Issaquah – Downtown Bellevue
Bus · Route 556
Issaquah Highlands Park & Ride Issaquah Transit Center ↔ Bellevue Transit Center South Bellevue Station
Stops, live buses and next arrivals
Service alertRoutes 220, 240, ST 556 and ST 566 will be rerouted around Bellevue Transit Center from Sat Aug 29 through Sun Dec 20 due to construction.- Not tracked · to Bellevue Transit Center South Bellevue Station
- Not tracked · to Issaquah Highlands Park & Ride Issaquah Transit Center
- Issaquah Highlands Park & Ride - Bay 34 minthen 19 min
- 9th Ave NE & NE Ellis Dr6 minthen 21 min
- E Sunset Way & 6th Ave NE9 minthen 24 min
- E Sunset Way & 1st Ave NE11 minthen 26 min
- Front St N & NE Crescent Dr12 minthen 27 min
- NW Gilman Blvd & NW Juniper St13 minthen 28 min
- NW Gilman Blvd & 7th Ave NW14 minthen 29 min
- Maple St NW & NW Gilman BlvdDueNot trackedthen 15 min
- Issaquah Transit Center - Bay 22 minNot trackedthen 17 min
- I-90 Expressway Ramp & 142nd Pl SE - Bay 311 minNot trackedthen 26 min
- South Bellevue Station Bus Plaza - Bay 3DueNot trackedthen 15 min Not tracked
- Bellevue Way SE & SE 16th St4 minNot trackedthen 19 min Not tracked
- Bellevue Way SE & SE 10th St6 minNot trackedthen 21 min Not tracked
- Bellevue Way SE & SE 3rd St8 minNot trackedthen 23 min Not tracked
- Bellevue Way NE & Main St9 minNot trackedthen 24 min Not tracked
- NE 4th St & 105th Ave NE10 minNot trackedthen 25 min Not tracked
- Bellevue Transit Center - Bay 12No more buses
- Bellevue Transit Center - Bay 54 minthen 19 min
- NE 4th St & 108th Ave NE7 minthen 22 min
- Bellevue Way NE & NE 4th St8 minthen 23 min
- Bellevue Way SE & Main St9 minthen 24 min
- Bellevue Way SE & SE 3rd St9 minthen 24 min
- Bellevue Way SE & SE 11th St11 minthen 26 min
- Bellevue Way SE & SE 16th St12 minthen 27 min
- South Bellevue Station Bus Plaza - Bay 1DueNot trackedthen 15 min
- I-90 Expressway Ramp & 142nd Pl SE - Bay 45 minNot trackedthen 20 min
- Issaquah Transit Center - Bay 112 minNot trackedthen 27 min
- Maple St NW & NW Gilman BlvdDueNot trackedthen 15 min Not tracked
- NW Gilman Blvd & 7th Ave NW1 minNot trackedthen 16 min Not tracked
- NW Gilman Blvd & Rainier Blvd N2 minNot trackedthen 17 min Not tracked
- Front St N & NE Crescent Dr4 minNot trackedthen 19 min Not tracked
- E Sunset Way & Rainier Blvd S6 minNot trackedthen 21 min Not tracked
- E Sunset Way Trailhead8 minNot trackedthen 23 min Not tracked
- Highlands Dr NE & NE Ellis Dr12 minNot trackedthen 27 min Not tracked
- Issaquah Highlands Park & Ride - 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.
It builds up from live positions while buses are running. On time: no more than 1 min early or 5 min late, sampled once a minute from live positions.
Connections
Bus routes you can transfer to from route 556.
- 203Issaquah Highlands – South Bellevue StationAt Issaquah Highlands Park & Ride - Bay 3 and 5 more stops
- 215Mercer Island – North BendAt Issaquah Highlands Park & Ride - Bay 3 and 5 more stops
- 218Issaquah Highlands – Eastgate – Mercer IslandAt Issaquah Highlands Park & Ride - Bay 3 and 5 more stops
- 269Mercer Island Station – Marymoor Village StationAt Issaquah Highlands Park & Ride - Bay 3 and 5 more stops
- 240Bellevue Tc-South Bellevue-Eastgate-Renton TcAt South Bellevue Station Bus Plaza - Bay 3 and 3 more stops
- 547Redmond – Bellevue – SeattleAt South Bellevue Station Bus Plaza - Bay 3 and 3 more stops
- 226South Bellevue – Eastgate P&r – Bellevue TcAt South Bellevue Station Bus Plaza - Bay 3 and 2 more stops
- 249Spring District Station – South Bellevue StationAt South Bellevue Station Bus Plaza - Bay 3 and 2 more stops
- 111Lake Kathleen – South Bellevue StationAt South Bellevue Station Bus Plaza - Bay 3 and 1 more stops
- 566Auburn – RedmondAt Bellevue Transit Center - Bay 12 and 1 more stops
And 6 more routes at stops along the way. 989Eastgate – Lakeside SchoolB LineRedmond Tc – Overlake Tc – Bellevue Tc220Bellevue Tc – Eastgate P&r250Avondale – Redmond Tc – Kirkland Tc – Bellevue Tc270University District – Bellevue981Lakeside School – Houghton P&r
About route 556
Route 556 (Issaquah – Downtown Bellevue) is a King County Metro bus route with 17 stops between Issaquah Highlands Park & Ride - Bay 3 and Bellevue Transit Center South Bellevue Station.
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 556 run?
Every 15–30 min for most of the day on weekdays, based on the published schedule.
When does route 556 start and stop?
The first bus leaves around 5:00 AM and the last arrives around 12:34 AM.
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.