Roosevelt Station: Near Green Lake, Roosevelt High School, and growing residential development, this underground station is located on 12th Avenue Northeast between Northeast 65th and Northeast 67th streets.The University of Washington will be developing the station area. Two entrances along Brooklyn Avenue Northeast connect passengers to the platform, about 80 feet below ground. U District Station: located on Brooklyn Avenue Northeast between Northeast 45th and Northeast 43rd streets, serves University Way Northeast (“The Ave”) retail and businesses, nearby residents and the west side of the University of Washington campus.The U District Station celebration Saturday will include a “$3 food walk,” festival streets, and a beer garden.Ī ribbon-cutting is scheduled for 11:00 AM in front of the new station with remarks from elected officials and local leaders including Mayor Jenny Durkan and King County Executive Dow Constantine. Capitol Hill Station’s development mix of affordable and market rate housing has been opening to new residents over the past year and its commercial tenants are still planning their openings after pandemic delays.Īfter nine years of construction on the new line, hopes of economic growth and an improved streetscape will be celebrated at the closest new stop to Capitol Hill. Like on Capitol Hill where construction of the station also brought carnage and rapid transformation for the immediate area’s businesses and neighbors, hopes of redevelopment and growth are also following the light rail line north. The North Link openings come as Capitol Hill Station marked five years of service earlier this year, a milestone partly obscured by a plunge in ridership due to the ongoing pandemic. Sound Transit says the first trains will begin service on the $1.9 billion line early Saturday. October 2nd brings the opening of three new light rail stations stretching beyond the University of Washington on the new Northgate Link. Starting very early Saturday morning, Capitol Hill light rail riders will have another 4.3 miles of track to explore.
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