Shoreline North/185th station

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Shoreline North/185th
Link light rail station
Shoreline North-185th Station and new apartments, March 2024.jpg
Under construction in March 2024
General information
Location8th Avenue NE & NE 185th Street
Shoreline, Washington, U.S.
Coordinates 47°45′48″N122°19′24″W / 47.76333°N 122.32333°W / 47.76333; -122.32333
Operated by Sound Transit
Line(s) Lynnwood Link Extension
Tracks2
History
OpeningAugust 30, 2024 (planned)
Services
Preceding station Sound Transit logo simplified.svg Sound Transit Following station
Sound Transit Link Light Rail logo.svg
Future service
Mountlake Terrace
toward Lynnwood City Center
1 Line
(2024)
 Shoreline South/148th
toward Angle Lake
2 Line
(2025)
 Shoreline South/148th
toward Downtown Redmond
Location
Shoreline North/185th station

Shoreline North/185th station is a future Link light rail station on the Lynnwood Link Extension serving Shoreline, Washington. The station will be located in a trench on the east side of Interstate 5, on the north side of Northeast 185th Street. It will include an adjacent bus station and parking garage with 500 stalls. [1] The station is scheduled to open in 2024, with the rest of the line.

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History

The Shoreline area developed as a suburban bedroom community in the early 20th century, centering around the Seattle–Everett Interurban Railway and later State Highway 99 on Aurora Avenue. [2] The area east of Aurora Avenue had one major commercial center, North City, which developed in the 1940s along 15th Avenue Northeast. [3] Interstate 5 was constructed through the area between Aurora and North City in the early 1960s, roughly along 5th Avenue Northeast. [4] In 1957, the Seattle Transit Commission proposed using the freeway's right of way for a rapid rail transit system, including a stop at "Richmond" near NE 185th Street. [5] The proposal was rejected by the state government over financing concerns, as federal and state highway funds could not be used for the necessary property acquisition. [6]

Planning for a modern light rail system was delegated to the Transit Commission's successor, Metro Transit, in the 1970s. Although the Interstate 5 corridor was left out of the Forward Thrust proposals, put to two votes in 1968 and 1970 that ultimately failed, it was reconsidered in a 1986 proposal by Metro and the Puget Sound Council of Governments, which placed a station serving North City at NE 185th Street. [7] The proposal was never formally adopted, but was the basis for later proposals by the Regional Transit Agency, which later became Sound Transit. In 1995, the RTA proposed the construction of a regional light rail system, including a line from Seattle to Lynnwood that stopped at 175th Street NE in Shoreline. [8] The plan was rejected by voters and re-sized into a successful 1996 ballot measure, which only constructed light rail from the University of Washington campus in Seattle to Seattle–Tacoma International Airport.

Light rail service is scheduled to begin on August 30, 2024. [9]

Public involvement in planning

A community group recognized by Shoreline, called 185th Station-Area Citizens Committee (185SCC) was formed in 2012. [10] The formal planning process in Shoreline started in May 2013. [11]

Public involvement has not always been orderly. At a March 2015 public forum in Shoreline on rezoning, the city's mayor threatened to have rowdy, shouting participants ejected by police. [12]

Station layout

Street
level		To Exits/Entrances, ticket vending machines
Platform
level		 Side platform, doors will open on the right
Northbound← Line 1 (Sound Transit) icon.svg 1 Line toward Lynnwood City Center (Mountlake Terrace)
← Line 2 (Sound Transit) icon.svg 2 Line toward Lynnwood City Center (Mountlake Terrace)
Southbound→ Line 1 (Sound Transit) icon.svg 1 Line toward Angle Lake (Shoreline South/148th) →
→ Line 2 (Sound Transit) icon.svg 2 Line toward Redmond Technology (Shoreline South/148th) →
Side platform, doors will open on the right

Shoreline North/185th station will consist of two side platforms situated below street level in a trench. The station will have two sets of stairs, escalators and elevators leading to enclosed surface entrances with ticket vending machines and rider information. To the immediate east of the station will be a bus station with multiple bays, as well as a kiss and ride facility, atop a 500-stall parking garage. [1] [13] The parking garage was originally planned to be on the west side of the freeway, connected by an enlarged overpass, but was consolidated to save costs. [14]

Services

In addition to Link light rail service, Shoreline North/185th station is planned to become the southern terminus of Community Transit's Swift Blue Line, a bus rapid transit service on the Highway 99 corridor in Snohomish County. [15] [16]

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References

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  9. ↑ Lindblom, Mike (April 4, 2024). "When will light rail reach Lynnwood? Sound Transit sets opening date". The Seattle Times. Retrieved April 5, 2024.
  10. ↑ "NE 185th Street Station Citizens Committee (events calendar)". City of Shoreline. Retrieved April 2, 2015.
  11. ↑ "Light Rail Station Subarea Planning". City of Shoreline. Retrieved March 26, 2021.
  12. ↑ Robertson, Kipp (March 17, 2015). "Outcry from Shoreline residents doesn't stop council from rezoning area around light rail". MyNorthwest.com. Bonneville International . Retrieved April 2, 2015.
  13. ↑ "Lynnwood Link Extension Shoreline North 185th Station and Garage". Rolluda Architects. Retrieved March 25, 2021.
  14. ↑ Lindblom, Mike (November 6, 2017). "$500M hole: How hot economy, city requests punctured Sound Transit's Lynnwood light-rail budget". The Seattle Times. Retrieved March 25, 2021.
  15. ↑ "Existing Conditions and Population Forecasts". 185th Street Station Subarea Plan (Report). City of Shoreline. March 2015. pp. 3–21. Retrieved July 31, 2017.
  16. ↑ "Agency Expanding Swift Blue Line to Shoreline" (Press release). Community Transit. February 7, 2020. Retrieved February 15, 2020.
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