Ballard Link Extension
Serving regional jobs, dense neighborhoods

News and updates

The Ballard Link Extension will provide fast, reliable light rail connections to dense residential and job centers throughout the region. In addition, a new downtown Seattle light rail tunnel will provide capacity for the entire regional system to operate efficiently. Get involved and tell us what you think. 

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Our informational online open house is live! 

At Sound Transit, we’ve been doing everything we can to help keep our communities safe. To help prevent the spread of COVID-19, we have shifted to remote engagement for the West Seattle and Ballard…

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Painting an Underground Picture 

If you live, work or play near one of the alignments we’re currently studying as part of the West Seattle and Ballard Link Extensions project, you might have seen crews performing a variety of…

Summer Safety – Responding to COVID-19

At Sound Transit, the summer season is an exciting time to engage with the communities we work in by attending various fairs and festivals to share information and help answer your questions about…

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COVID-19 (Coronavirus)

At Sound Transit, the safety of our staff, operators and riders remains our top priority. We will continue to ensure the health and safety of the community and our workforce by following the guidance…

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What’s your air draft?

We are studying multiple alternatives in the Ballard and West Seattle neighborhoods, including tunnel crossings and new rail-only bridges across Salmon Bay and new rail-only bridges across the…

Making progress and keeping you in the loop

Thanks to everyone who rode alongside us in 2019; asking questions, providing input and sharing insights about your neighborhoods and communities. Looking for a quick summary of where we are in…

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Didn’t attend one of our neighborhood forums? There’s still time to participate online! 

Our fall neighborhood forums concluded this past weekend. Thanks to everyone who took the time to attend one of our meetings in the last few weeks! We enjoyed presenting to over 350 of you and…

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Delridge Station neighborhood forum: West Seattle and Ballard Link Extensions

Join us to learn more about light rail route and station location options we’ll be studying in the Draft Environmental Impact Statement (EIS), what happens next in the environmental review process…

Disinfecting a Link light rail train

Interbay/Ballard neighborhood forum: West Seattle and Ballard Link Extensions

Join us to learn more about light rail route and station location options we'll be studying in the Draft Environmental Impact Statement (EIS), what happens next in the environmental review process…

Chinatown-Int'l District station neighborhood forum: West Seattle and Ballard Link Extensions

Join us to learn more about light rail route and station location options we’ll be studying in the Draft Environmental Impact Statement (EIS), what happens next in the environmental review process…