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Sound Transit rolled out its first Central Link light-rail vehicle on Monday. The vehicle is only one element of the construction that will...
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Sound Transit stations where the light rail will stop after leaving Sea-Tac International Airport are listed above seats at right on the first light-rail vehicle.
The first Central Link light-rail vehicle leaves the garage at its unveiling Monday morning at Sound Transit's maintenance base in Seattle, where it was assembled.
Sound Transit rolled out its first Central Link light-rail vehicle on Monday.
The vehicle is only one element of the construction that will stretch from Westlake Station, in Seattle, to Seattle-Tacoma International Airport. When the light-rail line opens in 2009, riders can expect a 36-minute trip from Seattle to the airport.
Sound Transit plans to extend the rail so it will stretch to the University District. Other extensions have been proposed and could included lines stretching to Lynnwood, SeaTac, the Port of Tacoma and to the Eastside.
Trains will run every few minutes, 20 hours a day. Thirty-five light-rail cars will make up the initial fleet.
More than 45,000 daily riders are expected to use the link as part of their regular commute by 2020, said Seattle Mayor Greg Nickels, who also sits on the Sound Transit Board.
Extending light rail
When the first two links of Sound Transit's light rail are scheduled to be completed:
2009: Sixteen miles to open for light-rail passengers between downtown Seattle and the airport.
2016: A three-mile tunnel from Westlake Center to the University of Washington.
He said recent federal approval to expand light rail to the University of Washington gives local transit a bright future and "sets the stage for the next phase of developing the entire transit network."
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