Westlake Station’s northbound platform is reopening ahead of schedule, allowing service to return to normal.
Sound Transit CEO Julie Timm revealed Saturday that the disruption to light rail service in downtown Seattle will be shorter than previously announced thanks to a new plan to repair damage to Westlake Station’s roof. As of Monday morning, trains are running on both sides of the track in the Downtown Seattle Transit Tunnel, with frequencies boosted to every 10 minutes at peak hours.
Link light rail service has been heavily disrupted since April 27th due to structural damage caused by a (non-agency) crew installing a new post clock outside the flagship Ben Bridge jewelry store on Pine Street above the station. The crew dug too deep and created a hole in the roof, with concrete potentially threatening to bust loose and imperil riders, though no one was injured by the construction blunder.
“The new plan was the result of finally getting access into the ceiling today, eyes on the damage, and added scaffolding above the ceiling to do the repairs safely and that can be dismantled later without disruption,” Timm said in a tweet. Another perk of the plan: “No need to disrupt service again once repairs are complete,” she added.
