It’s been a big year for light rail lovers across the region, with three Link extensions opening within 12 months.
Between T Line service to Tacoma’s Hilltop neighborhood, the 2 Line launching in Bellevue and Redmond, and 1 Line extending to Snohomish County, all between September 2023 and August 2024, the number of Link stations across the region grew by 76%.
And we’re just getting started.
In 2025 and 2026, four more Link projects are set to further transform the way we travel around the Central Puget Sound.
Take a look behind the scenes at summer and fall progress on projects under construction near you.
2 Line service to Downtown Redmond: coming spring 2025
The Downtown Redmond Station platform, pictured here in September, is elevated over 166th Avenue NE alongside the Central Connector Trail.
Workers review plans while working on the parking garage at Marymoor Village Station, one of two new 2 Line stations opening in spring 2025.
This photo shows the future eastern terminus of the 2 Line, or “tail tracks,” just past Downtown Redmond Station.
Every detail matters in the final stages of construction on the Downtown Redmond Link Extension.
There won’t be quite so many (or any) ladders for passengers to navigate when the parking garage opens at Marymoor Village Station next year, but this fall Sound Transit construction crews have been putting them to good use finishing the covered stairwell.
2 Line service across Lake Washington
Traffic aside, this crew’s views are hard to beat as the day comes to a close.
Once the 2 Line opens across Lake Washington, it’ll zip past traffic gridlock connecting the Eastside to Seattle and other regional connections.
Making the most of great weather in September, East Link Extension contractors prepared forms and placed concrete for light rail track plinths on the I-90 floating bridge.
In September, crews worked on placing concrete for plinths (the raised structures that support the rails) near the ends of the floating bridge.
The I-90 floating bridge has been a hive of activity this summer and fall.
1 Line service to Federal Way
This summer crews completed Sound Transit’s longest-spanning bridge to date. Read our Platform blog post about how Federal Way Link Extension contractors designed and built this engineering marvel to solve for unstable soil conditions in near a wetland area.
Sound Transit staff looked out over Federal Way Downtown Station during a construction visit in July. Set to open in 2026, this extension south from Angle Lake will add nearly eight miles to the 1 Line and three new stations.
This drone shot from June shows the curved, elevated 1 Line tracks coming in to Federal Way Downtown Station. The extension is set to open in 2026.
Federal Way Downtown Station is being designed to support easy transfers between Link light rail and regional and local bus service with a new bus loop.
This project will add nearly eight miles to our regional light rail system via mostly elevated tracks between SeaTac and Federal Way.
A new station in North Seattle
This aerial shot from early October shows the 130th Street Infill Station in Pinehurst, which will open in 2026 as a new 1 and 2 Line stop between Northgate and Shoreline South stations.
This fall, crews have been working to finish the concrete wall below the elevated future station, alongside I-5 in Pinehurst.
The 130th Street Infill Station will feature artist Romson Regarde Bustillo's piece titled "Dinhi Kami (Here we are)," pictured here during Lynnwood Link testing in August.
Construction crews were hard at work in early October on the 130th Street Infill Station.
If you drive I-5 north of Seattle frequently, you’ve likely seen construction crews making progress on rebar beneath the 130th Street Infill Station this summer and fall.
