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Two people in construction vests and hard hats look up at a bridge under construction.

Fresh pics: Light rail crossing I-5

By Katie Metzger

Construction of the Lynnwood Link Extension is underway. This is a major milestone to bringing light rail to Shoreline, Moun… Read more
The guideway for the Lynnwood Link light rail extension curves with the land along I-5 north of Seattle approaching Mountlake Terrace Station.

Coming soon: 25 new Link stations by 2024!

By Sound Transit

We aren’t just growing transit, we’re building connections. Check out the milestones we celebrated in 2021 and get a look at… Read more
Galen sits cross-legged on a boat dock, wearing a gray sweater over a red turtleneck.

Inside Sound Transit: Celebrating and sharing Black history

By Katie Metzger

Every February, Sound Transit commemorates Black History Month by raising the Pan African flag outside our Union Station hea… Read more
Aerial view of the Tacoma Link Operations and Maintenance Base from summer of 2021.

Hilltop Tacoma Link opening update

By Sound Transit

Today, the Hilltop Tacoma Link project team went before the Sound Transit Board to ask for an additional $30 million to comp… Read more
Riders pour out of a train at the Roosevelt Station platform

How Sound Transit is responding to lessons from the November 26, 2021, major Link service disruption

By Sound Transit

Following the Apple Cup football game on November 26, a period when Link trains should have uneventfully whisked riders to t… Read more