East Main station
Introduction '''East Main station''' is a future at-grade Sound Transit East Link light rail station in the city of Bellevue, Washington. It is scheduled to open on April 27, 2024.
Location The station will be located at the intersection of Main St and 112th Ave SE, just west of Interstate 405 on the outskirts of Downtown Bellevue. The station will be at-grade, but just north of this station, the route will enter the Downtown Bellevue tunnel, remaining underground until it reaches the Bellevue Downtown station where it will emerge above ground, quickly becoming an elevated span to cross Interstate 405.The ballot measure that approved East Link in 2008 initially planned for the Downtown Bellevue portion of the route to be at-grade, however, the City of Bellevue committed to $185 million in cost-sharing to finance the tunnel. An early concept for the station placed it at Southeast 8th Street, but it was moved north towards Main Street in 2011.Once completed, the station will offer similar amenities to existing Link light rail stations, including ticket vending machines, bicycle parking, public art, and a new park over the portal of the Downtown Bellevue tunnel, which will offer a new multi-use path to connect the station to Main Street, as well as the Surrey Downs neighborhood.
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