Capitol Hill station
 Capitol Hill | |||||||||||
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| Link Light Rail station | |||||||||||
 Capitol Hill Station platform level | |||||||||||
| Location |
140 Broadway E Seattle, Washington | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 47°37′09″N 122°19′13″W / 47.6192°N 122.3202°WCoordinates: 47°37′09″N 122°19′13″W / 47.6192°N 122.3202°W | ||||||||||
| Owned by | Sound Transit | ||||||||||
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| Platforms | 1 island platform | ||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||
| Connections | First Hill Streetcar, King County Metro | ||||||||||
| Construction | |||||||||||
| Structure type | Underground | ||||||||||
| Depth | 65 feet (20 m)[1] | ||||||||||
| Platform levels | 2 | ||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||
| Opened | March 19, 2016[2] | ||||||||||
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Capitol Hill is a Link Light Rail station that opened on March 19, 2016,[2] serving the Capitol Hill neighborhood of Seattle, Washington. It is situated between the Westlake and University of Washington stations on the 3.15-mile-long (5.07 km) University Link Extension, which runs from Downtown Seattle to the University of Washington campus. The station consists of an island platform below a split mezzanine with three surface entrances located in the vicinity of Broadway between East Denny Way and East John Street.[3] Connections at the surface level include the First Hill Streetcar and several King County Metro bus routes, while the former staging area surrounding the station entrances will be redeveloped into transit-oriented, mixed-use buildings with affordable housing.
Sound Transit projects approximately 14,000 daily boardings at the station in 2030, assuming the completion of other light rail extensions.[3]
Location
Capitol Hill station, serving the Seattle neighborhood of the same name, is located on 2 city blocks east of Broadway between East Howell Street and E John Street. The station site is bordered to the east by Cal Anderson Park; it is also located near the Seattle Central College campus.
The area surrounding the station is primarily zoned for multi-family dwellings and has 15,098 total housing units with 20,890 residents within a half-mile (0.8 km) radius; these units are primarily renter occupied and roughly 17 percent of units are affordable to lower-income households, with some subsidized housing nearby. There is also a major commercial strip on Broadway supporting ground-level retail stores and other uses; the area is also home to 15,171 jobs.[4]
Station layout
| Street Level | Exits/Entrances, Ticket vending machines | |
| Mezzanine | Ticket vending machines, to Exits/Entrances | |
| Platform level |
Northbound | ← Central Link toward University of Washington (Terminus) |
| Island platform, doors will open on the left | ||
| Southbound | → Central Link toward SeaTac/Airport (Westlake) → | |
The station is located beneath Nagle Place and the alley to the north of it between E John St and E Denny Way, just east of Broadway. It has three entrances. The north entrance is at the southeast corner of Broadway and E John, and the south entrance is at the southwest corner of Denny Way and Nagle Place, across from Cal Anderson Park. The west entrance, accessible via a pedestrian tunnel under Broadway from the rest of the station, is on the west side of Broadway south of Denny, on the same block as Seattle Central College.[5]
Construction
Demolition of the buildings on the site began in early 2009. Environmental clean-up work, excavation, tunneling, and station construction work followed. As of February 2015, street-level construction is done and the visual barrier is being removed.[6] Now that construction is done, the portions of the blocks used in construction that were not taken up by station entrances will be available for Transit-Oriented Development. Some have suggested using part of the available space for a community amenity such as a permanent farmers' market.[7] Service began to the University of Washington in the north and Downtown Seattle and SeaTac in the south in March 2016.[8]
References
- ↑ "Phase Gate Report 7: University Link Extension" (PDF). Sound Transit. February 25, 2016. Retrieved February 25, 2016.
- 1 2 Beekman, Daniel (March 19, 2016). "Capitol Hill, UW light-rail stations open to big crowds". The Seattle Times. Retrieved March 19, 2016.
- 1 2 "University Link Light Rail" (PDF). Sound Transit. May 2012. Archived from the original (PDF) on July 14, 2014. Retrieved March 25, 2015.
- ↑ Growing Transit Communities Oversight Committee (October 2013). "Capitol Hill Station: Future Light Rail/Future Streetcar/Bus" (PDF). The Growing Transit Communities Strategy. Puget Sound Regional Council. Retrieved January 28, 2016.
- ↑ "Capitol Hill Station". Sound Transit. Retrieved April 3, 2009.
- ↑ University Link Extension project update, Sound Transit, February 2015, retrieved March 25, 2015
- ↑ "Light Rail TOD Forum Recap". Capitol Hill Seattle blog. Retrieved April 3, 2009.
- ↑ "Capitol Hill Station construction". Sound Transit. Archived from the original on February 23, 2009. Retrieved April 3, 2009.
External links
Media related to Capitol Hill (Link station) at Wikimedia Commons- Project page