Portal:Trains/Selected article/Week 48, 2019

Angle Lake is a Link light rail station in SeaTac, Washington. The elevated station is the southern terminus of the Red Line, which travels north to Seattle–Tacoma International Airport, the Rainier Valley, Downtown Seattle, and the University of Washington. The station was built as part of the South 200th Link Extension project, extending the light rail line south from its terminus at SeaTac Airport via a 1.6 mi elevated guideway. The project was originally approved by voters in the 1996 "Sound Move" ballot measure, with a promise to open in 2006, but was deferred when funding was not found. The 2008 "Sound Transit 2" campaign was approved with funding for the station and extension, estimated to open in 2020; federal grants were obtained to accelerate design and construction, moving up the opening date to late 2016. Construction on the extension began in May 2013 and on the station in September 2014; the project was budgeted at $383 million. Angle Lake station opened to the public on September 24, 2016.