Sound Transit to open complete 2 Line in March
EVERETT — Sound Transit’s long-awaited Link light rail connection across Lake Washington will open on March 28, the regional transit agency announced in a press release Friday.
The opening of the 2 Line, first approved by voters in the 2008 Sound Transit 2 ballot measure, will complete a nonstop connection allowing travelers from Lynnwood to reach downtown Seattle, Bellevue and Redmond without making a transfer.
Along with the new crosslake bridge, added service will also make trains arrive more frequently for travelers going between Lynnwood and downtown Seattle. As the existing 1 Line and 2 Line will both operate with eight-minute frequencies at peak hours, travelers taking the trains as far south as the International District can expect to see a train every four minutes.
“After decades of hard work, creative design, and world-class engineering, we are finally linking the east and west sides of Lake Washington with rail,” Snohomish County Executive Dave Somers, also the chair of Sound Transit’s Board of Directors, wrote in the press release. “I applaud all those who worked on this project, and I appreciate the patience of the traveling public as the project worked through many barriers. Today is a very important milestone, and we look forward to Link light rail connecting Tacoma, Seattle, Everett, and Bellevue in the not-too-distant future.”
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