Lakeside School – Houghton P&r
Bus · Route 981
To Mercer Island Special
Stops, live buses and next arrivals
Service alertStop #76870 NE Bothell Way & 68th Ave NE (EB) and Stop #76880 NE Bothell Way & 73rd Ave NE (EB) relocated from Wed Apr 22, 2026 through Thu April 22, 2027 due to construction.- NE 135th St & 1st Ave NENo more buses
- 1st Ave NE & N 145th StNo more buses
- Bothell Way NE & NE 170th StNo more buses
- NE Bothell Way & 68th Ave NENo more buses
- I-405 & Juanita Woodinville Way NENo more buses
- South Kirkland Park & RideNo more buses
- 112th Ave NE & NE 19 StNo more buses
- Bellevue Transit Center - Bay 8No more buses
- I-405 & SE 8th StNo more buses
- N Mercer Way & 80th Ave SE - Bay 1No more buses
Timetable
Scheduled departures for any day King County Metro has published. For live arrivals, use the diagram above.
No service on this day 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 981.
- 986Kirkland – Lakeside SchoolAt NE 135th St & 1st Ave NE and 2 more stops
- 989Eastgate – Lakeside SchoolAt NE 135th St & 1st Ave NE and 2 more stops
- 547Redmond – Bellevue – SeattleAt Bellevue Transit Center - Bay 8 and 1 more stops
- 982Bear Creek P&r – Lakeside SchoolAt NE 135th St & 1st Ave NE and 1 more stops
- 987Westwood Village – Rainier Beach – Lakeside SchoolAt NE 135th St & 1st Ave NE and 1 more stops
- 988Madrona – Lakeside SchoolAt NE 135th St & 1st Ave NE and 1 more stops
- 204S Mercer Island-Island Crest Way-Mercer Island P&rAt N Mercer Way & 80th Ave SE - Bay 1
- 215Mercer Island – North BendAt N Mercer Way & 80th Ave SE - Bay 1
- 218Issaquah Highlands – Eastgate – Mercer IslandAt N Mercer Way & 80th Ave SE - Bay 1
- 220Bellevue Tc – Eastgate P&rAt Bellevue Transit Center - Bay 8
And 16 more routes at stops along the way. 239Uw/Cascadia Coll – Totem Lake Tc – Kirkland Tc240Bellevue Tc-South Bellevue-Eastgate-Renton Tc249Spring District Station – South Bellevue Station250Avondale – Redmond Tc – Kirkland Tc – Bellevue Tc255Totem Lake Tc-Kirkand Tc-Uw Link Sta-Univ Dist256Woodinville – Downtown Seattle269Mercer Island Station – Marymoor Village Station333Shoreline South/148 – Mountlake Terrace Station365Northgate Station – Shoreline Link Stations556Issaquah – Downtown Bellevue566Auburn – Redmond630South Mercer Island – First HillB LineRedmond Tc – Overlake Tc – Bellevue Tc322Kenmore P&r – 12 Av/E Terrace St522Woodinville – Shoreline South Station331Shoreline Cc-Aurora Vill Tc-Kenmore P&r-Uw Bothell
About route 981
Route 981 (Lakeside School – Houghton P&r) is a King County Metro bus route with 10 stops between NE 135th St & 1st Ave NE and Mercer Island Special.
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).
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.