Seattle’s new Central Link light rail system

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Seattle’s new Central Link light rail system a long time coming

August 11, 2009

Seattle has been waiting for this for a long time - a major new rail line connecting the downtown core and the suburbs. As in most major cities prior to World War II, Seattle had an extensive streetcar network as well as interurban lines that ran north to the suburb of Everett and south to Tacoma as early as 1910. However, the city lost its original passenger rail lines even earlier than Vancouver did. The completion of Highway 99 ended interurban service between Seattle and Tacoma by 1928, and Everett by 1939. The entire streetcar network was shut down only two years later.

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