With two light rail stations and more than 60 bus routes serving the University District, it's easy to get to the University of Washington by bus or train. On Link light rail, the University of Washington Station is on the southeast side of campus, near Husky Stadium and UW Medical Center - Montlake. The U District Station is on the northwest side, near the UW Tower and the Burke Museum. For an interactive map showing bus stops on and around campus, see Bus stops & light rail.
Got a U-PASS? You’ve got a ticket to ride on all six central Puget Sound transit agencies:
Coming from the airport? Link light rail provides direct service between Sea-Tac Airport and the UW station. Going to Husky stadium? Transit is the easiest way to get to the game.
Bring your bike: All six transit agencies have easy-to-use bike racks on their buses so you can bike one way, or just part of the way, and ride the bus for the rest of your journey. Check out our biking page for more information.
These are the most popular of the dozens of bus routes that serve the University District. Routes marked with a star drive onto campus; the others stop within the University District.
To/from Downtown and further south:
- Link light rail - Downtown/Capitol Hill/Rainier Valley/Sea-Tac Airport
- 43 - Capitol Hill/Downtown
- 48 - Central District/Mt Baker
- 49 - Capitol Hill/Downtown
- 70 - Eastlake/Downtown
- 586 - Tacoma
To/from the Eastside:
To/from neighborhoods to the west:
- 31/32 - Fremont/Magnolia
- 40 - Northgate/Fremont
- 44 - Wallingford/Ballard
- 45* - Greenwood/Loyal Heights
- 62 - Greenlake/Wallingford
To/from neighborhoods and cities to the north:
- Link light rail - Northgate/Roosevelt
- 62 - Ravenna/Sand Point
- 65 - Lake City/Jackson Park
- 67* - Children’s Hospital/Northgate
- 75* - Sand Point/Northgate
- 372* - Lake City/Bothell
* - Routes that drive onto campus.
Plan your route:
- Google Maps
- Metro trip planner
- Sound Transit trip planner
- Sounder and Link light rail station maps
- Transit App
- Community Transit trip planner
- Pierce Transit trip planner
Track your ride:
- Download the One Bus Away app.
- Call 206-BUS-TIME at 206-287-8463. You will need to know your route and stop number.
Find a Park & Ride:
- King County locations
- Washington State locations
For current schedules, alerts, announcements and service changes, see individual transit agencies:
All buses can accommodate passengers who use wheelchairs or may be unable to climb steps. For information about other transportation services for persons with disabilities, contact your local transit agency:
- King County Metro Transit 206-553-3060 or 800-542-7876 (TTY 206-684-1739)
- Community Transit 800-562-1375 (TTY 425-778-2188)
- Sound Transit 888-889-6368 (TTY/TTD 888-713-6030)
- Pierce Transit 206-581-8000 or 800-562-8109 (TTY 253-582-7951)
- Everett Transit 425-257-7777 (TTY 425-257-7778)
- Kitsap Transit 800-501-7433 (TTY 360-479-4348)
Transportation Services is happy to convey your feedback to our partners at transit agencies such as King County Metro and Sound Transit. However, each agency also highly values customer feedback directly from you, their customers. Most times, they are quick to respond and happy to discuss changes and suggestions. You may also let us know so we can help convey the issue to our partners, by emailing ucommute@uw.edu.
Below we have provided links to the major local transit agencies: