Tuesday marks first commute day for Snohomish County Light Rail
Sep 3, 2024, 11:17 AM | Updated: 7:06 pm
Family celebrates the opening of the Lynnwood Light Rail extension. (Photo: Bill Kaczaraba: MyNorthwest)
(Photo: Bill Kaczaraba: MyNorthwest)
Tuesday will mark the first real commute day for Light Rail reaching into Snohomish County. Thousands attended the opening day gala on Friday at both the Lynnwood and Montlake Terrace stations.
When asked if they’d be riding the train regularly, one person told MyNorthwest, “Are you kidding? I’ve been waiting years for this!”
Another said, “Mostly I’ll be using it for fun, like attending ball games or concerts at the stadium.”
Yet another explained, “It’s not really practical for me. But, I’m excited about it anyway.”
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Fares
One-way adult fares are $3. Youth ride free. Orca card is the easiest way to pay for a ride.
Four new stops with free parking
- Lynnwood City Center (1,640 parking spaces)
- Mountlake Terrace Station (206 parking spaces with 668 at Community Transit’s parking garage)
- Shoreline South/148th Station (500 parking spaces)
- Shoreline North/185th Station (500 parking spaces)
At the Northgate station, you have to pay to park.
Projected travel times
- Lynnwood to Westlake (downtown Seattle): 28 minutes
- Shoreline South/148th to University of Washington: 11 minutes
- Mountlake Terrace to SeaTac: 56 minutes
- Mountlake Terrace to Northgate: 10 minutes
You can check out other travel times using Sound Transit’s Trip Planner.
Contributing: Lexi Herda, KIRO 7 News
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