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Sound Transit (ST), officially the Central Puget Sound Regional Transit Authority, is a public transit agency serving the Seattle metropolitan area in the U.S. state of Washington. It manages the Link light rail system in Seattle and Tacoma , regional Sounder commuter rail , and Sound Transit Express bus service.
Link light rail is a light rail rapid transit system serving the Seattle metropolitan area in the U.S. state of Washington.It is managed by Sound Transit in partnership with local transit providers, and consists of three non-connected lines: the 1 Line (formerly Central Link) in King County and Snohomish County, which travels for 33 miles (53 km) between Lynnwood, Seattle, and Seattle–Tacoma ...
In 2024, Sound Transit and HNTB proposed a cable-stayed bridge design that would be 1,690 feet (520 m) long and have two towers that are 374 feet (114 m) tall. [7] The western end of the line would be tunneled between Alaska Junction and Avalon stations, where trains would begin to use an elevated guideway. [ 8 ]
Following the failed Forward Thrust initiatives, Metro Transit was created in 1972 to oversee a countywide bus network, and plan for a future rail system. [14] In the early 1980s, Metro Transit and the Puget Sound Council of Governments (PSCOG) explored light rail and busway concepts to serve the region, [15] ultimately choosing to build a downtown transit tunnel that would be convertible from ...
Sound Transit's current bus service on the west half of the corridor, Sound Transit Express Route 550, carries over 10,000 daily passengers and takes 35 minutes to travel from Seattle to Bellevue. [ 217 ] [ 218 ] King County Metro's RapidRide B Line operates on the east half of the corridor, traveling between Bellevue and Overlake at a ...
This is a route-map template for the 3 Line (Sound Transit), a Seattle, Washington light rail line.. For a key to symbols, see {{railway line legend}}.; For information on using this template, see Template:Routemap.
Sound Transit Express (ST Express) is a network of regional express buses, operated by the multi-county transit agency, Sound Transit. The routes connect major regional hubs throughout 53 cities in three counties ( King , Pierce , and Snohomish ) in the Puget Sound region .
A second transit plan was proposed without the Federal Way line, which was dropped in favor of express bus service, but retained the Downtown Tacoma connector. [13] It was passed by voters in November 1996, allocating $50 million for a 1.6-mile (2.6 km) line in Tacoma that would be built as a "starter line" within the following six years.