Sound Transit
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Sound Transit has been the popular name of Washington state's Central Puget Sound Regional Transit Authority since 1996. It was formed in 1993 by the Snohomish, King, and Pierce County Councils.
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[edit] Express Bus
Sound Transit's bus fleet is operated by local transit authorities Community Transit, Metro Transit, and Pierce Transit. It provides service to cities in all three counties, including Seattle, Redmond, Issaquah, Lakewood, Bellevue, Auburn, Federal Way, and Gig Harbor, in addition to Everett and Tacoma via its Regional Express Bus Service.
[edit] Light Rail
The Tacoma Link is a light rail service in Tacoma connecting the city's Theater District, Convention Center, train station, and Tacoma Dome arena.
The Central Link, a 15.7-mile light rail line running between downtown Seattle and Sea-Tac Airport via the Rainier Valley, is currently under construction, scheduled to open in 2009. There are plans to expand this route to Port of Tacoma; this would add about 20 miles to the main line and 6 more stations to Central Link. Plans are also in the works to add an Everett line; this would add 6 more stations to the list. There are plans to build a East Link that would add 15-20 miles, and 12 stations to the network.
[edit] Commuter Rail
Sound Transit operates the Sounder Commuter Rail, a commuter rail service between Everett and Seattle, and between Seattle and Tacoma. There are currently 4 daily round-trips between Tacoma and Seattle and 2 between Everett and Seattle. Sound Transit will eventually run up to 18 daily round tips from Tacoma and 4 from Everett to Seattle once all trackwork is completed by BNSF Railway. They also plan on extending service to South Tacoma and Lakewood by the end of 2007. Current stations are:
- Everett Station
- Edmonds Station
- King Street Station (Downtown Seattle)
- Tukwila Station
- Kent Station
- Auburn Station
- Sumner Station
- Puyallup Station
- Tacoma Dome Station
- Lakewood Station (Opening 2008).
