Tacoma OKs LRT extension plan
Tacoma, Wash.’s City Council has formally endorsed its preferred route for extending the city’s existing 1.6-mile Link Light Rail (often defined by some as a streetcar) operated by Sound Transit.
Tacoma, Wash.’s City Council has formally endorsed its preferred route for extending the city’s existing 1.6-mile Link Light Rail (often defined by some as a streetcar) operated by Sound Transit.
Tacoma, Wash.’s City Council has informally endorsed a specific route for extending the city’s 1.6-mile Link Light Rail (often defined by some as a streetcar) operated by Sound Transit.
Wilmerding, Pa.-based Wabtec Corp. said Monday, Dec. 16, 2013 it has signed a $34 million contract with Seattle’s Sound Transit to design, install, test, and commission a Positive Train Control (PTC) system on the agency’s regional rail line.
The Washington State Supreme Court has rejected a lawsuit to forbid light rail transit on Interstate 90, removing one obstable blocking Sound Transit’s East Link Extension between Seattle and Redmond, Wash.
The Sound Transit Board of Directors has selected the North Downtown Central Corridor, also called the E1 Corridor, as the alignment to move ahead with further environmental review for a potential expansion of the Tacoma Link light rail system.
BNSF rights-of-way in northwest Washington State have been affected by as many as 15 mudslides, triggered by heavy rain this week in the Pacific Northwest.
Seattle Sound Transit says it will add Lakewood, Wash., to its regional passenger rail service offerings Monday, Oct. 8, which includes new service at South Tacoma Station. A dedication ceremony is slated for Oct. 6 to herald the event.