Seattle Light Rail Extension

West seattle and ballard link extensions.

Seattle light rail extension. Link light rail is a light rail rapid transit system serving the seattle metropolitan area in the u s. And line t. 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. There will be.

State of washington it is managed by sound transit in partnership with local transit providers and consists of two non connected lines. Although this is a sound transit project the city of redmond is working together with them to share information on construction traffic. In addition a new downtown seattle light rail tunnel will provide capacity for the entire regional system to operate efficiently. The northgate link extension adds three new stations in seattle two underground u district and roosevelt stations and an elevated station at northgate which will feature frequent bus connections a park and ride and a bicycle pedestrian bridge to north seattle college.

This project is currently in environmental review where we are studying the potential impacts of the alternatives on the natural built and social environment we will publish the results in a draft. Extension of sound transit s light rail into redmond will provide fast frequent and reliable connections around town bellevue seattle and to the rest of the region. These two separate link extensions are part of the regional. Every 6 minutes in peak hours.

With voter approval in 1996 2008 and 2016 new light rail bus rapid transit and commuter rail. Learn about the typical life cycle of a light rail project. It will be part of sound transit s link light rail system running 14 miles 23 km from west to east and serving 10 stations in downtown seattle mercer island bellevue and redmond. The west seattle and ballard link extensions will provide fast reliable light rail connections to dense residential and job centers throughout the region.

The east link extension also known as line 2 is a future light rail line serving the eastside region of the seattle metropolitan area in the u s. View project details. Serving regional jobs entertainment destinations. Line 1 formerly central link in king county which travels for 20 miles 32 km between seattle and seattle tacoma international airport.

The city s role with light rail.