Skip Navigation
  • Share

All Aboard: Sounder-to-Lakewood Launch Celebration


October 6, 2012

Join us for a three-station celebration Saturday, Oct. 6 as we launch Sounder train service to Lakewood and South Tacoma! We'll have free train rides and fun activities for the whole family at Lakewood Station, South Tacoma Station and Freighthouse Square at Tacoma Dome Station. Commuter service starts Monday, Oct. 8.

Free parking, live music, refreshments, transit information,  and a chance to win an ORCA card pre-loaded with $50 will be at all stations. 

Each station will also have special activities only found at that particular stop, so be sure to visit each stop along the way!

Free Sounder rides, Saturday, Oct. 6

Time Table

Time Table

To offer more flexibility for our guests, event buses marked "Special" will also be available to take passengers between stations.

Event Program

Lakewood Launch Point 10:30 a.m. - 4 p.m.

Lakewood Station: 11424 Pacific Highway S.W., Lakewood
Free 600-stall parking garage at this station. You can also plan your transit trip online.
Directions>>>

  • Ribbon Cutting Ceremony (11 a.m.) includes  Posting of Colors by the JBLM 4/2 Stryker Brigade Combat Team Color Guard
  • Inaugural train ride (12 p.m.)
  • Live music by the 56th Army Band Brass Quintet and the Clover Park High School Steel Drum Band
  • Commemorative giveaways, including signed prints by noted artist J Craig Thorpe
  • Take pictures at the Sounder photo booth
  • Talk to representative from Sound Transit, InterCity Transit, JBLM Commutes, City of Lakewood and Mt. Rainier Scenic Railroad.

South Tacoma Kid Zone 11:30 a.m. - 3 p.m.

South Tacoma Station: 5650 S Washington St., Tacoma
Free 220-stall parking lot at this station. Overflow parking available from12 p.m. on at the South End Recreation Area (SERA) at S. 60th and S. Adams St.
You can also plan your transit trip online.

Directions>>>

  • Face painting, balloon animals and coloring for the kids
  • "Be smart, Be safe" game booth and Operation Lifesaver trailer
  • Commemorative giveaways, including model paper trains
  • Meet Zap Gridlock, the traffic-fighting superhero
  • Live music by Mariachi Mexico
  • Take pictures at the Sounder photo booth
  • Talk to representatives from Sound Transit, STAR Center, South Tacoma Business District, South Tacoma Neighborhood Council

Tacoma Dome Station Community Gateway 12 p.m. - 3 p.m.

Freighthouse Square: 2501 East D St., Tacoma
Free 2200-stall parking garage at this station. You can also plan your transit trip online.

Directions>>>

  • Live music by the Duwamish Dixieland Band
  • Commemorative giveaways
  • Talk to representatives from Sound Transit, Freighthouse Square Merchants Association, the Dome District, the Downtown Merchants Group (DMG), Tacoma's Downtown on the Go, and more!

Project funding partners

Funding partners

Project planning partners

Planning partners