Seattle Metropolitan Area Public Transit by 2045 (Not a Fantasy Map) (Not Including Local Buses) by xzerubei

created at 2025-02-14T22:00:32.648Z

updated at 2025-08-16T02:07:25.102Z

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This map is to include all public transport in the Seattle Area by 2045, besides local buses (I'm working on that in another map) Other versions of this map | The same map, but it's in 2025 : https://metrodreamin.com/edit/aWR3dnE0V1dPOFA2b3c0d3lHbHczUm9ud1FGM3wx | The same map, but with Local Buses (WIP): https://metrodreamin.com/edit/aWR3dnE0V1dPOFA2b3c0d3lHbHczUm9ud1FGM3w1 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Timeline of everything June 1929 - The Empire Builder Begins Service June 1951 - Washington State Ferries Begins Operations March 1962 - The Seattle Center Monorail Opens May 1971 - AMTRAK Cascades & Coast Starlight Begins Service January 1973 - King County Metro subsumes the Seattle Transit System, Beginning Operations July 1973 - The SEA Underground Opens September 1973 - Metro takes on the role of the bankrupt metropolitan transit corporation October 1976 - Community Transit begins operations January 1980 - Pierce Transit Begins Operations January 1983 - Kitsap Transit Took over the Bremerton Municipal Transit System, beginning operations September 1993 - Sound Transit Is formed November 1996 - Sound Move is approved by voters (1, T, & N/S Lines) 1997 - King County Water Taxi Begins Operations September 2000 - The S Line opens from Seattle to Tacoma February 2001 - Kent and Puyallup Stations are added as infill stations to the S Line March 2001 - Tukwila Station is opened as an infill station to the S Line August 2003 - The T Line opens from Tacoma Dome to Theater District/South 9th St December 2003 - The N Line Opens from Seattle to Everett December 2007 - The South Lake Union Streetcar Opens May 2008 - Mukilteo station is added as an infill station to the N Line November 2008 - Sound Transit 2 is approved by Voters (1, T, & S Line Extensions; 2 Line) July 2009 - The 1 Line Opens from Tukwila International Boulevard to Westlake November 2009 - The Swift Blue Line Opens December 2009 - The 1 Line is extended to SeaTac October 2010 - The RapidRide A Line Opens October 2011 - The RapidRide B Line Opens September 2012 - the RapidRide C & D Lines Open October 2012 - The S Line is extended to Lakewood February 2014 - The RapidRide E Line Opens June 2014 - The RapidRide F Line Opens January 2016 - The First Hill Streetcar Opens March 2016 - The 1 Line is extended to U District September 2016 - The 1 Line is extended to Angle Lake November 2016 - Sound Transit 3 is Approved by Voters (3, 4 Line; 1, 2, 3, T, S Line Extensions; Stride S1, S2, S3) July 2017 - Kitsap Fast Ferries Begins Operations March 2019 - The Swift Green Line Opens October 2021 - The 1 Line is Extended to Northgate March 2023 - The RapidRide H Line Opens September 2023 - The Hilltop Extension extends The T Line to St. Joseph March 2024 - The Swift Orange Line Opens April 2024 - The 2 Line Opens from Redmond Technology to South Bellevue, and the Stream Community Line Opens August 2024 - The 1 Line is extended to Lynnwood September 2024 - The RapidRide G Line Opens May 2025 - The 2 Line is extended to Downtown Redmond Late 2025 - The 2 Line is extended to Seattle 2026 - The 1 Line is extended to Federal Way & The Culture Connector Line Opens 2027 - The RapidRide I & J Lines Open 2028 - The Stride S1 Line Opens 2028-2031 - The Swift Green Line is Extended to Bothell 2029 - The Stride S2 & Swift Gold Lines open 2030 - The RapidRide K, R, & Stream A Lines Open 2032 - The 3 Line opens from West Seattle to Lynnwood 2035 - The 1 Line is extended to Tacoma Dome, & The Stream B Line Opens 2037 - The 2 Line is extended to Mariner and the 3 Line is extended further to Southwest Everett 2039 - The 1 Line's Northern Terminus is moved from SW Everett to Ballard, & the Stream C Line Opens 2039/2041 - The T Line is extended to Tacoma Community College 2041 - The 3 Line in extended to Downtown Everett 2041/2044 - The 4 Line opens from South Kirkland to Issaquah 2043 - The Stream D Line Opens 2045 - The S Line is extended to DuPont ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sources | King County Metro's Trip Planner: https://tripplanner.kingcounty.gov/#/app/tripplanning | King County's Metro's page on RapidRide: https://kingcounty.gov/en/dept/metro/travel-options/bus/rapidride | The Urbanist, a nonprofit organization reporting on public transportation in the Puget Sound Area: theurbanist.org | Sound Transit's System Expansion Page: https://www.soundtransit.org/system-expansion | Kitsap Transit's Ferry Services: https://www.kitsaptransit.com/service/category/ferries | Pierce Transit and info on Stream BRT: https://piercetransit.org/ , https://piercetransit.org/routes/stream-community-line-tacoma-spanaway/ , https://piercetransit.org/wp- content/uploads/2024/03/SESS-Fact-Sheet-021622.pdf | Community Transit's info on Swift BRT: https://www.communitytransit.org/swift/swift-bus-network | Colors: https://www.soundtransit.org/sites/default/files/documents/sound-transit-brand-colors.pdf | Some Wikipedia Articles: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RapidRide , https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seattle_Streetcar , https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sounder_commuter_rail , https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Link_light_rail , https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pierce_Transit , https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:KCMT_color -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

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