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Overview
The station is located in the center of I-90. Riders can enter from either Rainier Avenue South or 23rd Avenue South. The nearby I-90 trail as well as local bus transfers make it easy to connect to light rail for transit riders, people walking and people cycling.
Open: 2025*
Travel time: Judkins Park Station to Westlake - 10 minutes.
*February 2024 update:
In August 2023, the Sound Transit Board voted for a phased approach to opening the East Link Extension, beginning with providing 2 Line service between South Bellevue and Redmond Technology stations on April 27, 2024.
The 2 Line, which is not affected by quality issues related to construction, will open ahead of the I-90 segment.
The remainder of East Link, that crosses I-90 and includes Judkins Park and Mercer Island Stations is expected to open in 2025.
This 50-foot mural features Jimi Hendrix as a teenage musician at the station’s west entrance at Rainier Avenue.
Platform facing east toward 23rd Avenue South
Art by Hank Willis Thomas highlights Jimi Hendrix‘s legacy, seen from the station’s east entrance at 23rd Avenue South.
Judkins Park Station taking shape
June, 2019
Riders will walk this ramp from Rainier Avenue to the station
June 2019
Station art
PROJECT: Platform Windscreens
ARTIST: Barbara Earl Thomas (Seattle, WA)
DESCRIPTION: Translating her cut-paper images into glass and metal, Barbara Thomas' work will tell a story in pictures across some of the station's platform windscreens. Thomas is a native of South Seattle and the station artwork is based on the idea of passing the torch from one generation to another. Thomas is further working to develop a component of the artwork that is accessible to the disabled community, in particular those served by the nearby Lighthouse for the Blind.
PROJECT: Station Entrances
ARTIST: Hank Willis Thomas (New York, NY)
DESCRIPTION: Thomas' two murals for the station celebrate a native son, Jimi Hendrix, capturing both the hope of youth and the fleeting nature of success. The west station entrance will feature a 50 foot tall mural of Hendrix based on a snapshot taken soon after his first teenage gig. At the east station entrance, Thomas' mural will be a collage of portraits taken at the peak of Hendrix' fame, rendered in gold-toned metal. Each artwork is an extension of Thomas' ongoing explorations of the interactions between identity, commerce and the media.