Sounder Trains between Seattle and Everett temporarily canceled due to Landslide

[Bob]

Sound Transit Press Release
Seattle, WA 3/25/20

Sounder Trains between Seattle and Everett canceled

Publish Date
March 25, 2020

Sound Transit has canceled Sounder North service between Seattle and Everett this afternoon and tomorrow because of a landslide that has covered the tracks near Milepost 21 in North Seattle.

Passengers who would normally ride Sounder 1702 or 1706 can take a special bus to Edmonds and Mukilteo leaving at 4:33 p.m. and 5:35 p.m. from 5th Avenue and Weller Street with a stop at 4th Avenue and Jackson Street. Passengers to Everett should take ST Express Route 510.
Thursday morning Sounder commuters who would normally take the 1703 and 1707 trains can take a special bus from the Mukilteo and Edmonds stations. Buses will leave Mukilteo at 6:26 a.m. and 7:26 a.m. and from Edmonds at 6:41 a.m. and 7:41 a.m. Buses will stop at 5th Avenue and Jackson Street in downtown Seattle. Everett commuters should take ST Express Route 510.

Thursday afternoon's bus schedule will be the same as today's.

For Sound Transit's reduced service schedule visit https://www.soundtransit.org/ride-with-us/changes-affect-my-ride/reduced-service.

 

[Bill Anderson]

For the record, MIlepost 21 is north of Seattle, not North Seattle. It is north of MP 18, the milepost located below Sunset Ave. in Edmonds. This area, visible in my photos taken from Sunset Ave. or the beach at Brackett's Landing North and looking north, is prone to landslides during rainy weather.

 

[Bob]

For the record, MIlepost 21 is north of Seattle, not North Seattle. It is north of MP 18, the milepost located below Sunset Ave. in Edmonds. This area, visible in my photos taken from Sunset Ave. or the beach at Brackett's Landing North and looking north, is prone to landslides during rainy weather.

Yep, that makes sense, and it's a logical place for the slide.

That is a Sound Transit Press Release, copied word for word without editing. So the error is on their end someplace.

Sounder Trains between Seattle and Everett canceled | Sound Transit

March 25, 2020 | Sound Transit has canceled Sounder North service between Seattle and Everett this afternoon and tomorrow because of a landslide that has covered the tracks near

www.soundtransit.org

 

[Bill Anderson]

Correct, as I saw the same error in my local online newspaper.

 

[Bob]

Should be back in service now, or real soon. Just in time for the COVID-19 shutdown I have no doubt will happen any day now.

In fact, when I saw this press release, I just assumed it was for C-19.