The north station entry will be located on Site A, north of NE 103rd Street, and the south station entry will be located on Site B, south of NE 103rd Street. This last site is currently a one-story 9,938-square-foot building that was previously used for retail and service space.Īccording to the report, two station entrances have been proposed. Site C consists of one parcel, also on the east side of First Avenue NE and south of NE 100th Street. This second site is near the Northgate Transit Center, a current bus station, and consists of a park-and-ride lot and a bus transit passenger load and unload area. Site B consists of two parcels located on the east side of First Avenue NE, between NE 100th Street and NE 103rd Street.

It is near the Northgate Shopping Mall and is currently being used as a parking lot. Site A for the new elevated transit facility consists of one parcel located at the northeast corner of First Avenue NE and NE Northgate Way, says the city report. The station platform level is off of First Avenue NE, with the Northgate Mall to the north and the Northgate Transit Center to the south. The elevated station will be located on the east side of First Avenue NE, spanning NE 103rd Street on Sites A and B. What does close to a million more people mean? Well, it means putting on top of the region’s population that we already have, another population of both Seattle and Tacoma combined together North Link is a 4.3-mile light rail extension that would run primarily in twin-bored tunnels from the University of Washington to Northgate, with stations at the University District, Roosevelt, and Northgate, according to a city report. The goal is to provide urban transportation improvements in the Central Puget Sound Metropolitan region. The proposed development is for Central Puget Sound Regional Transit Authority’s proposed construction and operation of a north extension to its Central Link light rail project. Sound Transit’s plan for a light rail transit facility in the Northgate neighborhood of Seattle was approved by the city on Tuesday, according to city records.

Northgate light rail station