Sound Transit will resume testing on the East Link light rail tracks beginning Feb. Testing of the entire East Link will take approximately one year, with revenue service expected to begin in 2024 or 2025. Expect to see "hi-rail" vehicles and light rail vehicles on the tracks.
Testing of the systems (guide wires, electronics, signaling, etc.) will occur as each segment is completed.
Webcam time lapse video of the construction of the Bellevue Downtown Station. Computerized animation of the East Link alignment from Seattle to Redmond at 60% design (March 2014). Aerial footage of the East Link alignment in Bellevue (May 2020). View a comparison of aerial footage captured in May 2020 of the East Link alignment in Bellevue with the animation of the light rail created in 2014 when the project was designed to 60 percent. This segment includes the Judkins Park Station (in Seattle) and the Mercer Island Station (in Mercer Island).Īpproximately five miles of light rail trackway are being built in Bellevue. I-90/Seattle-Mercer Island Segment: From International District/Chinatown Station to the East end of the East Channel Bridge. This segment includes the Overlake Village Station and the Redmond Technology Center Station. SR 520/Overlake Segment: Northeast 20th Street to Northeast 40th Street at Overlake Transit Center (in Redmond). The following segment includes stations outside of Bellevue city limits: This segment includes the BelRed/130th Station and a 300-stall park-and-ride lot. BelRed Segment: 124th Avenue Northeast to the intersection of Northeast 20th Street and 136th Avenue Northeast. This segment includes the East Main Station, Bellevue Downtown Station, Wilburton Station and the Spring District/120th Station. Work began spring 2017 with all major construction completed in the third quarter of 2022. Central Bellevue Segment: Southeast Fourth Street on 112th Avenue Southeast to 124th Avenue Northeast. It includes construction of the South Bellevue Station including a new 1,500 stall parking garage, now open for use. South Bellevue Segment: I-90 East Channel Bridge to Southeast Fourth Street on 112th Avenue Southeast. The tunnel was completed in September 2020. Tunnel: Approximately one-half mile of tunnel from Main Street to Northeast Sixth Street. Sound Transit is evaluating controls, safety and signal systems along East Link throughout 2023. The six East Link stations as well as the downtown tunnel in Bellevue, constructed in separate segments, are substantially completed.
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