
    Skip the whole commute and get more done by working at home one day a week or so.
  • Vanpool or Vanshare + Rail
    South King residents working in Bellevue could meet their vanpool at a Sounder station.

Rail

Riding Sounder to Seattle is a comfortable way to avoid roadway traffic. After arriving at King Street Station, hop on a bus to Bellevue. Better yet, join a VanShare – where you and two other commuters meet at the station and share a King County Metro van to your work place. Below are links that will help you to plan your rail commute.

  • Sounder timetables and routes (with stations in Tacoma, Puyallup, Sumner, Auburn, Kent, Tukwila, and Seattle)
  • Trip Planner helps you create free, custom transit plans wherever Metro Transit and Sound Transit go--instantly, Use it to check bus routes linking Seattle's Sounder station to Bellevue destinations.
  • Bicyclists are welcome aboard Sounder. More details.
  • Use VanShare to help connect you and two other commuters between the King Street Station and Bellevue.