Southcenter – SeaTac – Kent Des Moines Station
Bus · Route 156
Southcenter Sea Tac ↔ Kent Des Moines Station Highline College
Stops, live buses and next arrivals
Service alertRoute 156 will be rerouted off portions of Kent Des Moines Rd, S 240th St and 16th Ave S from Mon Feb 9 to Thu Dec 31 due to a road closure.- Andover Park W & Baker Blvd - Bay 154 minthen 9:20 PM
- Strander Blvd & 61st Pl S55 minthen 9:20 PM
- 53rd Ave S & Klickitat DrDuethen 58 min
- S 160th St & 53rd Ave SDuethen 58 min 1064 · 1 min late
- S 176th St & 30th Ave S - Bay 310 minthen 8:32 PM
- S 200th St & Des Moines Memorial Dr S20 minthen 8:42 PM
10 stops
- Des Moines Memorial Dr S & S 202nd St
- Des Moines Memorial Dr S & S 204th St
- Des Moines Memorial Dr S & S 206th St
- Des Moines Memorial Dr S & S 208th St
- Des Moines Memorial Dr S & S 210th St
- Des Moines Memorial Dr S & S 212th St
- S 216th St & Wesley Terrace Entrance
- S 216th St & 11th Ave S
- S 216th St & 14th Ave S
- S 216th St & 20th Ave S
- S 216th St & 24th Ave S27 minthen 8:49 PM
- S 240th St & 21st Ave S3 minthen 34 min 1053 · On time
- Highline College4 minthen 35 min
- Pacific Hwy S & S 240th St5 minthen 36 min
- Kent Des Moines Station - Bay 2No more buses
- Kent Des Moines Station - Bay 358 min
- Kent Des Moines Rd & 21st Ave S3 minthen 8:29 PM 1021 · On time
- S 216th St & 24th Ave S5 minthen 8:32 PM
- S 200th St & Des Moines Memorial Dr S10 minthen 8:37 PM
- S 176th St & International Blvd - Bay 421 minthen 8:48 PM
- Military Rd S & S 176th StDuethen 24 min 1004 · 5 min late
- Andover Park W & Baker Blvd - Bay 1No more buses
Timetable
Scheduled departures for any day King County Metro has published. For live arrivals, use the diagram above.
Sunday schedule Sun, Nov 1
Still to come from last night's schedule:
On-time performance
How much of the time buses ran early, on time or late, hour by hour.
84% on time today
from 754 vehicle-minutes
- On time
- Late (over 5 min)
- Early (over 1 min)
- Fewer than 30 vehicle-minutes
Hour-by-hour numbers
| Hour | On time | Late | Early | Vehicle-minutes | Previous 0 days, on time |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 PM | 98% | 0% | 2% | 66 | – |
| 4 PM | 83% | 9% | 9% | 209 | – |
| 5 PM | 86% | 4% | 10% | 193 | – |
| 6 PM | 77% | 12% | 11% | 205 | – |
| 7 PM | 86% | 5% | 9% | 81 | – |
Connections
Bus routes you can transfer to from route 156.
- 166Kent Des Moines Station – Burien TcAt Kent Des Moines Station - Bay 2 and 8 more stops
- A LineFederal Way – SeaTac – Tukwila Intl Blvd StaAt Kent Des Moines Station - Bay 2 and 5 more stops
- 164Green River College – Kent – Kent Des Moines StnAt Kent Des Moines Station - Bay 2 and 1 more stops
- 635Des Moines Marina District – Angle Lake StationAt S 216th St & 24th Ave S and 4 more stops
- 906Fairwood – Southcenter – Tukwila Sounder StationAt Andover Park W & Baker Blvd - Bay 1 and 1 more stops
- 128Southcenter – Alaska Junction – Admiral DistrictAt Andover Park W & Baker Blvd - Bay 1
- 150Kent Station – Southcenter – Downtown SeattleAt Andover Park W & Baker Blvd - Bay 1
- F LineBurien Tc – Tukwila Intl Blvd Sta – Renton LandingAt Andover Park W & Baker Blvd - Bay 1
- 161Burien – Kent StationAt International Blvd & S 182nd St and 2 more stops
About route 156
Route 156 (Southcenter – SeaTac – Kent Des Moines Station) is a King County Metro bus route with 48 stops between Andover Park W & Baker Blvd - Bay 1 and Kent Des Moines Station Highline College.
Times with the live mark come from each bus's GPS and King County Metro's real-time predictions. Times marked "Not tracked" are scheduled trips with no bus reporting. All other times are from King County Metro's published schedule (feed FAL26-161.5).
How often does route 156 run?
Every 30–60 min for most of the day on weekdays, based on the published schedule.
When does route 156 start and stop?
The first bus leaves around 4:17 AM and the last arrives around 11:02 PM.
What are timepoints?
Timepoints are stops where the bus is scheduled to wait if it's running early; times at the stops between them are estimates. On long routes, the diagram shows timepoints, transfer stops and stops with a bus nearby, and groups the stops in between.