BELLEVUE, Wash. — Sound Transit’s extremely expected 2 Line is formally up and operating. It brings mild rail to the east facet for the primary time, connecting passengers to stations right through Bellevue and Redmond.
“That is actually many years within the coming. So now I’ve simple techniques to hook up with Redmond with out visitors,” stated Hanoch Yeung, who was once one among loads of people that made their approach to the Bellevue Downtown Station.
It is one among 8 stations positioned right through Bellevue and Redmond, as a part of Sound Transit’s 2 Line. It’s after all opening after citizens licensed the east hyperlink extension in 2008 and breaking floor in 2016.”I am actually proud that we had been in a position to get this starter line off the bottom and fasten Redmond and Bellevue and these kinds of interspersed neighborhoods, it is going to actually open up transit to those that were not taking into consideration it earlier than,” stated Jake Cohen, every other eastside resident testing the brand new 2 Line Saturday. This preliminary phase of the brand new transit line is 6-point-6 miles, with carrier each and every 10 mins, operating 16 hours an afternoon, day by day. “More uncomplicated to get paintings proper. However to move get groceries, see a pal, move to a few tournament, do anything else,” stated Cohen. Sound Transit estimates 6,000 riders will use the road day by day, with a bit of luck decreasing visitors woes. The total 2 Line is not off course to open subsequent yr. It is going to upload two extra stations in Redmond and an I-90 phase that can connect with Seattle.
“I simply cannot look forward to the I-90 bridge to open and to actually get this absolutely attached to the remainder of Seattle,” stated Cohen.
