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January 24, 2020 | Light Rail

Seattle secures $US 1.4bn in federal funding

CENTRAL Puget Sound Regional Transit Authority (Sound Transit) has secured $US 1.4bn in US federal government funding for a light rail extension in Seattle.

September 4, 2019 | Light Rail

Sound Transit breaks ground on light rail extension

SOUND Transit has broken ground on the 13.7km Lynwood Link extension of the light rail network centred on Seattle, which will extend existing infrastructure from Northgate to Lynwood City Centre adding four new stations.

July 29, 2019 | Light Rail

Seattle awards Downtown Redmond Link Extension contract

SEATTLE public transport authority Sound Transit has selected a joint venture of Stacy and Witbeck/Kuney for a $US 729.2m contract to design and construct the Downtown Redmond Link light rail extension.

April 11, 2019 | Light Rail

FTA approves Seattle light rail extension

SOUND Transit confirmed on April 10 that the United States Federal Transit Administration (FTA) has granted Entry into Engineering approval for Seattle’s Federal Way Link light rail extension.

January 18, 2018 | North America

Local commitment to transit drives expansion in Seattle

Local commitment to transit drives expansion in Seattle.

November 17, 2017 | North America

Sound Transit orders Brookville LRVs for Tacoma Link Extension

SOUND Transit’s board of directors voted on November 16 to approve a $US 26.5m order for five Liberty LRVs from Brookville Equipment Company, which are being acquired as part of the Tacoma Link Extension project.

October 2, 2017 | Light Rail

Seattle and Kansas City order CAF Urbos LRVs

SEATTLE Department of Transportation has awarded CAF a contract worth more than $US 50m to supply 10 three-section Urbos LRVs for the Seattle Streetcar network.

September 22, 2017 | North America

Sound Transit introduces new driving cars

SOUND Transit introduced a new fleet of nine Bombardier double-deck driving cars for its Sounder commuter rail network on September 21, when the first vehicle entered passenger service between Seattle and Tacoma.

May 17, 2017 | Light Rail

Sound Transit orders 30 extra LRVs for Seattle

SOUND Transit, which serves the Seattle and Central Puget Sound area in Washington state, has placed an order with Siemens for 30 additional S70 type light rail vehicles (LRVs).