Downtown Redmond station

65  Downtown Redmond
East entrance on opening day
General information
Location	16620 Northeast 76th Street Redmond, Washington United States
Coordinates	47°40′20″N122°07′13″W / 47.67224°N 122.120156°W / 47.67224; -122.120156
System	Link light rail station
Owned by	Sound Transit
Platforms	1 island platform
Tracks	2
Connections	King County Metro (RapidRide)
Construction
Structure type	Elevated
Accessible	Yes
History
Opened	May 10, 2025
Services
Preceding station Sound Transit Following station Marymoor Village toward South Bellevue 2 Line Terminus Future service Marymoor Village toward Lynnwood City Center 2 Line (2026) Terminus
Location

Downtown Redmond station is a Link light rail station on the north side of Redmond Town Center shopping mall in downtown Redmond, Washington. It is an elevated station with a single island platform along Cleveland Street between 164th and 166th avenues. ^{[1] [2]}

The station was originally included in the Sound Transit 2 ballot measure in 2008, but was left out of the East Link Extension after a funding shortfall stemming from the City of Bellevue's desire for a tunneled alignment under Downtown Bellevue. ^[3] Sound Transit instead completed environmental reviews and selected a preferred alignment to Downtown Redmond, indefinitely deferring the final segment of East Link until a later date. ^[4] The Sound Transit 3 ballot measure, passed in 2016, includes $1.1 billion in funding for the two stations in Downtown Redmond, which was planned to open by 2024. ^[5] Preliminary engineering on the Redmond extension was approved in February 2016, after being suspended in 2010. ^[6]

Downtown Redmond station is situated over the Redmond Central Connector park and trail and is immediately north of the Redmond Town Center, a regional shopping mall. ^[7] The station opened to passenger service on May 10, 2025, with a celebration, booths along the Central Connector, and live music. ^{[8] [9]} The RapidRide B Line, which originally terminated at Redmond Transit Center, was extended to serve the station. ^[7]

The station's public artwork consists of a set of 25 murals by six artists that were produced by a mosaics studio in Tieton. ^[10] The murals includes depictions of Japanese American internment during World War II, botanical motifs, and motion. ^[7]

References

1. "Executive Summary". East Link Project Final Environmental Impact Statement (PDF) (Report). Sound Transit. July 2011. p. ES-51. Retrieved May 3, 2016.
2. "Downtown Redmond Station". Sound Transit. Retrieved September 27, 2021.
3. Lindblom, Mike (May 4, 2009). "Bellevue eyes Sound Transit train tunnel; Microsoft wants surface route". The Seattle Times . Retrieved May 3, 2016.
4. "Sound Transit Board identifies preferred East Link light rail route" (Press release). Sound Transit. May 14, 2009. Retrieved May 3, 2016.
5. Demay, Daniel (June 2, 2016). "Sound Transit approves faster timeline for next phases of light rail". Seattle Post-Intelligencer . Retrieved June 30, 2016.
6. "Sound Transit advances engineering for Federal Way, Redmond light rail extensions" (Press release). Sound Transit. February 25, 2016. Retrieved August 31, 2016.
7. Lindblom, Mike (May 9, 2025). "What you'll find at Redmond's new light rail stations". The Seattle Times. Retrieved July 7, 2025.
8. Deshais, Nicholas; Lindblom, Mike (May 10, 2025). "Light rail grand opening in Redmond draws big crowds". The Seattle Times. Retrieved May 10, 2025.
9. "Join Sound Transit and partners for Downtown Redmond Link opening day celebration" (Press release). Sound Transit. April 24, 2025. Retrieved July 7, 2025.
10. Ochoa, Santiago (September 6, 2023). "Tieton Mosaic making 27 murals for Sound Transit stations in Seattle area". Yakima Herald-Republic . Retrieved December 15, 2024.