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Future link it reviews5/29/2023 ![]() There’s another possibility here, though. This would cause three minute headways between every other train south of downtown, and could cause problems in at-grade portions. Currently, the East Link DEIS operating plan summary (PDF) suggests four car trains every 10 minutes in 2020, with headways down to every 9 minutes in 2030.Īn overall Sound Transit 2 operating plan I saw on paper suggested three 9 minute headway lines – One from Lynnwood to SODO or Rainier Beach, one from Northgate to Bellevue/Redmond, and one from Northgate to Sea-Tac/Federal Way. With Sound Transit 2, we’ll essentially get a new line – running from Northgate or farther north to Bellevue. 200th to Northgate, the extent planned for in Sound Move, calls for 6 minute peak headways end to end by 2015, with an eventual increase to 5 minute headways between Northgate and Rainier Beach (referred to as “Henderson” in the document) sometime prior to 2030. The North Link Final Supplemental EIS operating plan summary (PDF), which only covers S. With average October weekday ridership of 16,200, today’s peak frequencies meet demand and will likely continue to through the next few years, but U-Link will change that. ![]() Today, Link operates at peak frequencies of 7-8 minutes, dropping to 10 and finally 15 minutes during off-peak periods and on weekends. With University Link under construction and Sound Transit 2 to follow, service frequency has become a hot topic. ![]()
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