Talk:2 Line (Sound Transit)

North Link stations erroneously listed here
It looks like several North Link stations are listed here. East Link is supposed to go from downtown Seattle to Redmond. I'm removing these now because it's pretty clearly a mistake. -- Brianhe (talk) 04:07, 19 August 2009 (UTC)
 * That's not a mistake, the East Link line will go from Lynnwood to Redmond. -- Alexseattle (talk) 05:03, 19 August 2009 (UTC)
 * Can you show a source for that? The East Link article (nearly quoting Sound Transit's project page) says "...spanning about 22 miles from Downtown Seattle to the suburb of Redmond..."; the Sound Transit map cited in the article shows the line going from downtown to Redmond (in red).  The East Link line apparently transfers to Central Link at the ID/Chinatown Station. -- Brianhe (talk) 05:09, 19 August 2009 (UTC)
 * The entire Draft EIS might be worth a read, but I skimmed the executive summary and saw a picture on page 10. It shows Seattle, Mercer Island, Smellvue, Overlake, and Redmond.  No mention of Northgate or Lynnwood. ~ Atomic Taco (talk) 07:31, 19 August 2009 (UTC)
 * http://future.soundtransit.org/documents/SYS_LRT_Link_Maintenance_Bases_Vehicles_Operations_2008.pdf bottom of page 2. The DEIS refers to the East Link expansion project, but the line will continue up to Lynnwood. -- Alexseattle (talk) 19:47, 19 August 2009 (UTC)
 * Alexseattle, I think you're referring to this statement in the document you linked: "This project includes annual operating funds to operate and maintain all light rail system extensions to be built under the ST2 program. The operating plan supporting the light rail system in service between Lynnwood Transit Center, Overlake Transit Center and S 272nd Street..." So the ST2 expansion, which includes both the new East Link and North Link lines, will cover that area, not East Link alone.  This is also explicit in Wikipedia's explanation of ST2 expansion at Link Light Rail. -- Brianhe (talk) 00:07, 20 August 2009 (UTC)
 * No, I'm referring to this statement: "The operating plan supporting the light rail system in service between Lynnwood Transit Center, Overlake Transit Center and S 272nd Street at the completion of ST2 is anticipated to be as follows: Line 1a – Lynnwood Transit Center to S 272nd Street: 4-car trains running every 7 minutes peak, Line 1b – Northgate Transit Center to S 272nd Street: 4-car trains running every 10 minutes off-peak, Line 2 – Lynnwood Transit Center to Overlake Transit Center: 3-car trains running every 7 minutes peak, 10 minutes off-peak" -- Alexseattle (talk) 01:14, 20 August 2009 (UTC)
 * The next page talks about end-of-the-line storage areas for Lynnwood, Overlake, and S272nd St. These seem to correspond to the extreme northern, southern and eastern ends of all the physical light rail track lines.  I think in this usage "Line 1a/1b/2" does not correspond to one of the East/North/Central/University Link lines that the articles refer to. -- Brianhe (talk) 04:35, 20 August 2009 (UTC)

2012 update
Sound Transit just published an update a few months ago here. I changed this article to reflect the update as best as possible, but if anything was missed or stated erroneously, please correct it. Thanks, 50.47.195.198 (talk) 23:42, 11 March 2012 (UTC).

I also assume that when it says the line will open in 2023, that means all the stations from Seattle to Overlake, and I will update the articles about each station to reflect this. If I interpreted this wrong, please fix the all the articles about the stations as well as this one. Thanks, 50.47.195.198 (talk) 23:47, 11 March 2012 (UTC).

Commuting to Eastside
The current wording implies that there were no commuters and no bedroom communities prior to the 1940 floating bridge. This appears to be contradicted by sources like More Voices, New Stories: King County, Washington's First 150 Years which states "Passengers debarking the boats at Leschi rode the cable cars across the ridges to downtown Seattle; this would become a common commute for Eastsiders." There is a printed 1930 advertisement with special commuter rates in Lake Washington: The East Side (Arcadia) p. 24. There are also indications that the Kirkland and Houghton ferries were used for commuting in particular during World War II from Seattle to the Lake Washington Shipyard in Houghton (now Kirkland), which a) indicates the Eastside was an industrial employment center, not (entirely) a bedroom community and b) the ferry system was part of the commute prior to the floating bridge. ☆ Bri (talk) 16:28, 19 February 2018 (UTC)
 * Edited to add -- Google Books search for "Houghton shipyard Seattle workers" has several hits including this 1942 report stating 60% of the shipyard's workers were Seattle residents; also another Arcadia title stating the Leschi was used exclusively for Madison Park–Kirkland commuting "ferrying shipyard workers to Houghton" during WWII. ☆ Bri (talk) 16:34, 19 February 2018 (UTC)
 * Looks like I compressed the background a little too much. I have added a short mention of the ferries, but I want the focus to be on the floating bridge and commutes from homes on the Eastside to workplaces in Seattle.  Sounder Bruce  22:59, 19 February 2018 (UTC)

"A future light rail line"
Can we drop "future" from the lede description as "a future light rail line" on Saturday when the Bellevue-Redmond section opens? ☆ Bri (talk) 17:46, 26 April 2024 (UTC)