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Sounder Station and Service Improvement Projects

Capital projects to support expanding Sounder commuter rail service: building permanent stations, adding trains, extending platforms, improving station access

Sound Transit is continuing to work to build permanent commuter rail stations along the Everett to Lakewood corridor.

Ongoing projects include:

Sound Transit is also working on track and signal improvements along the rail line. Learn more about track & signal projects >>>

On Nov. 4, 2008, Puget Sound area voters approved a plan to expand passenger rail service between Everett and Lakewood along rail lines owned by Sound Transit and the Burlington Northern Santa Fe (BNSF) Railway Company.

Sound Transit will increase the capacity of the highly utilized Tacoma-Seattle service by adding additional trains and expanding train lengths. Four round trips will be added to this service. The number of passenger cars per train wuill be increased from seven to eight, and platforms will be extended at some stations. Additional locomotives and passenger cars will be acquired to support this capacity and service expansion.

Funds are also included to construct, own and operate a commuter rail yard and shop facility to
support the level of service for Sounder trains at full operational capacity, enabling the agency to
more efficiently maintain and operate Sounder.

Station access improvements will include additional parking at many Sounder stations.

Ongoing service expansion information is online on our service planning page.

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