Along with Sound transit it has announced the latest numbers for its light rail link opening. Link had 72,000 riders on the free Saturday Mar 19th and it claims ridership has not dipped. To meet demand additional cars have been rushed into service startig March 28 by running 3 car trains.
One item that Sound does not like is referring to the light rail as a subway as it goes both under some locations and with more surface running. locations . Note news wire also referred to sound link as a subway.
https://us-mg4.mail.yahoo.com/neo/launch?.partner=sbc&.rand=ddep7avq4senm
Calendar year 2015 saw Seattle Sounder up almost 15%. Northline especially strong probably because the mudslide problems on the Northline have been greatly reduced. Here is year end report.
http://www.soundtransit.org/Rider-Community/Rider-news/Quarterly-Ridership-Report
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