Westlake Light Rail Station |
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Westlake Station |
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| Address | 4th Avenue and Pine Street Seattle, Washington |
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| Connections | Bus Services: King County Metro Routes 41, 71, 72, 73, 74, 76, 77, 101, 102, 106, 150, 212, 216, 217, 218, 229, 255, 256, 301, 316 and Sound Transit Express Route 550 Monorail Service: Seattle Center Monorail (Connect at Westlake Center - 3rd Floor) Streetcar Service: South Lake Union Streetcar (Connect at Westlake Avenue and Olive Way) |
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| Platforms | 2 side platforms | |||||||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | |||||||||||||||
| Parking | Pay parking nearby | |||||||||||||||
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| Opened | 15 September 1990 (Bus) 18 July 2009 (Light Rail) |
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| Electrified | 1,500 V DC, Overhead catenary | |||||||||||||||
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| Owned by | King County Metro | |||||||||||||||
| Fare zone | City of Seattle Zone | |||||||||||||||
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Westlake Station is a Downtown Seattle Transit Tunnel Station located in Downtown Seattle under Pine Street between Third and Sixth Avenues. The station is served by Sound Transit and King County Metro buses and Central Link light rail trains. The station will serve as the northern terminus of Central Link until the opening of the University Link extension around 2016. It is completely underground, with entrances from Westlake Center, Nordstrom, Macy's, Coldwater Creek, and on Pine Street between 3rd and 4th. 8,700 daily Link light rail boardings are predicted for the year 2020.[1]
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The Metro Customer Stop provides customer information and sells transit passes. It is located on the west end of the mezzanine near Macy's[2]
There is an elevator from the station to the Seattle Center Monorail at the third floor of Westlake Center. Several entrances are located near the southern terminus of the South Lake Union Streetcar and near transfer points to surface buses toward Belltown, Queen Anne Hill, Magnolia, Fremont, Shoreline, Green Lake, and Redmond, among many other locations.
At the opening of Link Light Rail to the Eastside (projected at 2020), Westlake Station will serve both the Central Link and East Link lines.