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==Recent and Future Changes==
==Recent and Future Changes==
===Recent Changes===
===Recent Changes===
on 10 May 2025 SOUND Transit opened a 5.4km extension of Line 2, running from the previous terminus at Redmond Technology and adding two new stations at Marymoor Village and Downtown Redmond.


10 May 2025 line 2 extension opened from Redmond Technology to downtown Redmond.
The initial 10.6km line that runs northeast from South Bellevue to Redmond Technology opened on April 27 2024. The final 6.4km section of Line 2, which will run west from South Bellevue across Lake Washington to International District/Chinatown in the city centre via Mercer Island and Judkins Park, is also scheduled to open within the next 12 months.


=== Future Changes===
=== Future Changes===

Revision as of 11:52, 4 June 2025

State Details

See Wikipedia; also see United States for information relating to the country as a whole, and the national operator Amtrak.

Maps

Washington is covered by the SPV "North America Railroad Atlas" volume Pacific North West.

Rail Operators

There are various Amtrak services in Washington:

  • long-distance: between the Coast Starlight between Seattle and Los Angeles, the Empire Builder between Seattle / Portland (Oregon) and Chicago
  • international / regional : between Eugene (Oregon) and Vancouver (British Columbia, Canada) he Northeast Corridor and places in Virginia.

Sound Transit

Sound Transit operates commuter rail services on two routes between Everett and Seattle and Seattle and Tacoma and two light-rail routes around Seattle.


Note: The Sound Transit routes between Everett, Seattle and Tacoma are also used by Amtrak services.

Tourist Lines

See Wikipedia

Metro and light rail systems

Seattle

Infrastructure

  • Gauge: standard
  • Electrification: overhead
  • Rule of the road:

Information

See also UrbanRail.

Recent and Future Changes

Recent Changes

on 10 May 2025 SOUND Transit opened a 5.4km extension of Line 2, running from the previous terminus at Redmond Technology and adding two new stations at Marymoor Village and Downtown Redmond.

The initial 10.6km line that runs northeast from South Bellevue to Redmond Technology opened on April 27 2024. The final 6.4km section of Line 2, which will run west from South Bellevue across Lake Washington to International District/Chinatown in the city centre via Mercer Island and Judkins Park, is also scheduled to open within the next 12 months.

Future Changes

See [ https://www.soundtransit.org/system-expansion system expansion pages]


Updated May 2025

Obscure or Sparse Passenger Services

See USA - Lines with Obscure or Sparse passenger services - Washington State.

See also