Westlake station (Sound Transit)

Westlake
Light Rail and Bus Station
Westlake Station in 2009
Location	4th Avenue and Pine Street Seattle, Washington
Coordinates	47°36′42.70″N 122°20′9.17″W / 47.6118611°N 122.3358806°WCoordinates: 47°36′42.70″N 122°20′9.17″W / 47.6118611°N 122.3358806°W
Owned by	King County Metro
Line(s)	Bay A (Northbound/Eastbound via SR-520): King County Metro: 41, 74, 255 Bay C (Southbound): King County Metro: 101, 102, 150 Bay D (Eastbound via I-90): Sound Transit Express: 550   Central Link
Platforms	2 side platforms
Tracks	2
Connections	Seattle Center Monorail (Connect at Westlake Center - 3rd Floor) South Lake Union Streetcar (Connect at Westlake Avenue and Olive Way)
Construction
Parking	Pay parking nearby
Disabled access	Yes
History
Opened	September 15, 1990 (bus service) July 18, 2009 (Link Light Rail)
Rebuilt	September 24, 2005 - September 24, 2007 (conversion to bus/rail joint service)
Services
Preceding station     Following station University Street toward Angle Lake Central Link Capitol Hill toward University of Washington Preceding station     Following station University Street toward Bellevue Downtown Route 550 Convention Place Terminus

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, with entrances from Westlake Center, Nordstrom, Macy's and on Pine Street between 3rd and 4th and between 5th and 6th. 8,700 daily Link light rail boardings are predicted for the year 2020.^[1]

History

A dual-mode bus on route 107 at Westlake station just after the station opened, in 1990

The station was opened in 1990, with the completion of the Downtown Seattle Transit Tunnel, and was originally served only by dual-mode buses.^[2] Light rail trains began serving the station in 2009, after a 2005–2007 rebuilding and retrofitting of the station and tunnel.

Station layout

	Street Level	Exits/Entrances, South Lake Union Streetcar
	Mezzanine	Ticket vending machines, Metro Customer Shop, to Exits/Entrances, elevator to Seattle Center Monorail
Platform level	Side platform, doors will open on the right
	Northbound	← Central Link toward University of Washington (Capitol Hill)
		← Bus Bay A (41, 74) northbound toward Interstate 5 (Convention Place)
		← Bus Bay A (255) eastbound toward State Route 520 (Convention Place)
	Southbound	→ Central Link toward Angle Lake (University Street) →
		→ Bus Bay C (101, 102, 150) southbound toward SODO Busway (University Street) →
		→ Bus Bay D (550) eastbound toward Interstate 90 (University Street) →
	Side platform, doors will open on the right

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.^[3]

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.

References

1. Sound Transit - Westlake Station
2. Crowley, Walt (October 1, 2000). "Bus service begins in downtown Seattle transit tunnel on September 15, 1990.". HistoryLink. Retrieved February 23, 2016.
3. Metro Customer Service Offices

External links

• Media related to Westlake station (Sound Transit) at Wikimedia Commons
• Westlake Station information from soundtransit.org