Operations and Maintenance Facility South
Maintaining the growing light rail fleet.

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More environmental review ahead for OMF South

An additional environmental review is underway for the Operations and Maintenance Facility South. Sound Transit published a Draft Environmental Impact Statement in 2021, under the State…

Final EIS update

We expected to publish the Final Environmental Impact Statement under the State Environmental Policy Act (SEPA) for the Operations and Maintenance Facility (OMF) South by the end of this year. …

Preferred alternative identified for the OMF South project: South 336th Street site

On Dec. 16, the Sound Transit Board identified the South 336th Street site as the preferred alternative for the location of the OMF South. The Board’s identification of a preferred alternative is…

Sound Transit Board identifies preferred alternative site for Operations and Maintenance Facility South

The Sound Transit Board today identified South 336th Street in Federal Way as the preferred alternative to study for a new Operations and Maintenance Facility (OMF) South located in South King County…

Summary documents from our Draft EIS comment period available online now!

Sound Transit shared materials with the Board members today to support their selection of a preferred alternative site for the OMF South at the December 16 meeting. These documents are available for…

What’s next for OMF South?

Thank you again to all who provided input this spring after we published the Draft Environmental Impact Statement on March 5! Starting in November, the Sound Transit Board will review community…

Sound Transit Board realignment action

As a project stakeholder, you’ve heard about the Sound Transit Board’s ongoing work to advance our voter-approved projects in a challenging fiscal environment.

Photo of a link light rail train with the words "Thank you" above the train, Operations and Maintenance Facility South

Thank you for your feedback!

Thanks to everyone who provided feedback on the Operations and Maintenance Facility South Draft Environmental Impact Statement! We received more 250 comments on our Draft EIS findings through our…

Photo of Link Light Rail cars used for project update, Operations and Maintenance Facility South

OMF South Online Open House

Help Sound Transit plan South King County's new light rail operations and maintenance facility: OMF South! Visit the online open house between March 5 and April 19 to review information from the…

Photo of Link Light Light Rail trains at Maintenance facility, Operations and Maintenance Facility South

Don’t forget to comment: OMF South Draft EIS public comment period ends April 19

Thanks to everyone who attended our online public meetings and hearings on Wednesday, March 24, and Tuesday, March 30. We had around 120 attendees total, and so far we’ve received more than 160…