East Main station

East Main station is a future at-grade Sound Transit East Link light rail station in the city of Bellevue, Washington. It is scheduled to open in 2024.[1]

East Main
Link light rail station
Under construction in August 2022
General information
Location301 112th Avenue Southeast
Bellevue, Washington
United States
Coordinates47°36′36″N 122°11′27″W
Owned bySound Transit
Platforms1 island platform
Tracks2
Construction
Structure typeAt-grade
AccessibleYes
History
Opening2024
Services
Preceding station Sound Transit Following station
Link
Future service
South Bellevue
Terminus
 2 Line
Starter Line
(2024)
 Bellevue Downtown
toward Redmond Technology
South Bellevue
toward Lynnwood City Center
 2 Line
(2025)
 Bellevue Downtown
toward Downtown Redmond

Location

The station will be located at the intersection of Main St and 112th Ave SE, just west of Interstate 405 on the outskirts of Downtown Bellevue.[2] The station will be at-grade, but just north of this station, the route will enter the Downtown Bellevue tunnel, remaining underground until it reaches the Bellevue Downtown station where it will emerge above ground, quickly becoming an elevated span to cross Interstate 405. The ballot measure that approved East Link in 2008 initially planned for the Downtown Bellevue portion of the route to be at-grade, however, the City of Bellevue committed to $185 million in cost-sharing to finance the tunnel.[3]

Once completed, the station will offer similar amenities to existing Link light rail stations, including ticket vending machines, bicycle parking, public art, and a new park over the portal of the Downtown Bellevue tunnel, which will offer a new multi-use path to connect the station to Main Street, as well as the Surrey Downs neighborhood.[4]

References
Wikimedia Commons has media related to East Main station.
  1. Belman, Brooke (August 24, 2023). "Get ready for new Link service on the Eastside next spring". The Platform. Sound Transit. Retrieved August 24, 2023.
  2. "East Link Project Update" (PDF). Sound Transit. January 2012. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-03-28. Retrieved 2012-03-11.
  3. "FHWA - Center for Innovative Finance Support - Project Profiles". www.fhwa.dot.gov. Retrieved 2021-04-20.
  4. "East Main Station FAQs". City of Bellevue. Retrieved 2021-04-20.


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