Sound Transit's Crosslake Connection draws crowds, hours-long lines on opening day

Floating light rail bridge — the world’s first — opens in Seattle area

Crowds showed up on opening day to ride the Crosslake Connection expansion to Sound Transit's Link 2 Line, expected to carry 50,000 daily riders.

Sound Transit’s Crosslake Connection now open

The opening of the Crosslake Connection marks the completion of Sound Transit Two, which was approved by voters in 2008. Seattle is now connected directly to Bellevue and Redmond, on top of recently-added connections to Lynnwood and Federal Way.

From 2008 to 2026: Crosslake Connection takes first riders across Lake Washington

A project decades in the making has finally crossed the finish line.Sound Transit unveiled the Crosslake Connection to the public on Saturday morning, marking

Sound Transit links Seattle and the Eastside: Opening day on the Crosslake Connection

For more than 60 years, regional leaders dreamed of sending trains across Lake Washington. Today, that dream finally pulled into the station.

Seattle light rail finally opens across Lake Washington

Thousands want a first-day ride across the I-90 bridge, and to celebrate both an engineering marvel and a newly easy connection between Seattle and the Eastside.

Sound Transit's Crosslake Connection draws crowds, hours-long lines on opening day

Packed trains, chants across the lake and hours-long lines: Seattle celebrates transportation decades in the making.