East Link Extension
Connecting the Eastside with reliable light rail

News and updates

Project update

Downtown Bellevue tunneling update

Excavation of the downtown Bellevue light rail tunnel began in February 2017 and construction crews have been working 24 hours a day, 7 days a week on tunnel construction ever since. View the photos…

Project update

East Link construction in central Bellevue continues this spring

‘Meet the Contractor’ open house: Tuesday, June 6 While construction of the downtown Bellevue tunnel continues, Sound Transit will begin…

Project update

Overlake Transit Center park-and-ride closing May 1

Construction of the Redmond Technology Center light rail station is about to begin. The first step in building the station and its 320-stall parking garage is to close the parking lots at the current…

News release

New I-90 HOV lanes nearly ready for traffic

Plan ahead for construction and events first two weekends of May This news release was issued jointly by the Washington State Department of Transportation, Sound Transit. SEATTLE – Drivers should…

News release

South Bellevue park-and-ride to close May 30

Commuters are encouraged to explore other options before East Link light rail construction begins at the site The South Bellevue Park-and-Ride lot will close on Tuesday, May 30 as part of…

News release

Sound Transit light rail trains to run on clean energy beginning 2019

Agreement with Puget Sound Energy will enable Sound Transit to power Link trains with carbon-neutral energy Sound Transit has executed an innovative 10-year agreement with Puget Sound Energy (PSE)…

Project update

South Bellevue Park-and-Ride scheduled to close May 30, 2017

When East Link opens in 2023, Eastside commuters will be able to travel from downtown Bellevue to downtown Seattle in 20 minutes. However, the period between construction and opening day will bring…

News release

New look for I-90: Striping work to add HOV lanes across Lake Washington begins April 21

This news release was issued jointly by the Washington State Department of Transportation, Sound Transit. SEATTLE – With two-and-a-half years of work complete in the Mercer Island and Mount Baker…

News release

Overlake Transit Center Park-And-Ride to close May 1

Commuters are encouraged to try a new commute before the closure in preparation for East Link light rail construction As part of construction of the East Link Light Rail extension from Seattle to…

Project update

Attention Overlake Transit Center users: All park-and-ride spaces are closing May 1 for East Link construction

On May 1, the contractor building the future Redmond Technology Center light rail station will close the parking lots at the Overlake Transit Center. The parking closure may be challenging to regular…