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A recent survey of Seattle voters finds widespread support for the continued expansion of the Link light rail system in Seattle.

Kickoff events celebrated riders and business districts at all three, new stops on Sound Transit's Northgate Link light rail extension.

Washington State Senator Joe Nguyen is trailing with 30% of the vote. Credit: KING Author: KING 5 Staff Updated: 8:44 PM PDT August 3, 2021 KING COUNTY, Wash. — Incumbent Dow Constantine is leading the primary race for King County executive after an initial ballot count Aug. 3. Constantine has 54% of the vote. Top challenger Joe Nguyen is trailing Constantine, but holding strong, with 30% of the vote.  Bill Hirt has 12% of the vote. The top two primary candida...

Northgate Station Sound Transit After 15 years of planning and construction, Sound Transit announced Friday that the Northgate Link will officially open on October 2 of this year. The Northgate extension of the light rail system is 4.3 miles long, with 3.5 of those miles running underground. Tunnel boring equipment began work on the extension’s two underground tunnels in 2014 and took two years to complete. The extension features two underground stations and one elevated station. The undergro...

Three new light rail stations arrive on October 2. And more are on the way.

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Northgate Link light rail extension to open for service fall 2021 By Q13 News Staff Sound Transit Northgate Link light rail to open this fall The 4.3 mile extension from Northgate to downtown Seattle will open October 2 for service with stops at three stations. SEATTLE - The Northgate Link light rail extension will open to passengers October 2. Sound Transit made the announcement Friday in a news release of the projected under-budget light rail extension. The 4.3-mile extension connects North...

MY EDMONDS NEWS Posted: April 9, 2021 Testing light rail cars at the Northgate station. (Photo courtesy Sound Transit) Sound Transit said Friday that the Northgate Link light rail extension will open to passenger service on Saturday, Oct. 2. The new extension, which is moving forward under budget, will offer riders 14-minute trips between Northgate and downtown Seattle. In addition to the elevated station at Northgate, trains will stop at new underground stations serving Seattle’s U Distr...

Sound Transit: Northgate light rail service set to kick off in October KOMO News Staff © Provided by KOMO-TV Seattle SEATTLE - The new Northgate light rail station will open to passenger service on Sat., Oct. 2, extending the public transportation systems reach by another 4.3 miles, Sound Transit officials said Friday. The new extension, which reportedly is moving forward under budget, will take riders from Northgate to downtown Seattle in 14 minutes, with stops at underground...

Streets around U District Station in Seattle are re-opening. Sound Transit The streets around the U District Station for Link light rail are reopening to the public starting today, a milestone in the progress of construction for the Northgate Link extension. Brooklyn Avenue will open to traffic and pedestrians today, while NE 43rd Street is opening today to pedestrian traffic. “The street openings are yet another sign of how close we are getting to the opening of the Northgate Link extension,...