Swift Blue Line

Swift Blue Line
A Blue Line bus in Everett
Overview
System	Swift
Operator	Community Transit
Garage	Merrill Creek Base
Vehicle	New Flyer DE60LFA New Flyer XDE60
Status	Operating
Began service	November 29, 2009 (2009-11-29)
Predecessors	Community Transit routes 100 and 101
Route
Route type	Bus rapid transit
Locale	Snohomish County
Communities served	Everett, Lynnwood, Edmonds, Shoreline
Start	Everett Station
Via	Evergreen Way, State Route 99
End	Aurora Village Transit Center
Length	16.7 miles (26.9 km)
Stations	34
Other routes	Everett Transit routes 7 and 8, Community Transit route 101
Service
Frequency	10 minutes
Weekend frequency	20 minutes
Journey time	49 minutes
Operates	4:15 am – 11:00 pm
Annual patronage	1,621,838 (2015)[1]: 37
Transfers	Swift Green Line at Airport Road RapidRide E Line at Aurora Village
Timetable	Swift Blue Line schedule
Route map Legend Amtrak to Portland via Seattle & Sounder to Seattle Everett Station Amtrak to Chicago or Vancouver Wetmore Avenue Colby Avenue 40th Street 41st Street 50th Street Pecks Drive Madison Street SR 526 Casino Road 4th Avenue 112th Street Airport Road ( Green Line) Lincoln Way SR 525 148th Street International (174th Street) Cherry Hill (176th Street) Crossroads (196th Street) ( Orange Line) Heron (200th Street) College (204th Street) Gateway (216th Street) 216th Street 238th Street SR 104 Aurora Village Transit Center RapidRide E Line to Downtown Seattle Shoreline North/185th station (2024) This diagram: view talk edit ←   {{{system_nav}}}  Green Line →

The Swift Blue Line is a bus rapid transit route operated by Community Transit in Snohomish County, Washington, as part of the Swift system. The Blue Line is 16.7 miles (26.9 km) long and runs on the State Route 99 and Evergreen Way corridor between Everett Station and Aurora Village Transit Center. It has 34 stations in the cities of Everett, Lynnwood, Edmonds, and Shoreline.

The Blue Line has the highest ridership of any Community Transit route, carrying over 1.6 million total passengers in 2015.^{[1]: 37–38} It also has the highest frequency out of all Community Transit routes, running at 12-minute headways on weekdays from 6:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m., and 20-minute headways during early mornings, late nights, and weekends.

The line opened with 28 stations on November 29, 2009 as "Swift", becoming the first bus rapid transit system in the state of Washington and costing $29 million to construct. Four infill stations in Everett were opened in 2011, and a southbound infill station serving Edmonds College opened in 2016. It gained the "Blue Line" moniker in August 2016, with the announcement of a second line, the Green Line, that opened in March 2019.