Trains up and running on Lynnwood Link -- but no passengers quite yet

LYNNWOOD — Trains have arrived at the Lynnwood Transit Center.

Sound Transit announced Friday afternoon it will begin “pre-revenue service” on the Lynnwood extension of the Link, slated to open Aug. 30. This means Sound Transit will begin training operators on the new route. Outside of those trainings, the only major hurdle left for opening is a safety certification, officials said.

The $1.2 billion, 8½-mile track extension will add four new stations on the 1 Line, with a new last stop in Lynnwood.

“We’re taking one of the last critical steps before we extend light rail service to Lynnwood later this summer, something the voters called for 16 years ago,” said interim Sound Transit CEO Goran Sparrman at an announcement event Friday. “The voters of this region told us to build hundreds of miles of light rail, the biggest mass transit expansion in the country. We are doing just that.”

Sound Transit also offered media members an early look inside the Lynnwood station. An escalator and stairs lead to the top, in a design that mirrors the current terminus in Northgate. Sound Transit parked a train at the station during the event.

https://www.heraldnet.com/news/trains-up-and-running-on-lynnwood-link-but-no-passengers-quite-yet/