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ST3 cannot be delivered on time, so Sound Transit is considering light rail cuts

Sound Transit will celebrate opening a light rail connection across Lake Washington later this month, but behind the excitement, the agency faces a brutal financial future. Sound Transit can't deliver on its ST3 promises to voters by 2046 as planned.
- Joshua McNichols
Sound Transit announces opening day for light rail connecting Seattle and Bellevue

The new link light rail across Lake Washington on the I-90 bridge is slated to officially open to passengers March 28, finally connecting Seattle and the Eastside.
- KUOW Staff
Less traffic, more lunch options: Federal Way light rail opens

South King County commuters can finally trade three-bus transfers for a single train ride starting Saturday, Dec. 6. For local restaurants, the new hungry passengers can't arrive soon enough.
- Joshua McNichols
Seattle light rail trains could start crossing Lake Washington in late April — but it's unlikely

Eastsiders anxious to ride light rail across Lake Washington to Seattle still have months to wait. Sound Transit has set an estimated start date in April 2026 — but that’s likely to change.
- Casey Martin
'Heat kink' could delay light rail on hot days in King County

Hot temperatures around Seattle this month could mean potential delays to light rail service.
- Casey Martin
Eastside light rail expands this Saturday. Business owners are preparing

A new light rail station opens up in Downtown Redmond this Saturday. This station, along with another at Marymoor Park, brings the number of Eastside stations to 10.
- Joshua McNichols
City planned to withhold West Seattle light rail environmental concerns from regulators, public

Internal City of Seattle communications leaked to KUOW show that officials planned to withhold some environmental concerns from the public and federal regulators regarding Sound Transit’s planned West Seattle Link light rail extension.
- Ann Dornfeld
Neighbors of Jackson Park want free access to be par for the course

Unlike other large parks in Seattle, Jackson Park is only open to golfers. Now, a neighborhood group wants to change that.
- Joshua McNichols
Light rail is helping Mountlake Terrace find its heart

Mountlake Terrace used to be a spread-out place full of small houses with lawns. Light rail is changing all that.
- Joshua McNichols
Get ready for your first light rail moment, Lynnwood. Sound Transit plans meet cute for transit newbies

Light rail service to Lynnwood, Mountlake Terrace and Shoreline will never get a second chance to make a first impression. And so, Sound Transit is doing what it can to make opening weekend shine.
- Joshua McNichols

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