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A brief timeline of the Lynnwood light rail extension

Published 3:05 pm Friday, August 30, 2024

By Jordan Hansen

A Link light rail train pulls into the Mountlake Terrace station on Wednesday, Aug. 28, 2024 in Mountlake Terrace, Washington. (Olivia Vanni / The Herald)
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A Link light rail train pulls into the Mountlake Terrace station on Wednesday, Aug. 28, 2024 in Mountlake Terrace, Washington. (Olivia Vanni / The Herald)

A Link light rail train pulls into the Mountlake Terrace station on Wednesday, Aug. 28, 2024 in Mountlake Terrace, Washington. (Olivia Vanni / The Herald)
A Link light rail train pulls into the Mountlake Terrace station on Wednesday, Aug. 28, 2024 in Mountlake Terrace, Washington. (Olivia Vanni / The Herald)

Nov. 4, 2008

Voters approve Sound Transit 2, green-lighting the Lynnwood Link Extension as part of an effort to create a 55-mile system of regional light rail.

2015

Sound Transit Board selects final route and station locations in Shoreline, Mountlake Terrace and Lynnwood.

Aug. 24, 2017

Sound Transit announces the Lynnwood Link will be delayed six months and cost about $500 million more than expected. The final price tag is about $3.1 billion.

2019

Sound Transit completes final design on the project.

Sept. 3, 2019

Ground is broken on the Lynnwood extension.

December 2020

Sound Transit announces construction of light rail is 25% done.

January 2024

Sound Transit begins testing trains on the extension.

July 27

Local emergency agencies conduct a Safety and Security Certification exercise, as required by the Federal Transit Administration.

Aug. 30

Service begins At Lynnwood City Center Station.

Jordan Hansen: 425-339-3046; jordan.hansen@heraldnet.com; X: @jordyhansen.

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