Northgate station (Sound Transit)

Northgate
Future Light Rail Station
Location	Northgate, Seattle, Washington
Coordinates	47°42′11″N 122°19′41″W / 47.70306°N 122.32806°WCoordinates: 47°42′11″N 122°19′41″W / 47.70306°N 122.32806°W
Operated by	Sound Transit
Line(s)	Northgate Link Extension
History
Opening	2021
Services
Preceding station   Link Light Rail   Following station Roosevelt toward University of Washington Northgate Link Extension Under Construction Terminus Terminus Lynnwood Link Extension Planned NE 145th Street toward Lynnwood

Northgate Station will be an elevated light rail station on the Northgate Link Extension of Sound Transit in the Northgate neighborhood of Seattle. It is scheduled to open along with the rest of the Northgate Link project in 2021. Sound Transit estimates that there will be 15,000 daily boardings at the station in 2030.^[1]

Location

The Northgate Station will be about 25 feet above ground-level, just west of 1st Ave NE, spanning NE 103rd St. It will have two entrances, with the north entrance at the northeast corner of 1st Ave NE and NE 103rd St, and the south entrance on part of what is now the Northgate Transit Center. The north entry is on the same super-block as Northgate Mall and may have a direct connection to the mall. There will be tail and pocket tracks north of the station as it will serve as a terminus for a few years before the extension to Lynnwood is completed.^[2]

A pedestrian bridge over Interstate 5 is under consideration to improve walking access to North Seattle College and the Licton Springs neighborhood. Two different designs are under consideration: tied-arch or tube/truss.^[3] The bridge, estimated to cost $25 million, was allocated $5 million in funding each by Sound Transit and the Seattle Department of Transportation.^[4] The remaining $15 million must be found by July 2015, or the funds will be used on other Northgate-area improvements.^[5] A federal Transportation Investment Generating Economic Recovery (TIGER) grant application was not approved, but two Seattle council members asked to have the July deadline removed.^[6] Money for the project was included in a property-tax levy for safety improvements, to go before Seattle voters in November 2015.^[7]

References

1. "Northgate Station" (PDF). Sound Transit. July 2012. Retrieved March 25, 2015.
2. "Northgate Station". Sound Transit. Archived from the original on July 25, 2011. Retrieved April 8, 2011.
3. "Northgate Pedestrian and Bicycle Bridge: Design Meeting 2" (PDF). Seattle Department of Transportation. October 21, 2014. Retrieved May 18, 2015.
4. Gutierrez, Scott (June 28, 2012). "Sound Transit approves $5 million for Northgate pedestrian bridge". Seattle Post-Intelligencer. Retrieved May 18, 2015.
5. "Northgate Pedestrian Bridge" (PDF). Seattle Department of Transportation. April 2014. Retrieved May 18, 2015.
6. Feit, Josh (December 22, 2014). "Seattle Sound Transit Board Members O'Brien and Phillips Try to Save Northgate Ped/Bike Bridge". SeattleMet. Retrieved May 18, 2015.
7. Lindblom, Mike (May 6, 2015). "City wants even larger transportation levy: $930 million". The Seattle Times. Retrieved May 18, 2015.