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Try Sounder Commuter Rail or Link Light Rail |
Riding Sounder Rail or Central Link Light Rail to Seattle is a comfortable way to avoid roadway traffic. Arrive at King Street Station by Sounder Rail or the Seattle bus tunnel by Central Link Light Rail, then hop on a bus to Bellevue. Better yet, join a VanShare – where you and two other commuters meet at King Street Station and share a King County Metro van to your work place. Below are links that will help you to plan your rail commute.
Rail Resources
- Sounder timetables, routes and fares (with stations in Tacoma, Puyallup, Sumner, Auburn, Kent, Tukwila, and Seattle)
- Trip Planner helps you create free, custom transit plans wherever Metro Transit and Sound Transit go -- instantly. Use it to check bus routes linking Seattle's Sounder station to Bellevue destinations.
- Bicyclists are welcome aboard Sounder and Central Link. More details.
- Use VanShare to help connect you and two other commuters between the King Street Station or the Downtown Bus Tunnel and Bellevue.
Central Link Light Rail Now in Service
Central Link Light Rail, which runs from the downtown Seattle transit tunnel to Sea-Tac Airport, opened July 20, 2009. Please see our useful Central Link Light Rail resources below:
Planning for the Future
The East Link Light Rail project is Sound Transit’s voter-approved plan to expand light rail from downtown Seattle to the Eastside serving Mercer Island, South Bellevue, downtown Bellevue, Bel-Red and the Overlake areas. Additional environmental review is being done on a future extension to downtown Redmond.
The long-range timeline calls for Sound Transit to complete a final environmental review of all the East Link alternatives -- including those in the three Bellevue segments -- in late 2010, with a definitive decision by the board on routes and station locations by early 2011. East Link design work is slated from 2011 to 2013, construction is scheduled to begin by 2014, and light rail service to Bellevue is projected to start in 2020.
Keep track of the planning process at the East Link web pages for the City of Bellevue or Sound Transit.
Mix & Match Your Commute
Bike + Rail
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Most Sounder stations have bike lockers and security. Tie downs are also available on the train. Each Central Link car has mounting hooks for |
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How far IS it to the train station? Forget the gym and enjoy a free walk. Use Trip Planner to check bus routes linking Seattle's Sounder station to Bellevue destinations. |
Bus + Rail
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Take Sound Transit's 550 route linking Central Link to Bellevue destinations from the Seattle bus tunnel. |
Carpool + Rail
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South King County residents can ride the rails to meet a carpool partner, then HOV it the rest of the way to Bellevue. |
Telework + Rail
| Skip the whole commute and get more done by working at home one day a week or so. |
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South King residents working in Bellevue could meet their vanpool at a Sounder station. |
