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Old 06-12-2018, 12:44 AM
 
Location: Northern California
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Judging by a quick online search, it looks surprisingly difficult to travel between Seattle and Olympia on public transit.

No Sound Transit buses or Sounder trains (because Thurston County isn't part of of ST?).

No Bolt Bus, no Trailways. A few Greyhound runs, some at weird hours.

Five Amtrak trains a day, but they go through Lacey, not Olympia itself. No Amtrak buses (which in my experience are more reliable than Amtrak trains).

The Olympia bus system has a route into Tacoma, where I suppose you transfer to Sound Transit. I don't know if that's a timed transfer. But it looks like Greyhound offers the only one-seat ride from Olympia to Seattle (other than expensive airport shuttles).

Is there some resource I've overlooked?
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Old 06-12-2018, 06:30 AM
 
Location: East of Seattle since 1992, 615' Elevation, Zone 8b - originally from SF Bay Area
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Every day I see people get in the ST 592 which says “DuPont/Olympia”, though it does require a transfer in DuPont to the 603. That’s a long haul for anyone to commute, though people do it. The 592 runs about every 20 minutes at commute times. I think that commute every day would be brutal, and that’s probably why more people don’t do it.
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Old 06-12-2018, 10:41 PM
 
Location: Independent Republic of Ballard
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https://www.intercitytransit.com/bus...d-from-seattle

IT 603/605/612 <-transfer at SR512 P&R Lakewood-> ST 592/594.
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Old 06-13-2018, 09:18 AM
 
Location: Rochester, WA
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Truth is, I think we're a culture who keeps getting told we should take transit, but who has built a lifestyle out of having our own cars. We don't really want mass transit... We want our cars. Because Costco...

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Old 06-13-2018, 11:13 AM
 
Location: Northern California
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Originally Posted by Hemlock140 View Post
Every day I see people get in the ST 592 which says “DuPont/Olympia”, though it does require a transfer in DuPont to the 603. That’s a long haul for anyone to commute, though people do it. The 592 runs about every 20 minutes at commute times. I think that commute every day would be brutal, and that’s probably why more people don’t do it.
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Originally Posted by CrazyDonkey View Post
www.intercitytransit.com/bus/routes/to-and-from-seattle

IT 603/605/612 <-transfer at SR512 P&R Lakewood-> ST 592/594.
Thanks... indeed it is a long haul... hopefully there's a restroom at the transfer point.
Glad to see it runs seven days a week.
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