BELLEVUE, Wash. — Sound Transit’s much-anticipated Line 2 is officially operational. It brings light rail to the east side for the first time, connecting passengers to Bellevue and Redmond stations.
“It will literally take decades. So now I have easy ways to connect to Redmond without traffic,” said Hanoch Yeung, who was among hundreds of people who traveled to the downtown Bellevue train station .
It is one of eight stations located in Bellevue and Redmond, as part of Sound Transit’s Line 2. It finally opens after voters approved the East Link extension in 2008 and broke ground in 2016.
“I’m really proud that we were able to launch this start line and connect Redmond and Bellevue and all these neighborhoods in between. It will really open up transit to people who weren’t considering it before,” Jake Cohen said. another eastern resident trying the new Line 2 on Saturday.
This initial segment of the new transit line spans 6.6 miles, with service every 10 minutes, 16 hours a day, daily. “It’s easier to do a good job. But to go grocery shopping, see a friend, go to an event, do anything,” Cohen said.
Sound Transit estimates 6,000 riders will use the line daily, hopefully reducing traffic problems. The full Line 2 is expected to open next year. It will add two additional stations in Redmond and an I-90 segment that will connect to Seattle.
“I can’t wait until the I-90 bridge is open and really connected to the rest of Seattle,” Cohen said.
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