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 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	Shoreline North/185th Station
Length	16.7 miles (26.9 km)
Stations	36
Other routes	Everett Transit routes 7 and 8, Community Transit route 101
Service
Frequency	10 minutes
Weekend frequency	15–20 minutes
Journey time	64 minutes
Operates	4:15 am – 11:00 pm
Annual patronage	1,621,838 (2015)[1]: 37
Transfers	Swift Green Line at Airport Road Swift Orange Line at 196th Street Southwest RapidRide E Line at Aurora Village Link 1 Line at Shoreline North/185th station
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 I-5 1 Line to Lynnwood Shoreline North/185th station 1 Line to Angle Lake 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 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.^{[1]: 37–38} 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.