Operations and Maintenance Facility East
Maintaining the growing light rail fleet

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U.S. Dept. of Transportation executes $87.7 million loan for Sound Transit light rail operations and maintenance facility

Second installment of $1.99 billion master loan agreement will support upcoming light rail extensions The U.S. Department of Transportation has executed a $87.7 million low-interest loan that will…

Sound Transit to host public open house about the design and construction of the new light rail operations and maintenance facility in Bellevue

Public invited to meet Sound Transit's contractor and learn about design and construction activities for the facility that will maintain, store and deploy light rail vehicles for system expansion…

You're invited: Design and construction kick-off open house

Please join us! Meet our design build team and construction management consultant to discuss: Design concepts of the new Operations and Maintenance Facility in Bellevue Early concepts of…

Final Environmental Impact Statement (FEIS) now available

Final Environmental Impact Statement (FEIS) now available Sound Transit and the Federal Transit Administration have published the FEIS for the Link Operations & Maintenance Satellite Facility…

Final Environmental Impact Statement published

Sound Transit published the Final Environmental Impact Statement for the project.View the Final EIS here.

BNSF Site Identified as Preferred Alternative by Sound Transit Board

In July 2014, after a 45-day Draft EIS public review and comment period, the Sound Transit Board identified the BNSF site as the preferred alternative for a new light rail operations satellite base.…

Join us this week - public hearings/open house June 3 & 5

REMINDER: Submit your comments on the OMSF Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS) The comment period for the Link OMSF DEIS closes Monday. Comments must be received/postmarked by June 23, 2014.…

Join us this week - public hearings/open house June 3 & 5

Join us this week!  This week, attend an OMSF public hearing with open house focused on the Draft Environmental Impact Statement (EIS). Learn about the environmental analysis, meet the project…

Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS) released, review and comment through June 23, 2014!

Potential sites are in Lynnwood and BellevueSound Transit is dramatically expanding the region’s Link light rail system and a facility to store and maintain the new light rail vehicles must be built…

Looking forward

The Link Operations & Maintenance Satellite Facility (OMSF) site alternatives have been identified and environmental review is underway. The Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS) is…