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 underground stations will serve the Roosevelt and University (U) District areas, and the elevated station will serve Northgate.
University (U) District in 2020 (Photo courtesy Sound Transit)
Sound Transit Board Chair and University Place Mayor Kent Keel said “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. This drum
Light rail service to Northgate begins in October
Light Rail from Northgate to Lynnwood. (KIRO Radio, Chris Sullivan)
Sound Transit will start running light rail trains between the University District and Northgate on Oct. 2, 2021.
The 4.3-mile extension has been under construction for nine years, with most of the route underground.
“Our City is under construction before our eyes, and investments like light rail will be transformational for North Seattle,” Sound Transit Board Member and Seattle Mayor Jenny Durkan said in a news release. “We are building a more connected city that has safe, affordable, and reliable options for people walking, rolling, taking transit, and biking, no matter where you live.”