Auburn (Washington)

Auburn is a city in south King County in the Puget Sound region of Washington.

By car

 * WA-18.svg State Route (SR) 18 serves as a major east-west freeway between I-5 (exit 142A) in Federal Way and I-90 (exit 22) in North Bend. It goes through Auburn, Covington, Maple Valley and Issaquah, and Mt Si through the east/southeastern regions of King County.
 * WA-164.svg Auburn Way S (SR-164) becomes Auburn-Enumclaw Hwy, outside the city, to connect Auburn to Enumclaw.
 * WA-167.svg Valley Freeway (SR-167) serves as the main north-south highway from I-405 (exit 2) in Renton to Puyallup through Kent, Auburn, and Sumner in the Kent Valley.

By train

 * operates the Sounder Train between King Street Station in downtown Seattle and Lakewood Station (south of Tacoma) via Tukwila, Kent Station, Auburn, Sumner, Puyallup, Tacoma-Dome, S Tacoma (S Washington Ave between S 57th & 58th). Nearest transfer stations to Amtrak trains are in Tacoma-Dome Station and Seattle King Street Station. Connections to King County Metro and Pierce Transit buses are at each station. Check schedules as trains only go north in the mornings, south in the afternoons and the on Seattle Seahawks and Mariners game days. Check schedules.

By bus
Nearest connections to Greyhound, Flixbus, and other intercity bus companies are in Seattle and the Tacoma Dome Station.

By plane
The  (for general aviation only) is two miles north of the city.

Seattle-Tacoma International Airport, the nearest commercial airport to Auburn, is away. Depending on traffic, you can go north on SR-167 to I-405 in Renton, and go west on I-405 which becomes SR-518 towards the airport. Or one can go west SR-18 to Federal Way and than north on I-5 to the I-450/SR-518 junction in Tukwila.

By public transit

 * The transportation hub (bus station) in Auburn is the on A st & 2nd St SW in downtown Auburn. The Auburn Station offers routes with King County Metro and Sound Transit service to Kent (160, 566); Enumclaw (915); Federal Way (181, 578); Kent (160, 566) Redmond (566); Bellevue (566); Renton (160, 566); Downtown Seattle (578); Puyallup (578); Algona/Pacific (917), and local service around town (181, 184, 915, 917).
 * Express bus routes 566 and 578.
 * Pierce Transit 497 (to Lakeland Hills),
 * Express bus routes 566 and 578.
 * Pierce Transit 497 (to Lakeland Hills),

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