Old City Hall station

For the closed station in New York City, see City Hall station (IRT Lexington Avenue Line).

Old City Hall
The station in 2023
General information
Location	Commerce Street Tacoma, Washington, U.S.
Coordinates	47°15′28″N122°26′25″W / 47.25769°N 122.44041°W / 47.25769; -122.44041
Owned by	Sound Transit
Line(s)	T Line
Platforms	1 side platform
Tracks	1
Connections	Pierce Transit
Construction
Accessible	Yes
History
Opened	August 22, 2003 [1] September 16, 2023 [2]
Closed	August 1, 2022
Previous names	Theater District/South 9th Street (2003–2022)
Passengers
132 daily weekday boardings (2024) [3] 46,054 total boardings (2024) [3]
Services
Preceding station Sound Transit Following station South 4th Street toward St. Joseph T Line Theater District toward Tacoma Dome
Location

Old City Hall station is a light rail station on Link light rail's T Line in Tacoma, Washington, United States. The station officially opened for service on September 16, 2023; ^[2] it is located at the northern end of downtown and named for the Old City Hall building, which it is adjacent to. ^{[4] [5]}

The station replaced a station known as Theater District/South 9th Street station, located two blocks to the south. That station officially opened for service on August 22, 2003; it was located at the northern end of downtown and named for the several nearby performing arts venues. ^[1] The station closed on August 1, 2022, as part of work to connect the T Line with its extension to the Hilltop neighborhood, due to its close proximity with the new Old City Hall station. ^[6]

Artwork at the original Theater District station reflected the Theater District:^{[ citation needed ]}

• Seats at the station resembled fold-up theater seats
• Bronze plaques in the ground were reproductions of historical theatrical posters
• Projectors projected theatrical scenes on screens at night

References

1. Corvin, Aaron (August 23, 2003). "Tacoma Link makes its debut". The News Tribune . Archived from the original on September 1, 2003. Retrieved August 4, 2015.
2. "Tacoma's Hilltop Link extension now open for Pierce County commuters". KCPQ . Fox Television Stations. September 16, 2023. Retrieved September 16, 2023.
3. "System performance tracker: T Line Ridership". Sound Transit . Retrieved March 4, 2025.
4. "Sound Transit Motion No. M2017-118" (PDF). Sound Transit. November 16, 2017. Archived from the original (PDF) on January 20, 2018. Retrieved January 20, 2018.
5. "Tacoma Link Expansion" (PDF). Sound Transit. July 2015. Retrieved January 20, 2018.
6. Sailor, Craig (October 11, 2022). "Tacoma street cars return to the rails Tuesday after 10-week absence". The News Tribune. Archived from the original on October 11, 2022. Retrieved October 11, 2022.