Sound Transit is working with the region’s transit providers on plans for having the opening coincide with fall service changes on ST Express, King County Metro Transit and Community Transit bus routes. Opening day will provide an opportunity for us to celebrate their dedication.” Great care needed to be taken to protect the health of every worker and their families while achieving each project milestone. This project has been able to advance during a pandemic through the extraordinary efforts of our project staff, construction workforce and our contractors. Our region has been through a brutal year, and we are thrilled to give our riders and taxpayers the opportunity to celebrate a major expansion of transit options. Sound Transit CEO Peter Rogoff added, “The opening of Link to Northgate is very well timed with our region’s long-awaited shift back toward normal life. It will position us to keep building to complete voter-approved extensions to Tacoma, Everett, West Seattle, Ballard, DuPont and other destinations across the region.” “This drumbeat of progress will extend service to Tacoma’s Hilltop in 2022, East King County in 2023 and Lynnwood and Federal Way in 2024. “With Northgate’s completion, Sound Transit will enter an exciting period of opening major light-rail extensions every year through 2024, nearly tripling the region’s light-rail system from 22 miles to 62 miles,” said Sound Transit Board Chair and University Place Mayor Kent Keel. Of the 4.3-mile extension, all but 0.8 miles of elevated track at Northgate are located underground. In addition to the elevated station at Northgate, trains will stop at new underground stations serving Seattle’s U District and Roosevelt neighborhoods. The new extension, which is moving forward under budget, will offer riders reliable, traffic-free trips of 14 minutes between Northgate and downtown Seattle. Sound Transit’s Northgate Link light-rail extension will open to passenger service Oct.
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