LYNNWOOD — Sound Transit will open the Crosslake Connection on March 28delivering the first light rail service across Lake Washington and completing the 2 Line for seamless travel throughout the Puget Sound region—from Lynnwood to Chinatown to Mercer Island to Bellevue to Downtown Redmond.
Community celebrations are schedule to fill the day with events beginning at 9 a.m. with a ribbon-cutting ceremony and street fair at Sam Smith Parkjust across from the Judkins Park Station east entrance. In partnership with the Northwest African American Museumthe gathering will feature live musicperformancesfood truckscommunity partnerschildren’s activities and speeches from local leaders. Shuttles from Mount Baker and South Bellevue stations will run every 15 minutes from 7 a.m. to 10 a.m. to bring attendees to the site.
At 10 a.m.the first train will depart Judkins Park Station and cross Lake Washington on the floating bridgemarking a world first for light rail passenger service on such a structure. Direct Link trips will then connect International District/Chinatown StationJudkins Park StationMercer Island Station and South Bellevue Station in both directions. Community events will continue at these four stations from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.with food trucksgiveawayslive performanceschildren’s programming and community resources available for all.
Participants in the Discover. Stamp. Win! activity will collect stamps at the stations and enter drawings for prizes that include round-trip tickets on Alaska Airlineswith special gifts going to the first 1,000 finishers.
Festivities will extend to other stations along the full line. Sno-Isle Libraries will host a bookmobile with giant gamesface painting and story time at Lynnwood City Center Station. The Seattle Symphony will present live music at Symphony Station. Bellevue Downtown Station will offer live music and food truckswhile Spring District Station features a petting zoo. BelRed Station will include art installationsand Microsoft will welcome guests at Redmond Technology Station with complimentary foodcoffeephoto opportunities and lawn games.
Trains will operate every 8 to 15 minutes from 5 a.m. to midnight and integrate directly with the 1 Line at International District/Chinatown Station for easy transfers with other agencies throughout the Puget Sound.
The 2 Line will stretch more than 35 miles from Lynnwood City Center Station in the norththrough downtown Seattle and across Lake Washington via the floating bridge to Redmond Technology Station in the eastwith new stops at Judkins Park and Mercer Island along the way.
The Crosslake Connection forms the final piece of the East Link Extension after planners first advanced the concept in the early 2000s. Voters approved funding for the project on November 42008as part of Sound Transit 2.
Construction on East Link began in 2016and a starter segment between South Bellevue and Redmond Technology stations opened on April 272024. With the opening scheduled for March 28the Crosslake Connection across Lake Washington will complete the long-awaited link between Seattle and the Eastside.”
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