Light Rail Bellevue
Construction is more than halfway finished on the east link light rail according to sound transit.
Light rail bellevue. There will be. And line t. Public bus transportation is provided throughout the puget sound region. Approximately five miles of light rail trackway are being built in bellevue.
Line 1 formerly central link in king county which travels for 20 miles 32 km between seattle and seattle tacoma international airport. Bellevue wa soon a light rail bridge will be completed over i 90 in bellevue. 43 000 52 000 daily riders by 2026 preparing for first ever light rail on a floating bridge. Please note route 550.
When completely finished the east link light rail will extend 14 miles from downtown seattle to mercer island and downtown bellevue to the overlake area of redmond near microsoft. Aerial footage of the east link alignment in bellevue. Construction has reached completion on the downtown bellevue tunnel the tunnel is a part of the east link light rail extension planned to open in 2023. But thanks to a new construction technology the bridge will be finished with few i 90 disruptions.
Buses light rail. State of washington it is managed by sound transit in partnership with local transit providers and consists of two non connected lines. Redmond technology to bellevue downtown. Sound transit express bus route 550 provides daily airport service to and from the bellevue transit center.
The project is slated to reach completion in 2023. East link s progress has recently been documented. As the region was debating light rail expansion bellevue was also beginning to re envision the bel red area and its 900 acres east of downtown. Zoned mostly for light industry at the time and according to the city starting in 1995 the area was beginning to fade as businesses moved out and employment decreased.
10 minutes projected ridership including downtown redmond extension. Choose your way bellevue provides additional resources about bus service in bellevue. Link light rail is a light rail rapid transit system serving the seattle metropolitan area in the u s.