Parking Pay parking nearby | Tracks 2 Disabled access Yes Platforms in use 2 | |
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Location Pine Street and 4th AvenueSeattle, Washington Line(s) Bay A (northbound/eastbound via SR-520):King County Metro: 41, 74, 255Bay C (southbound):King County Metro: 101, 102, 150Bay D (eastbound via I-90):Sound Transit Express: 550 Central Link Similar University of Washingt, University Street station, Westlake Center, International District/Chinatown station, SeaTac/Airport station | ||
Westlake Station is a Downtown Seattle Transit Tunnel Station in Downtown Seattle under Pine Street between Third and Sixth Avenues, served by Sound Transit and King County Metro buses and Central Link light rail trains. It was the northern terminus of Central Link from 2009 until the opening of the University Link extension in March 2016. It is completely underground and has several entrances along Pine Street between 3rd and 6th Avenues, along with direct connections to the basement levels of Westlake Center, Nordstrom and Macy's. 8,700 daily Link light rail boardings are predicted for the year 2020.
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History
The station was opened in 1990, with the completion of the Downtown Seattle Transit Tunnel, and was originally served only by dual-mode buses. Light rail trains began serving the station in 2009, after a 2005–2007 rebuilding and retrofitting of the station and tunnel.
Facilities
The Metro Customer Stop provides customer information and sells transit passes. It is located on the west end of the mezzanine, near Macy's.
Transit connections
There is an elevator from the station to the Seattle Center Monorail at the third floor of Westlake Center. Several entrances are near the southern terminus of the South Lake Union Streetcar and near transfer points to surface buses toward Belltown, Queen Anne Hill, Magnolia, Fremont, Shoreline, Green Lake, and Redmond, among many other locations.
At the opening of Link Light Rail to the Eastside (projected as 2023), Westlake Station will serve both the Central Link and East Link lines.