Marymoor Village station

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Marymoor Village
Link light rail station
Marymoor Village Station platform construction, Jan. 2025.jpg
Platform under construction, January 2025
General information
Location Redmond, Washington
United States
Coordinates 47°40′03″N122°06′33″W / 47.6674°N 122.1092°W / 47.6674; -122.1092
Owned by Sound Transit
Platforms1 island platform
Tracks2
Construction
Structure typeAt-grade
AccessibleYes
History
OpeningMay 10, 2025;38 days' time (2025-05-10)
Services
Preceding station Sound Transit logo simplified.svg Sound Transit Following station
Sound Transit Link Light Rail logo.svg
Redmond Technology Line 2 (Sound Transit) icon.svg   2 Line
Downtown Redmond Extension
(2025)
Downtown Redmond
Terminus
Location
Marymoor Village station

Marymoor Village station is a future Link light rail station near Marymoor Park in Redmond, Washington. The station is located along the south side of State Route 520 southwest of its interchange with State Route 202 near Downtown Redmond. It also includes a 1,400-stall park and ride in a garage built on the site. [1]

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. [2] 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. [3] The Sound Transit 3 ballot measure, passed in 2016, includes $1.1 billion in funding for the two stations in Downtown Redmond, which were planned by 2024. [4] Preliminary engineering on the Redmond extension was approved in February 2016, after being suspended in 2010. [5]

The station was originally named SE Redmond until Marymoor Village was adopted as its permanent name in June 2022. [6] Preliminary construction at the site began in late 2020. [7] The station is scheduled to open on May 10, 2025. [8] Its public artwork includes a mural by Yegizaw Michael named "Point of Connection" that depicts the history and diversity of Redmond. Michael's work was the first to be selected by Sound Transit's virtual selection panel, which formed in May 2020. [9] [10]

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. Lindblom, Mike (May 4, 2009). "Bellevue eyes Sound Transit train tunnel; Microsoft wants surface route". The Seattle Times . Retrieved May 3, 2016.
  3. "Sound Transit Board identifies preferred East Link light rail route" (Press release). Sound Transit. May 14, 2009. Retrieved May 3, 2016.
  4. Demay, Daniel (June 2, 2016). "Sound Transit approves faster timeline for next phases of light rail". Seattle Post-Intelligencer . Retrieved June 30, 2016.
  5. "Sound Transit advances engineering for Federal Way, Redmond light rail extensions" (Press release). Sound Transit. February 25, 2016. Retrieved August 31, 2016.
  6. "Sound Transit Motion No. M2022-44" (PDF). Sound Transit. June 23, 2022. Retrieved August 18, 2022.
  7. "Construction work increasing around Redmond light rail extension". Redmond Reporter. October 19, 2020. Retrieved February 14, 2024.
  8. Lindblom, Mike (January 30, 2025). "Here's when two Redmond light rail stations will open this spring". The Seattle Times. Retrieved January 30, 2025.
  9. Minier, Sarah (November 12, 2024). "Yeggy Michael's 'Point of Connection': Redmond's story, told through art". The Platform. Sound Transit. Retrieved December 4, 2024.
  10. "Artwork installed at Marymoor Village Station" . Seattle Daily Journal of Commerce . December 4, 2024. Retrieved December 4, 2024.