Meet halfway in Seattle
For a group meeting in Seattle, the fairest points are usually Westlake, International District/Chinatown, Capitol Hill or Northgate - Link light rail stations served by both the 1 Line and the 2 Line. Which one is fairest depends on where everyone starts: togather times each person door to door and finds the spots where nobody is stuck with a much longer trip.
- Link light rail
- King County Metro buses
- Washington State Ferries
- Car
- Cycling
- Walking
Where groups actually meet in Seattle
Interchanges that work as a fair midpoint for most groups. togather will not always land on one of these - it answers for your actual starting points - but they are the ones that come up again and again.
Westlake
1 Line, 2 Line, Seattle Center Monorail and South Lake Union Streetcar
The heart of downtown, where both Link lines stop and the Monorail and Streetcar start, so most of the city reaches it with one ride or a short walk.
International District/Chinatown
1 Line, 2 Line, Sounder, Amtrak and the First Hill Streetcar
The junction where the 2 Line comes in from the Eastside across Lake Washington, with Sounder and Amtrak at King Street Station next door.
Capitol Hill
1 Line and 2 Line
One stop north of downtown on both lines, and often fairer than the centre for a group spread between the Hill, the Central District and the U District.
University of Washington
1 Line, 2 Line and buses across the SR 520 corridor
Next to Husky Stadium, and a good middle for a group split between north Seattle, Capitol Hill and the Eastside via the 520 bridge.
Northgate
1 Line, 2 Line and a large bus transit center
The northern hub inside the city, so it keeps a group living in Lake City, Greenwood and Shoreline out of downtown entirely.
Downtown Bellevue
2 Line and buses at Bellevue Transit Center
The Eastside centre, and since the 2 Line crossed Lake Washington in 2026 a fair answer for a group split between Bellevue, Redmond and Seattle.
Colman Dock
Washington State Ferries to Bainbridge Island and Bremerton
Not a rail interchange, but the fair pick for a group with someone coming across Puget Sound, a short walk downhill from Pioneer Square.
How to pick a fair meeting point in Seattle
Seattle is a city of water and hills, and both make the map midpoint misleading. Lake Union, the Ship Canal, Lake Washington and Puget Sound leave the region joined by a few bridges and a ferry fleet, so two people who look close on a map can be a long way apart. Someone in Ballard and someone in Bellevue are only a few miles apart as the crow flies, with a lake between them.
Link has made this simpler. The 1 Line and 2 Line share the track through downtown and north to Lynnwood, and since March 2026 the 2 Line also crosses Lake Washington to Bellevue and Redmond. So the stations that matter are the shared ones, with International District/Chinatown as the junction where the lines split.
North Seattle groups can stay at Northgate
Downtown is not automatically fair. A group spread across north Seattle is often better served by Northgate or University of Washington, and one living on Capitol Hill and in the Central District by Capitol Hill station. A group split between the Eastside and the city now has Downtown Bellevue or International District/Chinatown, a train ride apart.
Hills are the local factor. A walk that looks short on the map can mean climbing from the waterfront up to First Hill, which is real time for anyone on foot or on a bike. togather counts that climb by timing each person on their own way of travelling, and then shows the places where the group’s journeys are closest in length. Anyone driving across Lake Washington is timed on the roads, not the straight line.
Meeting halfway in Seattle - questions
- Where is a fair place to meet halfway in Seattle?
- Usually a Link station rather than the map's middle - Westlake and International District/Chinatown are the classic answers, and Capitol Hill, Northgate or Downtown Bellevue can be fairer depending on where the group lives. togather works out which.
- Does the 2 Line really connect Seattle and Bellevue?
- Yes. Since March 2026 the 2 Line runs across Lake Washington on the I-90 floating bridge, through Mercer Island and Judkins Park, into downtown Seattle. That makes an Eastside friend a train ride away rather than a drive.
- What if someone is coming over on the ferry?
- Set their mode and add their address. Their trip is timed as it really runs, so a friend on Bainbridge is not treated as if they lived a straight line across the water.
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