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

News and updates

OMF South public meeting #2

Attend an online public meeting and hearing to learn more about the OMF South project and make a verbal comment. Attend the meeting

Sound Transit employee stands in front of Link light rail train at an operations and maintenance facility

Second OMF South Draft EIS public meeting and hearing tomorrow!

Thanks to everyone who attended our online public meeting and hearing last week! We are hosting another virtual public meeting and hearing tomorrow, Tuesday, March 30, from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Learn…

OMF South public meeting #1

Attend an online public meeting and hearing to learn more about the OMF South project and make a verbal comment. Attend the meeting

Photo of a worker and a link train on a raised platform at the Operations and Maintenance Facility South

First OMF South Draft EIS public meeting and hearing tonight!

Join us tonight (Wednesday night), March 24, from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m.! Learn more and comment on Sound Transit’s new Operations and Maintenance Facility South to be located in South King County. At the…

Public comment period on Draft Environmental Impact Statement for Operations and Maintenance Facility South begins today

Today, Sound Transit issued a Draft Environment Impact Statement for building and operating a Link light rail Operations and Maintenance Facility in the South Sound.  The Draft EIS, prepared in…

A worker in a blue jumpsuit fixes an overhead light in a Link light rail vehicle.

Share your thoughts on the Operations and Maintenance Facility South

Sound Transit will be expanding our light rail train fleet in the coming years to support future Link extensions to Tacoma and throughout the region. To receive these new electric trains, we first…

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

Comment by April 19 on South King County’s new light rail maintenance facility

Sound Transit is expanding our light rail train fleet in the coming years to support future Link extensions to Tacoma and throughout the region. To receive these new electric trains, we first need to…

Photo of the Operations and Maintenance Facility in Seattle.

What's an OMF?

Sound Transit's regional light rail system is expanding! To service and maintain additional light rail vehicles, we need to build a new facility in South King County: the Operations and Maintenance…

Photo of a worker installing LED lights on Link Train, Operations and Maintenance Facility South Project update

OMF South Draft EIS coming March 5: We need your input!

On March 5, Sound Transit will publish the Draft Environmental Impact Statement for the Operations and Maintenance Facility South.  A Draft EIS is an important milestone in determining where we…

OMFS Oct 2020 Project update header image, photo of woman wearing a mask at a train station

OMF South environmental review schedule

Our project team is currently working on the Draft Environmental Impact Statement, or EIS, as part of our environmental review process. The Draft EIS will analyze and document the three site…