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Sound Transit 3 Sets Seattle’s Light Rail Up For Expansion

Opponents of Sound Transit 3 (ST3) love to say that Seattle doesn't get that many stations. To take a cue from Trump's debating style:...

Rainier Beach Updates Its Neighborhood Plan

The Seattle City Council passed a Rainier Beach Neighborhood Plan Update, among many other things at a busy September 26th meeting. The plan focuses...

Link Sets New Record: 101,000 Boardings

Link light rail set a new record for ridership surpassing 100,000 boardings for the first time last Friday. Sound Transit credited the convergence of...

Shoreline’s 145th Street Station Subarea Plan Is Approved

A three-year process to adopt subarea plans around two future light rail stations in Shoreline has come to an end. On Monday, the Shoreline...

Link 2.0: First Peek At Sound Transit’s New Siemens LRVs

Sound Transit's Board of Directors approved today, by unanimous vote, the purchase of the next round of light rail vehicles (LRVs) from Siemens. As...

Link 2.0: Capital Committee Examines Siemens Purchase

Earlier this month, the Sound Transit Capitol Committee met to discuss, among other items, the contract with Siemens to procure 122 additional Light Rail...

Sound Transit TBM Bores Through At University of Washington; Is This The Last Boring...

Sound Transit “TBM #1” (née Brenda) successfully holed-through yesterday at the University of Washington Station, marking the end of tunnel boring work for the Northgate Link...
Angle Lake is the current southern terminus of Link, but the Federal Way Link Extension will add three stations to the south. (Sound Transit)

What Will Angle Lake Station Mean For Light Rail Users?

Yesterday Sound Transit announced that Angle Lake Station will open on Saturday September 24th. The elevated station sits 1.6 miles south of Airport Station,...