Lynnwood Link Extension

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The Lynnwood Link Extension will extend the Link light rail transit system 8.5 miles from Northgate Transit Center in Seattle north to Shoreline in King County and on to Mountlake Terrace and Lynnwood in Snohomish County. The Project includes the construction of four new stations, the addition of 3,790 parking spaces, and the acquisition of 34 light-rail vehicles. The project also includes partial funding for the construction of the Operations & Maintenance Facility: East, which will support maintenance of the light rail vehicles and vehicle dispatching. Link trains originating along the Lynwood Extension will travel south into central Seattle and then east across Mercer Island and on to Redmond to the northeast. Commuters from the Lynnwood Transit Center will enjoy 27-minute travel times to downtown Seattle, where they will have the option to transfer to trains providing access to SeaTac Airport and Federal Way. The trip from the Lynwood Transit Center to SeaTac will take 60 minutes. The extension is part of the regional mass transit system expansion (Sound Transit 2) approved by voters in 2008 and supported in large part by a dedicated local option sales tax. Additional extensions include East Link from downtown Seattle to Bellevue and Redmond, Northgate south of Lynnwood, and Federal Way south from SeaTac Airport and Angle Lake.

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