Starting Saturday, Feb. 5, King County Metro Transit is updating its bus service. This includes several changes for buses serving Redmond and the Eastside — with even more changes coming in October.

Bus riders across Metro’s service area should check winter schedules for the routes they use most often to see what’s new.

They can prepare by picking up a new blue timetable and the Special Rider Alert brochure, which is also posted on online. Or, use the online Trip Planner for some advance research. Be sure to input a date of Feb. 5 or later, when using the Trip Planner.

Here are the highlights of the February changes for Redmond-area riders:

• The 5:51 a.m. eastbound trip on Route 224 from Redmond to Fall City will be deleted;

• In Overlake, routes 247 and 269 return to previous routing on Northeast 31st Street and 152nd Avenue Northeast. Other parts of the current routing will be deleted; and

• On Feb. 26, Routes 230, 245 and 248 return to the rebuilt Kirkland Transit Center.

There are routing and bus stop changes for approximately two dozen bus routes from various areas of the county that pass through downtown Seattle. The downtown changes are designed to keep people moving during the long-term construction along the Seattle waterfront and SODO area.

Metro updates its routes and scheduling three times a year to improve service and keep up with the changing needs of transit customers.

Metro also plans to make other changes to bus routes in Redmond in October, when the RapidRide B Line begins. The B Line will run from the Redmond Transit Center through the Overlake Transit Center and end at the Bellevue Transit Center. Metro plans to change and cancel some routes in Redmond and the Eastside that may be duplicated by the B Line.

For information about all the services Metro provides, visit www.kingcounty.gov/metro, or call Metro Customer Information at (206) 553-3000.