South Link (Link Light Rail)
South Link is a planned southern extension of the Central Link light rail line, spanning about 23 miles from Sea-Tac Airport to Tacoma Dome Station in Tacoma, Washington, USA.
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[edit] Routing
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From Sea-Tac Airport Station, trains will travel on an elevated guideway along 28th Ave S and State Route 99 to Federal Way then move towards the western side of Interstate 5 down to Fife, and eventually travel over E Bay St towards the Tacoma Dome Station on S 25th St.
As part of Sound Transit Proposition 1, which passed in November, 2008, Link Light Rail would terminate at Redondo/Star Lake. This extension is known as the South Corridor High Capacity Transit (HCT) Project.[1] The rest would be reserved right-of-way for the future.
[edit] Stations
| Name | City/Neighborhood | Location | Planned Year |
New Facilities | |
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| South Link (Sea-Tac Airport - Tacoma Dome Station) | |||||
| Elevated Section | |||||
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Sea-Tac Airport | Seatac | Northeast of parking garage | 2009 | |
| End of Central Link | |||||
| S 200th | Seatac | International Blvd and S 200th St | 2020; possibly 2016[2] | Park & ride and bus transfer center | |
| Highline Community College | Kent, Des Moines | Pacific Highway S and Kent-Des Moines Rd | 2020 | Park & ride and bus transfer center | |
| Redondo/Star Lake | Federal Way | Pacific Highway S and S 272nd St | 2023 (original); 2034 (revised)[3] | Park & ride and bus transfer center | |
| ST2 Update Package Link Light Rail ends here | |||||
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Federal Way (Federal Way Transit Center) | Federal Way | 23rd Ave S and S 317th St | ||
| South Federal Way | Federal Way | I-5 and SR 18 (S 348th St) | Park & ride and bus transfer center | ||
| Port of Tacoma/Fife | Fife | I-5 and SR 99 (54th Ave E) | Park & ride and bus transfer center | ||
| Tacoma Dome | Tacoma | S 25th St and S D St | |||
| End of ST2 Package End of line; connection to Tacoma Link |
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[edit] Cost Estimates
The extension to Tacoma was slated at $3.6 billion in 2008.[4]
[edit] References
- ^ "South Corridor HCT (High Capacity Transit) Project". Sound Transit. http://projects.soundtransit.org/Projects-Home/South-Corridor-HCT-Project.xml. Retrieved 9 April 2011.
- ^ Sound Transit CEO Report, February 11, 2011
- ^ Hobbs, Andy (2011-05-09). "It's official: No light rail in Federal Way". Federal Way Mirror. http://www.federalwaymirror.com/news/121521123.html.
- ^ Andrew Garber (1 November 2007). "Light rail to Tacoma: Is it worth the money?". Seattle Times. http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/politics/2003986898_elexprop1tacoma01m.html. Retrieved 9 April 2011.
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