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March 17, 2007

One Step Closer To 2009

Sound Transit's Link Light Rail system is due to open here in 2009, which has pretty much seemed like it was, you know, forever from now. And then I go and see this article in the Times yesterday, which basically says that enough of the system is in place that Sound Transit is testing it.

Like, today.

Two trains will roll along the one-mile route, mostly at low speeds. Police officers and flaggers will accompany them, until the train signals are certified as reliable, said Ron Lewis, light-rail deputy director. More trains will be delivered and tested as the year goes on.

Frequent testing will expand this summer to the Downtown Seattle Transit Tunnel, which is now being renovated to fix design mistakes from the 1980s, and to provide level boarding for passengers in wheelchairs.

Awesome. (This is pretty damn exciting!)

Posted by Gavin Shearer at March 17, 2007 1:57 PM. Posted to Transit.

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