Northgate Link Extension

Ride underground from downtown to Northgate

2. Timeline and milestones

  • Voter approval (2008)

  • Milestone

    Target
    Final Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement completed March 2006

  • Design (2012-2014)

  • Milestone Target

    UW to Northgate tunneling excavation complete

    		 2016
    Northgate guideway construction complete 
    Track slab installation complete     		 2018 
    Rail installation complete 
    New light rail vehicles acquired 
    Early system testing
    Elevators, escalators, and stairway construction to all stations complete 
    Public artworks installed 
    Roosevelt Station Complete     		 2019 
    U District Station Complete 
    Northgate Station Complete     		 2020 
    System testing complete  2021 
    Open for service 2021

  • Open for service (2021)