Seattle Sound Transit says it will add Lakewood, Wash., to its regional passenger rail service offerings Monday, Oct. 8, which includes new service at South Tacoma Station. A dedication ceremony is slated for Oct. 6 to herald the event.
Five weekday, round-trip trains will travel between Lakewood and Seattle's King Street Station, with stops at South Tacoma, Tacoma Dome, Puyallup, Sumner, Auburn, Kent, and Tukwila, Sound Transit says.
The $78.6 million project included upgrading seven miles of existing BNSF right-of-way, and improvements to street crossings, in the Lakeview Subdivision route from South M Street in Tacoma to Bridgeport Way Southwest in Lakewood. That included new signal systems, and also street crossing improvements at 13 at-grade railroad crossings. Construction began in 2009.
