Métro léger de Seattle

Link light rail is a light rail rapid transit system serving the Seattle metropolitan area in the U.S. state of Washington. It is managed by Sound Transit in partnership with local transit providers, and consists of two non-connected lines: the 1 Line (formerly Central Link) in King County, which travels for between Seattle and Seattle–Tacoma International Airport; and the T Line (formerly Tacoma Link) in Pierce County, which runs for under between Downtown Tacoma and Tacoma Dome Station. In , the system had a ridership of 23.9 million, or about per weekday as of , primarily on the 1 Line. Trains run at frequencies of 6 to 24 minutes. The Link light rail system was originally conceived in the 1980s following several earlier proposals for a heavy rail system that were rejected by voters. Sound Transit was created in 1993 and placed a ballot measure to fund and build the system, which was passed on a second attempt in 1996. Tacoma Link began construction first in 2000 and opened on August 22, 2003, at a cost of

80 million. Central Link construction was delayed because of funding issues and routing disputes, but began in November 2003 and was completed on July 18, 2009, for

2.4 billion. Central Link trains initially ran from Downtown Seattle to Tukwila International Boulevard station before being extended south to the airport in December 2009, north to the University of Washington in March 2016, and further south to Angle Lake station in September 2016. An extension to Northgate station opened on October 2, 2021. Sound Transit plans to expand the Link light rail network to and 70 stations by 2044, using funding approved by voters in 2008 and 2016 ballot measures. An extension from the University of Washington to Northgate opened on October 2, 2021. Suburban extensions to Bellevue, Redmond, Lynnwood, and Federal Way are scheduled to open between 2024 and 2026 after construction delays. Later projects will expand the system to cover the metropolitan area from Everett to Tacoma, along with branches to Kirkland, Issaquah, and the Seattle neighborhoods of Ballard and West Seattle.

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Seattle

vignette|Vue de Seattle au crépuscule. Septembre 2017. Seattle (en français standard : ; en anglais américain : ) est la plus grande ville de l'État de Washington et du Nord-Ouest des États-Unis. Elle est située entre le Puget Sound et le lac Washington, à environ au sud de la frontière entre le Canada et les États-Unis. Elle est le siège du comté de King. Seattle est, avec Vancouver, l'une des villes les plus importantes édifiées sur les rives des eaux côtières de l'Alaska du Sud-Est et de la Colombie-Britannique.

Tramway vicinal

275px|thumb|right|Charleroi à la station « Eden »Un tramway vicinal est en Belgique une ligne de tramway (suburbain, interurbain ou rural) ou de chemin de fer secondaire de la Société nationale des chemins de fer vicinaux. Par extension, le terme s'emploie pour l'ensemble des lignes ferrées de la SNCV y compris pour des lignes purement urbaines. Ligne de tramway suburbain, interurbain ou rural de la SNCV. Ligne de chemin de fer secondaire de la SNCV exploitée sur le même principe que les lignes de tramway mais en site séparé de la chaussée.

Métro léger de Seattle