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The Bus is Faster than Finding Parking

December 8, 2025

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Take the Link to Leavenworth’s Village of Lights this holiday season!

Downtown Leavenworth is best explored on foot, especially during the Village of Lights festivities. The Bavarian-themed downtown transforms into a glowing winter village, with pedestrian-only streets lined in Christmas lights, city trees wrapped top to bottom in thousands of twinkling bulbs, and the Festhalle packed with holiday cheer.

The annual Village of Lights festival attracts more than 30,000 visitors a year, but downtown parking is limited to around 1,500 stalls. (source) No one wants to miss out on more than half a million lights because of full parking lots—and no one has to. Link Transit makes it easy to skip the traffic and enjoy the festivities stress-free with convenient daily bus service to, and around, Leavenworth.

Daily Leavenworth Bus Service

Routes 22 & 122 (Express)

These routes run daily between Wenatchee and Leavenworth, with stops in Cashmere and Peshastin. During the festival, these buses terminate at the Willkommen Park-and-Ride and do not operate through downtown Leavenworth.

First Arrival:

  • Weekdays: 5:00 AM
  • Weekends: 7:30 AM

Last Departure:

  • Weekdays: 9:20 PM
  • Weekends: 7:30 PM

Route 32 (Leavenworth Local)

Route 32 operates between US 2 & Mill St (Glacier Lot) and the Willkommen Park-and-Ride. During the festival, service is increased to every 15 minutes between 11:00 AM and 7:00 PM to help reduce traffic congestion.

See live schedules online or through the Transit app.

Park-and-Ride into Leavenworth

Skip the parking scramble by using one of these nearby park-and-ride locations. Find them easily on Google or Apple Maps:

  • Columbia Station Park-and-Ride
  • Olds Station Park-and-Ride
  • Big Y Park-and-Ride
  • Willkommen Park-and-Ride