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Author: Wednesday, May 28, 2003 · Last updated 2:54 p.m. PT |
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Date Posted: Thursday, May 29, 06:16:28am In reply to: Thursday, April 24, 2003 (Seattle now signed 29/4/03 announced 30/4/03) 's message, "Sound Transit to decide if one ticket is good for all agencies" on Wednesday, April 30, 02:03:18pm http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/aplocal_story.asp?category=6420&slug=WA%20Commuter%20Train ----------------------------------------------------------- Wednesday, May 28, 2003 · Last updated 2:54 p.m. PT ----------------------------------------------------------- Sound Transit agreement with Burlington Northern Santa Fe ----------------------------------------------------------- THE ASSOCIATED PRESS ----------------------------------------------------------- EVERETT, Wash. -- Commuters between Everett and Seattle could be riding aboard a Sound Transit train by the end of the year. ----------------------------------------------------------- King County Executive Ron Sims, who is chairman of the regional transit agency, and Sen. Patty Murray, D-Wash., on Wednesday announced a preliminary agreement with Burlington Northern Santa Fe railroad to start Sounder Commuter Rail Service. ----------------------------------------------------------- One daily round trip will start before the end of the year between Everett and Seattle's King Street Station. Plans call for three more round trip trains to be added later. ----------------------------------------------------------- As part of the agreement, Sound Transit will buy or lease 21 miles of BNSF track between Tacoma and the Nisqually Delta. That expands the commuter rail corridor to nearly 100 miles and will provide service to Lakewood, south of Tacoma. Eventually, service could expand to Dupont, near Fort Lewis, and further south toward Olympia. ----------------------------------------------------------- Sound Transit will pay $224 million plus interest over four years for the rights to the Seattle-Everett track segment and $27 million for the Nisqually section. ----------------------------------------------------------- Sounder service began nearly three years ago and currently serves about 14,000 passengers a week with three round trips a day between Tacoma and Seattle. [ Next Thread | Previous Thread | Next Message | Previous Message ] |