Sound Transit is negotiating with BNSF Railway in hopes of bringing all-day service to the Sounder line to serve fast-growing communities in Pierce and South King counties.
http://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/transportation/sounder-south-trains-so-popular-sound-transits-trying-to-add-more/
They MUST be popular if MTH put out an O gauge model of a Sounder train a few years back. Miss it? Don't worry, it'll be back. MTH rotates their stuff every few years.
Seattle's city center is on essentially an isthmus, with no affordable housing nearby. Sounder expansion would be good, but triple tracking is almost certain to be needed. I suppose some trains could be routed over the UP between Seattle and Tacoma if things could be succesfully negotiated.
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