Line 1, formerly Central Link, is a light rail line in Seattle, Washington, United States. It serves 16 stations in the cities of Seattle, SeaTac, and Tukwila, traveling 20 miles between University of Washington and Angle Lake stations. Voters approved Central Link in a 1996 ballot measure and construction began in 2003. The line was temporarily renamed the Red Line until its designation was changed to Line 1 in 2020. It is scheduled to be extended north to Northgate in 2021. Further extensions to Lynnwood and Federal Way are planned to open in 2024.
About Line 1 (Sound Transit) in brief
Line 1, formerly Central Link, is a light rail line in Seattle, Washington, United States, and part of Sound Transit’s Link light rail system. It serves 16 stations in the cities of Seattle, SeaTac, and Tukwila, traveling 20 miles between University of Washington and Angle Lake stations. Voters approved Central Link in a 1996 ballot measure and construction began in 2003. The line was temporarily renamed the Red Line until its designation was changed to Line 1 in 2020. It is scheduled to be extended north to Northgate in 2021. Further extensions to Lynnwood and Federal Way are planned to open in 2024. Line 2 will open in 2023, connecting Seattle to the Eastside suburbs and forming a multi-line network via its connection with Line 1. Further expansion under Sound Transit 3 will divide the current corridor between two lines, Line 1 from Ballard to Tacoma and Line 3 from Everett to West Seattle. It runs for 20 hours per day on weekdays and Saturdays, with headways of up to six minutes during peak hours, and reduced 18-hour service on Sundays and holidays. Trains are composed of two or more cars that each can carry 194 passengers, including 74 in seats, along with wheelchairs and bicycles. Fares are calculated based on distance traveled and are paid through the regional ORCA card, paper tickets, or a mobile app. Public transit service within Seattle began in 1884, with the introduction of the city’s first horse-drawn streetcar line. In 1911, urban planner Virgil Bogue proposed a 41-mile system of subway tunnels and elevated railways as the centerpiece to a comprehensive plan for the city, which was rejected by voters.
The Seattle Center Monorail, originally built for the 1962 World’s Fair, has been the subject of several unsuccessful expansion proposals backed by Governor Albert Rosellini in the 1960s and Seattle voters in the early 2000s. The Forward Thrust Committee of the late 1960s proposed a 47-mile rapid transit system, to connect Downtown Seattle to Ballard, the University District, Lake City, Capitol Hill, Bellevue, and Renton. A second attempt in May 1970, with USD 440 million in local property taxes, failed to receive the necessary supermajority to pass in local elections. In the early 1980s, Metro Transit and Puget Sound Council explored a future rail system and plan for a future bus network. In early 1980, Metro and Sound Transit explored the future of light rail in the region. The federal funding earmarked towards the Rapid Transit system was granted to Atlanta, Georgia, forming the initial funding for the Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority’s rail system in the 1990s. In 2000, the federal government offered to fund two-thirds of the rail system’s capital costs, approximately USD 385 million, if local voters approved the measure. In 2002, a second initiative was placed on the ballot in February 1968, but it failed to pass with a supermajority of votes. In 2005, a third initiative was put forward by the Seattle City Council.
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