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Jimi Hendrix's face is seen on a mural with a bright blue sky behind it.

Fresh pics: Honoring Jimi Hendrix at Judkins Park Station

By Katie Metzger

I hear my train a comin’ – because East Link opens in two years!  All 10 stations along the 14-mile extension are re… Read more
Looking up at a large red crane and a blue sky with scattered clouds behind it.

Fresh pics: Adding parking in Puyallup

By Katie Metzger

Wondering what a giant red crane is doing near the Puyallup Station? Recently, construction ramped up on a new 500-space … Read more
Construction workers wear orange shirts, hard hats and face coverings as they install light rail track in downtown Tacoma.

Fresh pics: Hilltop Tacoma is 75 percent complete

By Katie Metzger

This month, crews completed track work on most of Martin Luther King Jr. Way for the Hilltop Tacoma Link Extension, marking … Read more
Workers dwarfed by the elevated tracks heading into Mountlake Terrace Station.

Fresh pics: Lynnwood Link construction going strong

By Bruce Gray

You can't miss light rail construction stretching into Snohomish County as the Lynnwood Link light rail extension rises next… Read more
New columns to support light rail tracks to Federal Way rise in SeaTac.

Fresh pics: Light rail rising in South King County

By Sound Transit

Link light rail construction south from the SeaTac to Federal Way has passed the 25 percent mark as the new line rises from … Read more