Locale Seattle, Washington Daily ridership 4,950 (December 2016) Operator King County Metro Number of lines 2 | Number of stations 17 stops Website seattlestreetcar.org Began operation December 12, 2007 | |
Owner Seattle Department of Transportation Transit type Modern low-floor streetcar | ||
Seattle streetcar safety day and tour 12 3 15
The Seattle Streetcar is a system of two modern streetcar lines operating in the city of Seattle, Washington since 2007.
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- Seattle streetcar safety day and tour 12 3 15
- King county metro 27 and seattle streetcar south lake union line at westlake thomas
- South Lake Union Streetcar
- First Hill Streetcar
- Center City Connector
- Broadway Streetcar
- References
The streetcar lines are owned by the Seattle Department of Transportation and operated by King County Metro.
King county metro 27 and seattle streetcar south lake union line at westlake thomas
South Lake Union Streetcar
The South Lake Union Streetcar is a 1.3-mile (2.1 km), seven-stop line serving the South Lake Union neighborhood of Seattle. Its route goes from the Westlake hub to the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center in South Lake Union. Transfers can be made at Westlake to many bus routes on the surface streets, and to some bus routes and Link Light Rail in the Downtown Seattle Transit Tunnel's Westlake Station. The line opened to the public in 2007.
First Hill Streetcar
The First Hill Streetcar is a 2.5-mile-long (4.0 km), 10-stop line that connects Pioneer Square and Capitol Hill via Chinatown, Little Saigon, Yesler Terrace, and First Hill. The line opened to the public in January 2016.
Center City Connector
The Center City Connector project would connect the existing South Lake Union Streetcar at Westlake to the First Hill Streetcar with new tracks along 1st Avenue and Stewart Street in Downtown Seattle. It will serve popular downtown destinations like Pike Place Market, the Seattle Art Museum, Colman Dock and Pioneer Square. The two existing lines would overlap within downtown, increasing frequencies, and the streetcars would operate in an exclusive transit lane.
The project is scheduled to begin construction in January 2017 and be completed in 2020.
Broadway Streetcar
The Broadway Streetcar project is currently on an indefinite hold, although design work has been 90% completed. The project would extend the First Hill Streetcar a half-mile further north on Capitol Hill into the commercial core of Broadway with two stops near Harrison Street and Roy Street. In addition, the extension of the line will also include extending the protected bike lanes to Roy Street. The plan was put on hold in December 2016 due to a lack of support from businesses for the design (particuly the lack of loading zones for delivery trucks) and the financial plan, which would involve taxing properties located along the alignment.
