Seattle’s Sound Transit board of directors approved an order for 30 additional light rail vehicles from Siemens. The added vehicles, scheduled to arrive no later than 18 months after final delivery of a previous order placed last fall, will support the opening of Sound Transit’s Link extension projects to Federal Way and downtown Redmond in 2024.
“Ordering more Link cars earlier than planned is just one example of how we’re moving aggressively forward to build a light rail network that will serve up to 188 million riders a year by 2040,” said Sound Transit CEO Peter Rogoff.
