Beacon Hill (Link station)


Beacon Hill
Light Rail Station

Beacon Hill Station Platform
Station statistics
Address 17th Avenue South & South McClellan Street
Seattle, Washington
Lines
Connections King County Metro Routes 36, 38, 60
Structure Tunnel
Depth 160 feet
Platforms 2 side platforms
Tracks 2
Parking Street parking only
Bicycle facilities Lockers
Other information
Opened 18 July 2009
Electrified 1,500 V DC, Overhead catenary
Accessible
Owned by Sound Transit
Fare zone City of Seattle Zone
Services
Preceding station   Link Light Rail   Following station
toward Westlake
Central Link

The Beacon Hill Station is a Sound Transit Central Link light rail stop in the Beacon Hill neighborhood of Seattle. It is a tunnel station, about 160 feet (49 m) under South Lander Street, with an entrance located at the southeast corner of Beacon Avenue South and South Lander Street.

The station opened with the rest of the Central Link line on July 18, 2009. Sound transit predicts 3,000 daily boardings at the Beacon Hill Station for the year 2020.[1]

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Other Transit

There are bus stops located on either side of Beacon Avenue South at the station entrance. The bus stops are served by King County Metro Routes 36, 38, and 60. It is the northern terminus of route 38, which provides local infill service serving 3 stops on a steep hill between Beacon Hill Station and Mount Baker Station

Construction

The station consists of two platform tunnels, each approximately 380 feet (120 m) long. Twin running tunnels, each nearly a mile long, connect the station to SoDo in the west and the Rainier Valley in the east. The platform tunnels are connected by concourse tunnels to the main shaft, which contains elevators and emergency stairs. Four high-speed elevators provide quick access between the surface and the station platform, taking about 20 seconds each way.

Construction of the station began in March 2005 and was completed in July 2009. Obayashi Corporation was the general contractor. The twin running tunnels were excavated with a tunnel boring machine (TBM) built by Mitsubishi, named the "Emerald Mole."[2] The station and crossover tunnels were constructed using the Sequential Excavation Method (SEM), also known as the New Austrian Tunneling Method (NATM).[3]

Station Art

The station contains several art installations in the plaza, concourse, and platforms.[4] These include:

The installations are funded by Sound Transit's STart program, which dedicates 1% of construction funding to public art.[5]

Gallery

References

External links

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