Sound Transit will operate special Sounder service to the Washington State Fair in Puyallup on Saturdays Sept. 17 and 24, making it extra easy for Kent residents to avoid weekend gridlock.
Special Sounder trains will service nine stations between Everett and Puyallup. Passengers can get off at Puyallup Station and hop a free Pierce Transit bus to the fair’s red gate.
South line trains will stop in Tukwila, Kent, Auburn and Sumner before reaching Puyallup Station. Trains will leave Kent at 10:09 a.m., 11:09 a.m. and 12:09 p.m.
Three return trains from the fair will leave Puyallup at 5:50 p.m., 6:50 p.m. and 7:50 p.m. Those trains return to Kent at 6:11 p.m., 7:11 p.m. and 8:11 p.m. One-way adult fares between Kent and Puyallup are $4.
Riders can skip lines and save up to 20 percent on train and fair tickets by buying a Sounder Train Express Pack in advance at thefair.com/sounder. Express Packs include a round-trip train fare and State Fair admission, and are only sold online. Price is based on boarding location.
Riders also have the option of using their ORCA cards or buying train tickets at the stations.
Pierce and King County riders can buy their train tickets to the fair at stations now. Regular fares for Sounder South riders apply.
As with all Sound Transit services, fares are discounted for children, seniors and people with disabilities.
More information on special Sounder train service to the fair is available at soundtransit.org/soundertothefair.
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