Seattle: Sound Transit opens light-rail extension to Northgate

[marmar]

Sound Transit can now provide north Seattle with improved transit options and faster travel times to downtown Seattle with the Oct. 2 opening of the 4.3-mile Northgate Light-Rail Extension. The extension will be known as Line 1 and includes three stations at Northgate, Roosevelt and U District. Riders can expect headways as short as eight minutes and travel times between Northgate and downtown Seattle set to be 13 minutes.

Sound Transit explains the opening of Line 1 “heralds the start of an unprecedented period of transit expansion in the region. In just three years, the Link light-rail network will nearly triple in reach, from 22 miles to 62 miles, with service to Tacoma’s Hilltop in 2022, East King County in 2023 and Lynnwood, Federal Way and Downtown Redmond in 2024.”

Sound Transit Board Chair and University Place Council Member Kent Keel called the opening of the project a “historic day” and the beginning “of three years that will transform how people get around our region.”

"The opening of Northgate Link is a great leap forward for Puget Sound commuters, the first of many leaps forward for Sound Transit in the coming years," said Sound Transit CEO Peter Rogoff. "As Sound Transit looks to nearly triple our light-rail network in just the next three years, we are thankful for the hard work and dedication of staff and the construction workforce in achieving this monumental feat in the middle of a pandemic." ............(more)

https://www.masstransitmag.com/rail/infrastructure/article/21240713/sound-transit-opens-lightrail-extension-to-northgate

[The Blue Flower]

1. A tremendous achievement for the people of the area

Great news!