It's exciting times at the portal to the Northgate light rail tunnels where contractors are welding 80 foot long rail "sticks" together to haul into the tunnels beneath the University of Washington and Roosevelt neighborhoods. The Northgate Link light rail extension is on schedule to open in 2021with stations at Northgate, the Roosevelt neighborhood and the University District. Here's a few fresh pictures from the last couple weeks of work. Check out this story from the Platform for details about the route and how the rails will "float" in the tunnels beneath the University of ...
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Rails going in Northgate train tunnels Bruce Gray April 10, 2018
Ride to Safeco on the Mariners Bruce Gray March 27, 2018Good news baseball fans – the Mariners are picking up your ticket to ride Link light rail to and from Safeco Field on game days starting this Thursday through June 3. Your game ticket, either digital or paper, will be your valid Link light rail ticket starting three hours before the first pitch until the trains stop running at the end of the night. If you are asked by Fare Enforcement Officers to see your ticket while on the train, just show them your game-day ticket for that day. This pilot promotion is only good on Link light rail trains. And since the tickets are good until the ...
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Reserved parking: Sound Transit and King County Metro want your feedback on paid parking permits for solo drivers Bruce Gray February 14, 2018(This post has been updated to show the latest outreach efforts kicking off for solo parking permits at select Sound Transit facilities.) Sound Transit and King County Metro are kicking off outreach efforts to get feedback on plans to offer reserved parking for solo drivers who are frequent transit riders. The permits could be available in late 2018. The initiative is the next step for the agency as it develops new ways to manage limited parking resources. Take the survey, talk to us in person Today Sound Transit and King County Metro launched a new online survey to start gathering ...
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Get ready for Bike Month with secured bike parking at your station
Bruce Gray
April 18, 2018
Our regional spring celebration of Bike Everywhere Month in May is just around the corner and we’ve literally got your bike covered at our train stations and park-and-ride lots. Most of our stations ...
Read MoreST in the News: Link2Mariners
Anonymous
March 30, 2018
Game tickets good for light rail trips to, from Mariners games (KIRO). Here's our webpage on all the details Sounder trains run Sunday for the Mariners game Changes could be coming to the Monorail that ...
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Two years in: How University Link is transforming Seattle
Josh Feit
March 19, 2018
Two years ago today we celebrated the opening of the University of Washington and Capitol Hill stations, extending our Link light rail system 3.15 miles completely underground. The new stations have ...
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ST in the News: Sounder to the Sounders
Anonymous
March 2, 2018
This Sunday is the first Sounders FC MLS match of the season and the first Sounder trip to the match. Join us against MLS newcomer LAFC and see the entire schedule here. This weekend has a lot of other ...
Read More2017: Another record-breaking year for ridership!
Sound Transit
February 22, 2018
The 4th Quarter ridership numbers were released today along with the 2017 year-end numbers for Link, Sounder, ST Express and Tacoma Link. The year-end ridership report adds another data point to mirror ...
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Shifting train lengths on Sounder North to meet demand
Sound Transit
February 9, 2018
Sounder North riders will see a shift in train lengths starting this afternoon (2/9) to meet increases in ridership on select trips and to better distribute seats across the four round trips. Two trips that ...
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