Sound Transit's East Link 2-Line grand opening set for Saturday

It’s been 18 years in the making — since the first stage of planning to the inaugural departure officially set for Saturday, April 27 — but the grand opening of Sound Transit’s East Link 2-Line is finally here.

Voters approved the plans in 2008, the same year when shovels first hit dirt on the east link light rail.

“I’ve been working on this project for the better part of two decades. We adopted our kid at age 3 when we were taking the first vote to the Bellevue City Council and he is 18 years old now,” King County Councilmember Claudia Balducci said. “I am just delighted to be able to deliver these rides for kids like our kid and everybody else.”

The 6.6-mile track offers eight stops between South Bellevue Station and Redmond Technology Station near the Microsoft Campus. Two more stops extending to Redmond are planned, including Marymoor Park. Once the Interstate 90 East Link extension goes into service — set for 2025 — that will link the 2-line and the 1-line together.

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