Sound Transit Extends Light-Rail Planning to 2026 

SEATTLE – Sound Transit is pushing its light-rail planning an extra couple of years until 2026. It will also spend an additional $32.8 million.

Update on Sound Transit’s Sinking Track Near Stadium Station

SEATTLE – Between its Capitol Hill and SODO stations, the track near Stadium Station has sunk three inches, and repairs will cost around $750,000.

Sound Transit Addresses Sinking Track between SODO and Capitol Hill Stations

SEATTLE – Sound Transit will suspend service between SODO station and Capitol Hill station due to sinking track caused by rainfall.

Worry Over Seismic Event Delays Sound Transit Link Light Rail

FEDERAL WAY, Wash. – Sound Transit’s Link light rail service project in Federal Way, Washington is delayed until 2026.

Sound Transit’s NE 130th St Infill Station Reaches Final Design Approval

WASHINGTON – As Sound Transit adds a station to its Lynnwood Link Extension, the NE 130th St Infill Station Design reaches final approval with construction starting this Fall.

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Sound Transit Link Construction: A Spring Update

Starting this summer, we’ll be launching new light rail service at least once a year, for the next several years. Here’s the latest on construction progress and opening timelines.

Sound Transit CEO Pledges to Revamp Downtown Light-Rail Stations

New Sound Transit CEO Julie Timm recently announced that improvements, including security guards and cleaning teams, will be implemented this month.

Sound Transit Awards Design-Build Contract for Sumner Station Garage 

The Woodinville-based Harbor Pacific Contractors, Inc. has been awarded a design-build contract by the Sound Transit Board to construct the parking garage at the agency’s Sumner Station.

Sound Transit Shares New Timelines for Ongoing Projects

Sound Transit CEO Julie Timm updated stakeholders on the public transit agency’s current project timelines Dec. 8 via the agency website, outlining the status of five major extension projects.  She noted “challenges

Diana Timpson, Senior Project Manager of Rail Transit, HNTB

Timpson Joins HNTB

HNTB has appointed Diana Timpson, PE, PMP, as Senior Project Manager of Rail Transit in the firm’s Seattle, Wash., office.

Sound Transit Link to single track late at night for track maintenance

Sound Transit began single tracking between the Rainier Beach and Tukwila International Boulevard stations on Monday.

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Worker suffers traumatic injuries on Sound Transit project

A worker on Sound Transit’s Mountlake Terrace light rail segment is in critical condition after a concrete wall panel fell on him.

Sound Transit eliminates two routes for Everett Link Extension

The choices for a proposed Sound Transit light rail line are being reduced.

Bells & Whistles—Purple Line project expecting more delays, workforce issues

The top news stories RT&S was following the week ending Sept. 16.

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New complication puts strain on Sound Transit project

Crews continue to work connecting the Hilltop Tacoma Link Extension to Tacoma Link with round-the-clock and nighttime construction activity.

September editorial—Sound Transit is experiencing a lot of hurt

I’m surprised I did not take a Vaseline shot to the eye.

Bells & Whistles—Crews are pulling up new track on I-90 floating bridge

The top news stories RT&S was following the week ending Aug. 19.

A landslide, poor concrete supports, and worker strike push back opening for Sound Transit lines

A variety of factors have forced a group of Sound Transit light rail projects to be delayed, pushing back the opening of the lines.

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Crews set to connect key Sound Transit light rail extension

In order for construction crews to connect the existing Tacoma Link line to the Hilltop Tacoma Link Extension, the T Line will be shut down Aug. 1 to Sept. 16 at the intersection of 9th Avenue and Commerce Street.

5,000, five, and counting: Sound Transit still hearing concerns about tunnel construction

Residents of the Chinatown-International District showed up in force at a recent public meeting held by Sound Transit to voice objection over a light-rail tunnel project that is planned to run through the neighborhood.