No Capitol Hill-U District Light Rail Service this weekend to repair damage to the University of Washington Station and get back up to speed

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This one is a little different. Sound Transit Saying to prepare for another weekend with disturbed light railway service around Capitol Hill Station – But this time preparations for the planned late 2025 full opening of the system’s 2 line haven’t blamed.

Service between the University District and the Capitol Hill will Get suspended Saturday and Sunday As the work takes place to repair equipment that is damaged in September that have had trains running slowly through the area:

As ordinary riders through the University of Washington already know, LinkTog has been slowing down slowly through the station and collapsed since September, when a train with a broken pantograph damaged the overhead contact system (OCS). The herds were able to make emergency repairs and to prevent additional disturbances from being speed -limited in and abandoning the station until full repairs could be performed.

Audio transit says the service interruption is needed because repairs of the high -voltage electrical components involved cannot be performed “without a complete shutdown of the affected area.”

During the work, Buser replaces the U District and Capitol Hill stations every 10-15 minutes and stops at the University of Washington Station in each direction. Link trains every 15 minutes between Angle Lake and Capitol Hill stations and every 15 minutes between U District and Lynnwood City Center Stations. Passengers traveling north of Capitol Hill will have to get off the train and take the shuttle bus, join the U -district, and passengers traveling south of the U -district will do the same in the other way.

The weekend disorder comes in a wide range of shutdowns south of Capitol Hill Station, as Sound Transit herds perform work and test to prepare for full 2 ​​line operations that are expected to start late this year by connecting Seattle to Eastside via the I-90 bridge .

Sound Transit says that the U -District’s closure marks the halfway point “In our period of major disturbance.”

As for non-planned service disorders, Sound Transit says it works to solve the problem.

Earlier this month, Sound Transit CEO Goran Sparrman declared an emergency status that opens the way to accelerate $ 1.5 million in expenses following an increase in “non -planned power cuts” that plagued the light rail lines last year. Trains were delayed or blocked in 166 incidents through November – representing approx. 6% of the system’s lightweight rail services.

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