Try Sounder Commuter Rail or Link Light Rail
All aboard
Sound Transit’s Link light rail currently offers rail service between SeaTac Airport, Seattle’s University District and Angle Lake. In addition, the Sounder commuter train runs weekday mornings and afternoons from Lakewood and Everett to Seattle. Once you’re at the station in Seattle, it’s a simple bus or vanshare hop to Bellevue.
Rail resources
How to ride Link Light Rail or the Sounder train:
- You can also use cash or a credit/debit card to buy Link or Sounder tickets from ticket vending machines at Link stations.
- Tap your ORCA card at the station before you get on and after you get off to pay your fare. If you have an electronic purse ("E-purse") on your ORCA card, tapping when you get off ensures you aren't charged for more than the distance you traveled.
- ORCA regional transit pass
- Trip Planning
- Enter your trip's start and end point into a trip planner – the planner will combine bus and train routes to help find your best transportation option
- Sound Transit Trip Planner
- King County Trip Planner (includes Link and Sounder routes)
- Google maps (using the "directions" function and the "transit" tab)
- King County's Trip Planner mobile app
- Enter your trip's start and end point into a trip planner – the planner will combine bus and train routes to help find your best transportation option
- Schedules, maps and fares
- Link Light Rail schedules
- Link Light Rail fares
- Sounder schedules – north (Lakewood to Seattle)
- Sounder schedules – south (Seattle to Everett)
- Sounder train fares
- Sound Transit map (click the Link and Sounder icons to see train routes)
East Link is coming to Bellevue!
Construction is under way to extend Sound Transit Link light rail service to Mercer Island, Bellevue and Overlake. The trains are expected to begin service in 2023. Visit Choose Your Way Bellevue’s East Link Construction and Travel Options page to learn how to get around construction using your non-drive-alone mode.
For more information about East Link construction, visit project pages for the City of Bellevue and Sound Transit. [Make the agency names linked.] And you can take a virtual ride to see what the new service will look like on Sound Transit's East Link Animation page!
Additional links
- Try joining or starting a vanshare to get from the Downtown Seattle King Street train station and other transit hubs to Bellevue
- Bringing your bike on Link Light Rail and the Sounder train