Link light rail

Link light rail
Clockwise from top: the 1 Line near Mount Baker station, the T Line at Convention Center station, and the 2 Line at Marymoor Village station
Overview
Owner	Sound Transit
Locale	Seattle metropolitan area, Washington, U.S.
Transit type	Light rail
Number of lines	3
Number of stations	50[1]
Daily ridership	125,900 (weekdays, 2025)[2]
Annual ridership	30,835,272 (2024)[3]
Website	soundtransit.org
Operation
Began operation	August 22, 2003 (2003-08-22)
Operator(s)	Sound Transit, King County Metro
Number of vehicles	226
Technical
System length	62.25 mi (100.18 km)[2]
Track gauge	4 ft 8 1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge
Electrification	Overhead line; 1,500 V DC (1 & 2 Lines) 750 V DC (T Line)
Top speed	55 mph (89 km/h)
Map of the Link light rail

The Link light rail is a light rail system in the Seattle metropolitan area, in the U.S. state of Washington, and is part of Sound Transit. It opened on August 22, 2003. It has a total of 50 stations, has a total length of 60.25 miles (96.96 km), and has three lines.

These lines are the 1 Line (formerly Central Link), which opened on July 18, 2009, has 26 stations and travels for 40.95 miles (65.90 km) between Lynnwood, Seattle, Seattle–Tacoma International Airport, and Federal Way; the 2 Line, which opened on April 27, 2024, has 25 stations and travels for 33 miles (53 km) between Bellevue and Redmond; and the T Line (formerly Tacoma Link), in the city of Tacoma, a streetcar line, which opened on August 22, 2003, has 12 stations and runs for 4 miles (6.4 km).

The 1 Line and the 2 Line were connected to each other on March 28, 2026, and the T Line is planned to be connected to the 1 Line in the future.

Media related to Link light rail at Wikimedia Commons

• Official Sound Transit website