Metro teams up with Mariners to take fans
out to the ballgame

As the baseball season rolls around, Metro Transit and the Seattle Mariners are celebrating 10 years of a winning partnership to transport fans to and from the ballpark with a combination of regular bus routes and special shuttles.

The Mariners season opens on Monday, April 4, with a 2:05 p.m. home game. Metro will have plenty of regularly scheduled service near Safeco Field both before and after the home opener. Then, beginning with post-game service on Tuesday, April 5, the Mariners and Metro team up to run special shuttles to 12 park-and-ride lots after weekday evening games and both inbound and outbound on weekends. There is also a downtown Seattle shuttle that operates after weekday evening games and after all weekend games.

The post-game and weekend shuttles serve the following park-and-ride lots: Northgate; Northgate Transit Center; South Kirkland; South Bellevue; Eastgate; Mercer Island (post-game only); South Renton; Tukwila; Kent; Kent-Des Moines; Star Lake and Federal Way. There is no special service for weekday afternoon games.

The Mariners have set the fare for the park-and-ride shuttles this year at $3 each way to help cover the cost of the service. Also, a $1 fare will be charged this year for the downtown Seattle shuttle that operates after the games between the stadium and Pike Street.

There are some changes this year in post-game bus boarding locations at Safeco Field, plus South Atlantic Street immediately south of the stadium is now Edgar Martinez Drive. So, be sure and do a little pre-game planning before you head out to the ballpark. Depending on what time the ballgame starts, there are several transit options:

Afternoon games, Monday-Friday: Travel to and from Safeco Field using regular Metro service. There are more than two dozen routes that stop at or near the ballpark. Metro’s convenient online Trip Planner allows you to easily research which routes will provide the best connection from your home or office to the ballpark.

For night games with 7:05 p.m. start times, Monday-Friday: Use regular Metro service to arrive at the ballpark. After the game, there are three choices: use the regular routes; ride the downtown Seattle shuttle; or ride one of the special shuttles that run between Safeco Field and the park-and ride-lots. Those shuttles run only after the weeknight games.

Weekend games: The special park-and-ride shuttles provide service both to and from Safeco Field on weekends, except for Mercer Island, which only has post-game service. The post-game downtown shuttle also operates on weekends. And, there are a variety of regular weekend Metro routes that serve the ballpark. Once again, the Trip Planner is a great way to figure out all the options.

If bus service doesn’t fit your needs, use Metro’s “Event Match” to find a carpool partner who has tickets to the same game you do. The Rideshare program offers an alternative way to get to the next Mariners game, concert, festival, or any of a hundred special events going on in the Puget Sound area by sharing the ride. Registration is simple, just visit the Rideshare Online.

 Detailed information for all Mariners service is available in Metro Online. Or, call (206) 553-3000 (voice) or (206) 684-1739 (TTY).

 For information about Sound Transit's special Sounder train service for Saturday and Sunday afternoon games that begin at 1:05 p.m., visit the Sounder Website, or call (888) 889-6368 (toll-free voice), or (888) 713-6030 (TTY).

For information about the Mariners, log on to the Mariners website, or call (206) 346-4000.

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