The Sound Transit Board identified the preferred alternative for the West Seattle Link Extension on July 28, 2022 and the Ballard Link Extension on March 23, 2023. For details, please view the July 2022 press release and Board Motion and the March 2023 press release and Board Motion. On July 27, 2023, the Board modified the preferred location for the Denny Station for the Ballard Link Extension. For details, view the July 2023 Board Motion.

Ballard

Sound Transit is studying the following station alternatives in Ballard.

  • Elevated 14th Avenue Station (Preferred alternative)
    • Elevated station on the east side of 14th Avenue Northwest straddling Northwest Market Street
  • Tunnel 14th Avenue Station (Preferred alternative with third-party funding)
    • Tunnel station beneath 14th Avenue under Northwest Market Street
  • Elevated 15th Avenue Station
    • Elevated station on the east edge of 15th Avenue Northwest south of Northwest Market Street
  • Tunnel 15th Avenue Station (Preferred alternative with third-party funding)
    • Tunnel station beneath east side of 15th Avenue Northwest south of Northwest Market Street

View the Station Planning Progress Report for more details (9 MB).

The Sound Transit Board selected the Tunnel 15th Avenue Cost Savings: Draft EIS Station Location as the preferred alternative in March 2023.

Map of Ballard and Interbay stations in northwest Seattle showing a pink line for preferred alternatives, brown lines for preferred alternatives with third party funding, and blue lines for other Draft EIS alternatives. Lines indicate elevated, at-grade and tunnel alternatives. See text description below for additional details.

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