Mount Baker station
Link light rail station | ||||||||||||||||
General information | ||||||||||||||||
Location | 3000 Rainier Avenue South Seattle, Washington United States | |||||||||||||||
Coordinates | 47°34′35.7″N 122°17′51.7″W / 47.576583°N 122.297694°W | |||||||||||||||
Owned by | Sound Transit | |||||||||||||||
Platforms | 2 side platforms | |||||||||||||||
Tracks | 2 | |||||||||||||||
Connections | King County Metro | |||||||||||||||
Construction | ||||||||||||||||
Structure type | Elevated | |||||||||||||||
Parking | Paid parking nearby | |||||||||||||||
Bicycle facilities | Lockers | |||||||||||||||
Accessible | Yes | |||||||||||||||
History | ||||||||||||||||
Opened | July 18, 2009 | |||||||||||||||
Passengers | ||||||||||||||||
1,918 daily weekday boardings (2023)[1] 615,395 total boardings (2023)[1] | ||||||||||||||||
Services | ||||||||||||||||
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Mount Baker station is a
A light rail station in the Mount Baker area was first proposed in 1995 and approved the following year. Construction began in late 2005 and the station was opened for regular service on July 18, 2009. Trains serve the station twenty hours a day on most days; the headway between trains is six minutes during peak periods, with less frequent service at other times. Mount Baker station is also served by five King County Metro bus routes that connect it to Downtown, Capitol Hill, Rainier Beach, the Central District, and the University District.
Location
Mount Baker station is located west of the
In 2014, the Seattle Department of Transportation began planning of its "Accessible Mt. Baker" plan, which would rebuild the street grid surrounding the station and adding facilities for bikes and buses.[4] Part of the $10–20 million plan would move bus stops at the existing off-street transit center to the plaza under Mount Baker station, with bus lanes and a special bus-only street on South Winthrop Street between Rainier Avenue and Martin Luther King Jr. Way; the proposal was funded as part of the "Move Seattle" levy passed by voters in November 2015.[5]
Transit-oriented development
A 10-block, 37-acre (150,000 m2) area surrounding Mount Baker station was designated as the Mount Baker Station Area Overlay District and approved for rezoning by the
The triangular block on the south side of the intersection of Rainier Avenue and Martin Luther King Jr. Way is planned to have two apartment buildings. An
History
From 1891 to 1937, the
A modern
Sound Transit awarded the construction contract for Mount Baker station and the Beacon Hill tunnel to Japanese firm Obayashi in June 2004 for $280 million, the costliest component of the Central Link project.[26][27] Construction began in September 2005 with the permanent closure of Stevens Street and utility relocation to clear the station site.[28][29] By the following April, Obayashi completed erection of columns that would be used to support the elevated guideway and station.[30] Mount Baker station was declared substantially complete in June 2009, excluding work on the elevators and escalators.[31]
Mount Baker station was opened to the public on July 18, 2009, during the first day of Central Link service. The station hosted the
Station layout
Platform level | Side platform, doors will open on the right | |
Northbound | ← 1 Line toward Northgate (Beacon Hill) | |
Southbound | 1 Line toward Angle Lake (Columbia City) → | |
Side platform, doors will open on the right | ||
Street level | Entrance/Exit, ticket vending machines |
Mount Baker station, designed by
The station also houses three
The station's
Services
Mount Baker station is part of Sound Transit's 1 Line, which runs from Seattle–Tacoma International Airport through the Rainier Valley, Downtown Seattle, and the University of Washington campus to Northgate. It is the seventh northbound station from Angle Lake and twelfth southbound station from Northgate, and is situated between Columbia City and Beacon Hill stations. 1 Line trains serve Mount Baker twenty hours a day on weekdays and Saturdays, from 5:00 am to 1:00 am, and eighteen hours on Sundays, from 6:00 am to 12:00 am; during regular weekday service, trains operate roughly every eight to ten minutes during rush hour and midday operation, respectively, with longer headways of fifteen minutes in the early morning and twenty minutes at night. During weekends, 1 Line trains arrive at Mount Baker station every ten minutes during midday hours and every fifteen minutes during mornings and evenings. The station is approximately 22 minutes from SeaTac/Airport station and 16 minutes from Westlake station in Downtown Seattle.[43] In 2019, an average of 2,601 passengers boarded Link trains at Mount Baker station on weekdays.[1]
Mount Baker is served by six
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