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[3] [6] Train testing began in January 2021. [7] The project had a $1.9 billion budget and ultimately cost $50 million less than budgeted. [ 8 ] A direct loan of $615.3 million was authorized by the Federal Transit Administration in 2016 and is planned to be repaid by Sound Transit through 2056.
First trains on a test run in the Downtown Seattle Transit Tunnel. Link light rail in the Seattle metropolitan area of Washington is a light rail system managed by Sound Transit since its inception in 1996. As of 2024, it consists of the 1 Line, the 2 Line, and the T Line; with several extensions under construction and other lines in planning.
Light rail testing on the 1.3-mile-long (2.1 km), at-grade SoDo segment began in March 2007, [22] and ended in February 2008. [23] Regular Link service from Seattle to Tukwila began on July 18, 2009, [24] including the use of its pocket track to store extra trains serving a sellout friendly match between Seattle Sounders FC and Chelsea at Qwest ...
A King County Metro bus and Sound Transit Link light rail train at Symphony station, during joint bus–rail operations at tunnel stations. The Downtown Seattle Transit Tunnel is part of the "Third Avenue Transit Spine", the busiest transit corridor in Seattle, serving a combined average of 54,000 weekday riders with bus stops on the surface. [32]
Northgate is a light rail and bus station in the Northgate neighborhood of Seattle, Washington, United States, and part of 1 Line on Sound Transit's Link light rail system. The transit center, located adjacent to the Northgate Mall (now named Northgate Station), has four bus bays served by 22 routes.
The Link light rail system serves the Seattle metropolitan area in the U.S. state of Washington and is operated by Sound Transit. It consists of 43 stations on three unconnected light rail lines in King and Pierce counties: the 1 Line from Seattle to SeaTac; the 2 Line from Bellevue to Redmond; and the T Line in Tacoma. [1] [2]
The 4.7-mile-long (7.6 km) West Seattle Link Extension will include three new stations southwest of SODO station and is scheduled to open in 2032. [5] The 3 Line was created as part of the Sound Transit 3 program, approved by voters in 2016, which included both projects.
The S Line is 47.6 miles (76.6 km) long and travels south along the State Route 167 corridor from Seattle to Pierce County, where trips terminate in either Tacoma or Lakewood. [12] It follows portions of the BNSF Seattle Subdivision from Seattle to Tacoma, a Tacoma Rail spur, and Sound Transit's Lakewood Subdivision from Tacoma to Lakewood. [13]