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'''Tacoma Link''' is the only service operated by [[Sound Transit]]. It opened in 2006 with six stations and is 1.6 miles long and is completely in the city of Tacoma. Tacoma Link is free to ride. | '''Tacoma Link''' is the only service operated by [[Sound Transit]]. It opened in 2006 with six stations and is 1.6 miles long and is completely in the city of Tacoma. Tacoma Link is free to ride. | ||
Sound Transit refers to this line as the [[Sound Transit Link Orange Line|Orange Line]]. | |||
==Route details== | ==Route details== |
Revision as of 20:35, 6 September 2019
Tacoma Link is the only service operated by Sound Transit. It opened in 2006 with six stations and is 1.6 miles long and is completely in the city of Tacoma. Tacoma Link is free to ride.
Sound Transit refers to this line as the Orange Line.
Route details
This line travels solely in Tacoma between Tacoma Dome Station and Theater District Station.
Stations
- Tacoma Dome Station Connection to Sounder South
- South 25th Station
- Union Station
- Convention Center Station
- Commerce St / South 11th Station
- Theater District Station
Extension
Tacoma Link currently has a planned extension to Tacoma Community College.
The current Theater Station will be demolished and renamed Old City Hall, and Commerce St/South 11th will be renamed to Theater District.
- Old City Hall Station
- 4th Station
- Stadium District Station
- Tacoma General Station
- 6th Ave Station
- Hilltop District Station
- St. Joseph Station
- Ainsworth Station
- Sprague Station
- Union Station
- Stevens Station
- Pearl Station
- Tacoma Community College Station
History
- 2003 - Service starts on first Link light rail route
- 2022 - Extension to St. Joseph Medical Center planned to open.
- 2039 - Extension to Tacoma Community College planned to open.
Vehicles
The rail cars are stored in a maintenance site near Tacoma Dome Station. The route uses Skoda 10 T numbered 1001-1003. Sound Transit has purchased 5 Brookville Liberty Streetcars for the extension.
Current Tacoma Link Fleet
Fleet number(s) |
Thumbnail | Year | Manufacturer | Model | Motors | Notes |
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1001-1003 | 2001 | Skoda | 10T2 | 750V DC |
Future Tacoma Link Fleet
Fleet number(s) |
Thumbnail | Year | Manufacturer | Model | Motors | Notes |
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1004-1008 | 2020-2021 | Brookville Liberty | Liberty LRV |
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References
- http://www.soundtransit.org/Schedules/Tacoma-Link-light-rail
- http://www.soundtransit.org/Projects-and-Plans/Tacoma-Link-Expansion
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