Seattle to open Federal Way extension on 6 December

TSound Transit, the public transport agency for the city of Seattle in the state of Washington, has announced that passenger service on the Federal Way light rail extension with start on 6 December. The 7.8-mile (12.6 km) southern extension of the city's light rail system will run from Angle Lake to the Federal Way Transit Center. The project began construction in early 2020 at a cost of US$ 2.55bn, with a federal grant of US$ 790M and is mostly on overhead viaduct. There are intermediate stations at Kent Des Moines and Star Lake. Service will be provided by north–south line 1 operating from Lynnwood City Centre via downtown Seattle and Sea-Tac airport with a six-minute peak headway. The extension brings the line to 40.8 miles (65.6km). Line 1 is operated by three-car trains of Siemens S700 LRVs capable of carrying up to 582 passengers (222 seated). 

Seattle opened the first part of line 1 in July 2009, sharing the Downtown Seattle Transit Tunnel with trolleybuses. After Federal Way the next extension to the system is due in early 2026 when the 18-mile (29km) line 2 starts to use the missing link between South Bellevue and downtown Seattle.