Editing Edmonds, Washington (section)

===Transportation===
[[File:Edmonds station depot - north side.jpg|thumb|right|The [[Edmonds station (Washington)|Edmonds train station]], served by [[Amtrak]], [[Sounder commuter rail|Sounder commuter trains]], and buses]]

Edmonds is served by several modes of transportation that converge in the downtown area, including roads, railroads, ferries, and buses.<ref name="Times-2014Bowl"/> The city's ferry terminal is located at the west end of Main Street at Brackett's Landing Park and is served by a [[Edmonds–Kingston ferry|ferry route]] to [[Kingston, Washington|Kingston]] on the [[Kitsap Peninsula]]. From 1979 to 1980, [[Washington State Ferries]] also ran ferries to [[Port Townsend, Washington|Port Townsend]] during repairs to the [[Hood Canal Bridge]].<ref>{{cite web |last=Stein |first=Alan J. |date=January 20, 2003 |title=Ferry service between Port Townsend and Edmonds returns, after a 40-year absence, on February 21, 1979. |url=http://www.historylink.org/File/5080 |work=HistoryLink |access-date=April 6, 2018}}</ref> The [[Edmonds station (Washington)|Edmonds train station]] lies a block southwest of the terminal and is served by [[Amtrak]]'s intercity [[Amtrak Cascades|''Cascades'']] and ''[[Empire Builder]]'' trains as well as [[Sound Transit]]'s [[Sounder commuter rail|Sounder]] commuter train.<ref name="Comp-Transport">{{harvp|City of Edmonds Comprehensive Plan|2016|pp=290–296}}</ref> These trains operate on the [[BNSF Railway]], which runs along the Edmonds waterfront and is primarily used for freight transport.<ref name="Comp14">{{harvp|City of Edmonds Comprehensive Plan|2016|p=14}}</ref> Two state highways, [[Washington State Route 104|State Route 104]] and [[Washington State Route 524|State Route 524]], connect the downtown area to eastern Edmonds and other points in southern Snohomish County and northern King County.<ref name="Comp14"/> An additional state highway, [[Washington State Route 99|State Route 99]], runs north–south in eastern Edmonds and connects the city's commercial district to Seattle and Everett.<ref>{{cite map |year=2014 |title=Washington State Highways, 2014–2015 |url=https://www.wsdot.wa.gov/sites/default/files/2006/06/13/TouristMapFront_withoutHillshade.pdf |publisher=Washington State Department of Transportation |access-date=April 6, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170221194441/https://www.wsdot.wa.gov/NR/rdonlyres/2D10703F-9ADF-4A95-A14E-2A36FEAF1C20/0/Statewide2014NoHillshade.pdf |archive-date=February 21, 2017 |url-status=dead }} ([https://www.wsdot.wa.gov/sites/default/files/2017/08/31/highway-map-PugetSound_Full.pdf Inset map] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190709142759/https://www.wsdot.wa.gov/sites/default/files/2017/08/31/highway-map-PugetSound_Full.pdf |date=July 9, 2019 }})</ref>

Public transportation in Edmonds is provided by [[Community Transit]], which serves most of Snohomish County and covers 74 percent of Edmonds residents.<ref name="Comp-Transport"/> Community Transit's local buses run on major streets and connect downtown Edmonds to transit hubs at [[Aurora Village]], [[Lynnwood City Center station]], and Edmonds Community College. It also operates the [[Swift Blue Line]] on State Route 99, a [[bus rapid transit]] service connecting Aurora Village and Everett.<ref name="Comp-Transport"/> Until 2024, Community Transit operated direct express buses to from [[park and ride]] lots in Edmonds to [[Downtown Seattle]] and the [[University District, Seattle|University District]].<ref name="Comp-Transport"/> They were replaced by the [[Link light rail]] extension to Lynnwood and a new express bus that connects Downtown Edmonds to [[Mountlake Terrace station]].<ref>{{cite map |date=September 2024 |title=Community Transit System Map |url=https://www.communitytransit.org/docs/default-source/mappdfs/systemmappdfs/mapsystem.pdf |publisher=Community Transit |access-date=November 8, 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Spain |first=Monica |date=September 11, 2024 |title=New routes and easy connections start Sept. 14 |url=https://www.communitytransit.org/news-and-events/article-detail/2024/09/11/it's-almost-time!-new-routes-and-easy-connections-start-sept.-14 |accessdate=November 8, 2024}}</ref>