Marymoor Village station
| Link light rail station | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Platform view of the parking garage | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| General information | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Location | 17300 Northeast 70th Street Redmond, Washington United States | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 47°40′03″N 122°06′33″W / 47.6674°N 122.1092°W | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Owned by | Sound Transit | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Platforms | 1 island platform | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Structure type | At-grade | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Accessible | Yes | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Opened | May 10, 2025 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Marymoor Village station is a Link light rail station near Marymoor Park in Redmond, Washington, United States. The station is located along the south side of State Route 520 southwest of its interchange with State Route 202 near Downtown Redmond and Marymoor Park. It also includes a 1,400-stall park and ride in a garage that also contains a bus station.[1][2]
The station was originally included in the Sound Transit 2 ballot measure in 2008, but was left out of the East Link Extension after a funding shortfall stemming from the City of Bellevue's desire for a tunneled alignment under Downtown Bellevue.[3] Sound Transit instead completed environmental reviews and selected a preferred alignment to Downtown Redmond, indefinitely deferring the final segment of East Link until a later date.[4] The Sound Transit 3 ballot measure, passed in 2016, includes $1.1 billion in funding for the two stations in Downtown Redmond, which were planned by 2024.[5] Preliminary engineering on the Redmond extension was approved in February 2016, after being suspended in 2010.[6]
The station was originally named SE Redmond until Marymoor Village was adopted as its permanent name in June 2022.[7] Preliminary construction at the site began in late 2020.[8] The station was opened on May 10, 2025, with a community festival and live performances.[9][10]
Marymoor Village station consists of a single island platform that is accessed from the east by crossing one set of tracks or through the parking garage's stairs or elevator. The western exit is for emergency use only.[9] Eastbound trains continue through the lower floor of the parking garage and turn west to cross under highway ramps.[11] The station is near Marymoor Park, a major county park and music venue, as well as the East Lake Sammamish Trail.[11]
The station has two pieces of public artwork that was commissioned by Sound Transit as part of its percent for art program. "Point of Connection", a mural by Yegizaw Michael, is inside the bus loop and depicts the history and diversity of Redmond. Michael's work was the first to be selected by Sound Transit's virtual selection panel, which formed in May 2020.[12][13] Nova Jiang's work "Air Grove" consists of three airships that are suspended above the parking garage's western stairway.[11][14]
References
- ^ "Executive Summary". East Link Project Final Environmental Impact Statement (PDF) (Report). Sound Transit. July 2011. p. ES-51. Retrieved May 3, 2016.
- ^ Lindblom, Mike (May 7, 2025). "Light rail ridership: Will new Redmond stations fill empty Eastside trains?". The Seattle Times. Retrieved July 7, 2025.
- ^ Lindblom, Mike (May 4, 2009). "Bellevue eyes Sound Transit train tunnel; Microsoft wants surface route". The Seattle Times. Retrieved May 3, 2016.
- ^ "Sound Transit Board identifies preferred East Link light rail route" (Press release). Sound Transit. May 14, 2009. Retrieved May 3, 2016.
- ^ Demay, Daniel (June 2, 2016). "Sound Transit approves faster timeline for next phases of light rail". Seattle Post-Intelligencer. Retrieved June 30, 2016.
- ^ "Sound Transit advances engineering for Federal Way, Redmond light rail extensions" (Press release). Sound Transit. February 25, 2016. Retrieved August 31, 2016.
- ^ "Sound Transit Motion No. M2022-44" (PDF). Sound Transit. June 23, 2022. Retrieved August 18, 2022.
- ^ "Construction work increasing around Redmond light rail extension". Redmond Reporter. October 19, 2020. Retrieved February 14, 2024.
- ^ a b Deshais, Nicholas; Lindblom, Mike (May 10, 2025). "Light rail grand opening in Redmond draws big crowds". The Seattle Times. Retrieved May 10, 2025.
- ^ Burgess-Marshall, Henry (May 14, 2025). "Celebration Station - How our partners came together to say, "Hello Redmond"". The Platform. Sound Transit. Retrieved July 7, 2025.
- ^ a b c Lindblom, Mike (May 9, 2025). "What you'll find at Redmond's new light rail stations". The Seattle Times. Retrieved July 7, 2025.
- ^ Minier, Sarah (November 12, 2024). "Yeggy Michael's 'Point of Connection': Redmond's story, told through art". The Platform. Sound Transit. Retrieved December 4, 2024.
- ^ "Artwork installed at Marymoor Village Station". Seattle Daily Journal of Commerce. December 4, 2024. Retrieved December 4, 2024.
- ^ "Marymoor Village Station Artwork". Nova Jiang. Retrieved July 7, 2025.