Kent Station Parking and Access Improvements

Improving access on foot, by bike and by car
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Project map and summary

System Expansion web map for Kent Station Parking and Access Improvements
System Expansion web map for Kent Station Parking and Access Improvements

Project updates

Like many agencies nationwide that are balancing transit operations and mega-project capital expansions, Sound Transit faces rapidly escalating costs in nearly every area of its work. 

The “Enterprise Initiative” is Sound Transit’s comprehensive effort aimed at delivering the maximum benefits of ST3 within available financial resources. As part of this effort, the Sound Transit Board is evaluating different approaches to updating the ST3 System Plan in summer 2026, which may include new ways to build, phase, or sequence projects. 

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Overview

Sound Transit is expanding access to Kent Station. Improvements include a new parking garage at East James Street and Railroad Avenue North, as well as pedestrian and bus improvements. The garage and other improvements are expected to open in 2027.

A view from the platform as passengers disembark from a Sounder train at the Kent Station.
An aerial view of the Kent Station platform as passengers disembark from a Sounder train.
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A view from the platform as passengers disembark from a Sounder train at the Kent Station.
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An aerial view of the Kent Station platform as passengers disembark from a Sounder train.