List of Link Light Rail stations

Link Light Rail is a light rail system serving the Seattle metropolitan area and operated by Sound Transit. The network consists of nineteen stations on two lines: thirteen on Central Link and six on Tacoma Link. Link stations are located within four cities in King and Pierce counties: eleven in Seattle, five in Tacoma, one in SeaTac and one in Tukwila.[1][2] The two lines had a combined average weekday ridership of 36,167 in 2014, making Link the sixteenth-busiest light rail system in the United States.[3][4] The busiest station by daily ridership is Westlake in Seattle, while the least busiest is Union Station/South 19th Street in Tacoma.[5]

Link began service on August 23, 2003 with the opening of Tacoma Link and its five stations.[6] Central Link, unconnected from the existing Tacoma Link line, was opened from Seattle to Tukwila on July 18, 2009 and later extended to the Seattle–Tacoma International Airport on December 19, 2009.[7][8] The first infill station of the Link system, Commerce Street/South 11th Street on Tacoma Link, opened on September 15, 2011.[9] Sound Transit is building three extensions to Central Link serving six new stations in Seattle and SeaTac scheduled to open by 2021; further extensions of Central Link to Lynnwood, Bellevue, and Federal Way were approved in a 2008 ballot measure are planned to open by 2023.[10] An extension to Tacoma Link from Downtown Tacoma to the Hilltop neighborhood was also approved and is undergoing planning and review.[11]

All stations include works of public art as part of the "STart" program, which requires one percent of station construction funds go to art installations.[12] The stations are named in accordance to facility naming guidelines that include using surrounding neighborhoods and street names, avoiding words used by existing facility names, and being limited to 30 characters in compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act.[13] Stations are also identified by simple pictograms, known as "Stellar Connections", that are used in station signage, maps and other printed materials as a wayfinding aid; the icons are composed of points that correspond with local landmarks near Link stations, while also forming a picture that represents the station's identity.[14][15]

Stations

ORCA card readers on the island platform at Stadium Station
The elevated side platforms at Mount Baker Station
SeaTac/Airport Station viewed from International Boulevard
Key
† Terminal stations
Current Link Light Rail stations
Station Line[1] Location[2] Opened Weekday ridership
(2014)[5]
Beacon Hill Beacon Hill, Seattle July 18, 2009[7] 3,646
Columbia City Columbia City, Seattle July 18, 2009[7] 3,197
Commerce Street/South 11th Street Downtown Tacoma September 15, 2011[9] 826
Convention Center/South 15th Street Downtown Tacoma August 23, 2003[6] 1,554
International District/Chinatown[n 1] International District, Seattle July 18, 2009[7][n 2] 5,667
Mount Baker Mount Baker, Seattle July 18, 2009[7] 3,508
Othello New Holly, Seattle July 18, 2009[7] 3,568
Pioneer Square Pioneer Square, Seattle July 18, 2009[7][n 2] 3,728
Rainier Beach Rainier Beach, Seattle July 18, 2009[7] 2,735
SeaTac/Airport † SeaTac December 19, 2009[8] 8,989
SODO SoDo, Seattle July 18, 2009[7] 1,983
South 9th Street/Theater District † Tacoma August 23, 2003[6] 2,061
South 25th Street Tacoma August 23, 2003[6] 1,174
Stadium SoDo, Seattle July 18, 2009[7] 1,314
Tacoma Dome † Tacoma August 23, 2003[6] 834
Tukwila International Boulevard Tukwila July 18, 2009[7] 5,077
Union Station/South 19th Street Downtown Tacoma August 23, 2003[6] 539
University Street Downtown Seattle July 18, 2009[7][n 2] 4,669
Westlake † Downtown Seattle July 18, 2009[7][n 2] 11,214

Stations under construction

Aerial view of University of Washington Station under construction in 2012
Key
† Terminal stations
Link Light Rail stations under construction
Station Line/Extension Location[2] Projected completion
Angle Lake †
  South 200th Link Extension
SeaTac 2016[18]
Capitol Hill
  University Link Extension
Capitol Hill, Seattle 2016[19]
Northgate † Northgate, Seattle 2021[20]
Roosevelt Roosevelt, Seattle 2021[20]
U District University District, Seattle 2021[20]
University of Washington †
  University Link Extension
University District, Seattle 2016[19]

Stations in planning

Key
† Terminal stations
Link Light Rail stations in planning
Station[n 3] Line/Extension Location[2] Projected completion
120th Bellevue 2023[21]
130th Bellevue 2023[21]
NE 145th Street Pinehurst, Seattle 2023[22]
NE 185th Street North City, Shoreline 2023[22]
Bellevue Transit Center Bellevue 2023[21]
East Main Bellevue 2023[21]
Federal Way † Federal Way Unfunded[23]
Hospital Bellevue 2023[21]
Kent/Des Moines Kent 2023[23]
Lynnwood † Lynnwood 2023[22]
Mercer Island Mercer Island 2023[21]
Mountlake Terrace Mountlake Terrace 2023[22]
Overlake Transit Center † Overlake, Redmond 2023[21]
Overlake Village Overlake, Redmond 2023[21]
Rainier Central District, Seattle 2023[21]
S 272nd Street Kent Unfunded[23]
South Bellevue Bellevue 2023[21]

Deferred and unbuilt stations

Deferred and unbuilt Link Light Rail stations
Station[n 4] Line/Extension Location[2] Deferred/Deleted
220th Street SW Mountlake Terrace April 23, 2015[24][25]
Boeing Access Road Tukwila November 18, 1999[26][27]
First Hill
  University Link Extension
First Hill, Seattle July 28, 2005[28]
Graham Brighton, Seattle November 18, 1999[26]
NE 130th Street Pinehurst, Seattle April 23, 2015[24][25]

Notes

  1. ↑ International District/Chinatown Station was renamed from International District Station by the Metropolitan King County Council on October 19, 2004.[16]
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Stations in the Downtown Seattle Transit Tunnel opened on September 15, 1990 to bus service and were rebuilt for light rail from 2005 to 2007.[17] Light rail service to these stations began with the rest of Central Link on July 18, 2009.[7]
  3. ↑ Station names are for planning purposes and subject to change.
  4. ↑ Stations were not given official names by the Sound Transit Board prior to their deferral.

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Sound Transit System Map (PDF) (Map). Sound Transit. Retrieved April 22, 2015.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 Growing Transit Communities Oversight Committee (October 2013). "Transit Community Profiles". Puget Sound Regional Council. Retrieved April 22, 2015.
  3. ↑ Fourth Quarter 2014 Service Delivery Quarterly Performance Report (PDF) (Report). Sound Transit. February 26, 2015. Retrieved April 22, 2015.
  4. ↑ Public Transportation Ridership Report: Fourth Quarter & End-of-Year 2014 (PDF) (Report). American Public Transportation Association. March 3, 2015. Retrieved April 22, 2015.
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 "Appendix D: Stop Level Ridership Data". 2015 Service Implementation Plan (PDF) (Report). Sound Transit. December 2014. pp. 164–165. Retrieved April 22, 2015.
  6. ↑ "Regional transit history 2008". Sound Transit. Retrieved April 22, 2015.
  7. ↑ "Tacoma Link Expansion". Sound Transit Projects & Plans. Sound Transit. Retrieved April 22, 2015.
  8. ↑ "STart Public Art Program". Sound Transit. Archived from the original on June 12, 2010. Retrieved August 28, 2014.
  9. ↑ "Resolution No. R2012-02: Facility and Link System Naming Policy - Staff Report" (PDF). Sound Transit. February 23, 2012. p. 2. Retrieved November 10, 2014.
  10. ↑ "Stellar Connections". Sound Tarnsit. Archived from the original on June 12, 2010. Retrieved April 3, 2015.
  11. ↑ "Stellar Connections: The story of the pictograms at Link light rail stations" (PDF). Sound Transit. Retrieved April 3, 2015.
  12. ↑ "International District/Chinatown Station Ordinance". Metropolitan King County Council. October 19, 2004. Archived from the original on October 14, 2006. Retrieved April 22, 2015.
  13. ↑ Crowley, Walt (October 1, 2000). "Bus service begins in downtown Seattle transit tunnel on September 15, 1990.". HistoryLink. Retrieved April 22, 2015.
  14. ↑ "South 200th Link Extension". Sound Transit Projects & Plans. Sound Transit. Retrieved July 16, 2013.
  15. ↑ 24.0 24.1 "Sound Transit Resolution No. 2015-05" (PDF). Sound Transit. April 23, 2015. Retrieved April 24, 2015.
  16. ↑ 26.0 26.1 "Sound Transit Resolution No. R99-34". Sound Transit. November 18, 1999. Retrieved November 16, 2014.
  17. ↑ "Boeing Access Road Station (Deferred)". Sound Transit. Archived from the original on March 20, 2009. Retrieved August 28, 2014.
  18. ↑ "Sound Transit Resolution No. R2005-20" (PDF). Sound Transit. July 28, 2005. Retrieved November 12, 2014.

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