Title: Link light rail - Wikipedia
Headings: Link light rail
Link light rail
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Line 1
Line T
Future extensions
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Content: In November 2006, the U.S. Federal Transit Administration approved Sound Transit's plan for University Link, a project to extend light rail 3.1 miles (5 km) north to the University of Washington after completion of an Environmental Impact Study. A grant was approved in November 2008, which allowed University Link to begin construction in December 2008. The line opened, including the University Link Tunnel, on March 19, 2016. In September 2019, Sound Transit renamed Central Link to the Red Line and Tacoma Link to the Orange Line as part of their update to transit branding. Two months later, the agency announced that it would consider a new name for the Red Line after complaints because of the similarity of the "Red Line" with redlining as well as confusion over King County Metro 's RapidRide system (which utilizes red bullets for its service routes). A new naming scheme will come into effect in 2021, using "Line 1" (green) for the existing line in Seattle, "Line 2" (blue) for East Link, and "Line T" (orange) for Tacoma Link. Future light rail extensions will use "Line 3" (magenta) and "Line 4" (purple), alongside new names for Sounder and bus rapid transit services. Since December 2020, the Link light rail system has been running fully on carbon emissions -free renewable energy through Puget Sound Energy 's wind electricity purchase program and Seattle City Light 's fully carbon-neutral power supply. Lines
Line 1
Line 1 train in Tukwila
Main article: Line 1 (Sound Transit)
Line 1, formerly Central Link, is a light rail line serving Seattle, SeaTac, and Tukwila, using trains of two to four cars that each carry 194 passengers.