Most Sound Transit S Line AM services still cancelled, N Line reopened

Sound Transit Sumner Station Morning commute at Sumner Sounder Station June 15, 2022 (Sound Transit)

By KIRO 7 News Staff

WASHINGTON — Sound Transit has announced that some of its services for the Sounder S Lines have resumed after morning cancellations.

The S line service was cancelled around 4:36 a.m. and the N line service was cancelled at 6:15 a.m.

As of this writing, the N Line has reopened.

Sound Transit said the cancellation was due to “maintenance scheduling issues with Amtrak.”

The N Line services run from Everett to downtown Seattle and the S Line serves Lakewood to downtown Seattle.

You can keep up to date with changes that will impact your ride here.

Below are the affected trips for the S Line:

  • #1500 (4:36 AM Lakewood Station to King Street Station)
  • #1502 (5:01 AM Lakewood Station to King Street Station)
  • #1504 (5:26 AM Lakewood Station to King Street Station)
  • #1506 (5:46 AM Lakewood Station to King Street Station)
  • #1501 (6:05 AM King Street Station to Tacoma Dome Station)
  • #1503 (6:35 AM King Street Station to Tacoma Dome Station)
  • #1514 (7:20 AM Tacoma Dome Station to King Street Station)
  • #1516 (7:50 AM Tacoma Dome Station to King Street Station)
  • #1505 (7:55 AM King Street Station to Lakewood Station)
  • #1518 (10:11 AM Lakewood Station to King Street Station)

Additional bus service will be provided at the Tacoma Dome Station.

Northbound:

  • Lakewood to South Tacoma – Pierce Transit 3
  • Tacoma Dome to Seattle – STX590/594
  • South Tacoma to Tacoma Dome – Pierce Transit 3
  • Tacoma Dome to Puyallup – Pierce Transit 400
  • Puyallup to Sumner – STX578
  • Sumner to Auburn – STX578
  • Auburn to Kent – KCM160
  • Kent to Tukwila - KCM150
  • Tukwila to King Street – KCM150

Southbound:

  • King Street to Tacoma Dome Station – STX590/594
  • King Street to Tukwila – KCM 150
  • Tukwila to Kent - KCM 150
  • Kent to Auburn – KCM 160
  • Auburn to Sumner – STX578
  • Sumner to Puyallup – STX578
  • Puyallup to Tacoma Dome – Pierce Transit 400
  • Tacoma Dome to South Tacoma – Pierce Transit 3
  • South Tacoma to Lakewood – Pierce Transit 3

Sound Transit will update riders on any potential impacts for the evening commute.

To work around the cancellation, use this link and click ‘more options’ and filter for ‘bus only.’ You can filter by location and walking distance.

Sound Transit has also posted a graphic for alternative routes, which you can find below.

S Line Alternative Routes

Sound Transit told KIRO 7 that:

“Sounder trains are certified for service by the Federal Railroad Administration. They are maintained by our partners at Amtrak. Due to reasons unknown at this time, certification was not achieved for a number of cars and only discovered last night.”