Transit Issue 2025
Aug 7, 2025 at 11:55 am
We went looking for the culture of Seattle’s Light Rail. We found one that’s full of earnest local regulars, oppressive silence, and a Black Parade.
ERIC HANSON
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What a local colorful exercise to assign staffers to.
Charles's section begins with a SB train at Capitol Hill, but ends with a NB train in Montlake Terrace. Strange.
Mudede got the facts mixed up about the rolling stock. The new trains are by Siemens and the old ones are Kinkisharyo.
I ride it anywhere from 4-6 times a day and 'fare ambassadors only check tickets at the Angle Lake and Lynnwood. " isnt remotely true. They almost always get on at Pioneer Square/Symphony when I'm on it.
@3 My overall impression is that the closer you are to downtown Seattle, the more likely you are to meet a fare inspector. I virtually never see them on the far ends of the line.