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Operator	Sound Transit
System Type	Light Rail
Year Opened	9/2003
# of Lines	1
# of Cars	3
Mileage	1.7 miles
Stations	6
Power	Overhead
Website	soundtransit
Data Date	2002
1st Visit	11/2002
Last Visit	9/2003
% Rode	100%

Pacific Northwest Transit
Tacoma, WA

Tacoma Link

Tacoma, Washington will have the first Light Rail system in the Puget Sound Region. This is very short circulator line that opened in August 2003. It uses the same light rail cars as the Portland Streetcar in Portland Oregon. The line starts as a single track line at the Tacoma Dome Station. There is a large Park-n-Ride structure here along with connections to regional buses as well as Sounder, the commuter rail line to Seattle. The line then opens up to double-track by the former Union Station which is now a courthouse. The line then continues into downtown Tacoma ending at the Theatre district.

Pre-operation testing

Revenue Operation

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Maintenance Building (11/22/02) Yard track to building (11/22/02)

Car inside the "Barn" (11/22/02) Track leads out of the barn onto 25th Street by Tacoma Dome P&R parking structure. (11/22/02)

Future Tacoma Dome Station (11/22/02) Car # 1001 undergoing testing on 25th St. (12/13/02)

Car # 1001 undergoing testing on 25th St. (12/13/02) Car # 1001 undergoing testing on 25th St. (12/13/02)

Train in service at the Theatre District terminal. (9/07/03) Train has left the Theatre District going back to the Tacoma Dome. (9/07/03)

Train in service at the Theatre District terminal. (9/07/03)

Last Updated: 04/07/08

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Pacific Northwest Transit Tacoma, WA

Pacific Northwest Transit
Tacoma, WA