Seattle (Washington) - 620,000 inh. (2.7 mil. in metropolitan area)

Light Rail

25 km
- 22.2 km segment from Westlake Station to Tukwila International Boulevard Station opened 18 July 2009
- 2.7 km extension to Seattle-Tacoma International Airport opened 19 Dec 2009.

For the light rail line, the existing 2.2 km Downtown Seattle Transit Tunnel was retrofitted; it is now jointly used by both light rail trains and buses. The tunnel re-opened for buses in September 2007.

A 5 km underground northern extension to University of Washington is under construction for completion in 2016. Further extension north to Northgate scheduled for 2021.
At the southern end, an elevated 2.5 km extension from the Airport to Angle Lake (200th Street) has been under construction since May 2013, planned to open together with the University extension in 2016.

See details here

"South Lake Union Streetcar" in downtown Seattle

- opened 2007
- 2.1 km
- 7 stops

SoundTransit (Official Website)

lightrailnow.org

Seattle.org - Light Rail Project

Seattle Light Rail at Wikipedia

Seattle Streetcar (Official Website)

Seattle Streetcar at Wikipedia

Seattle Monorail (Official Website)

Seattle Monorail at Wikipedia

Read your webmaster's personal impressions of the various Seattle rail systems (July 2012)

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