Topic summary
Swift Blue 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 Shoreline North/185th station. It has 36 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. It also has the highest frequency out of all Community Transit routes, running at headways of 10 to 15 minutes on weekdays from 4:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. and mid-day on weekends, and 20-minute headways during early mornings and late nights.
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. The Blue Line was extended south from Aurora Village to Shoreline North/185th station in September 2024 following the opening of the Lynnwood Link light rail project.