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

News and updates

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

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

An example of fieldwork crew conducting geo-technical boring to collect soil samples at South Lake Union in Seattle.

Upcoming fieldwork for the OMF South project

Over the past few weeks, you have may have seen crews conducting land and water surveys in Kent and Federal Way. These teams are working to better understand conditions at and near the three sites we…

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Thanks for joining us last fall! 

In November we shared an Operations and Maintenance Facility South update, including a status report on potential sites. Thank you to everyone who came out to say hello at a drop-in session or joined…