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Central Link is a train line in Seattle, Washington. It runs 20 miles from the city's airport to Downtown Seattle and the University of Washington. The train started running in 2009.

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  • A train with two cars passing through a built-up downtown on tracks embedded in the street

    A Tacoma-bound Puget Sound Electric Railway interurban train seen in the 1920s

  • An unfinished building surrounded by a fenced-off dirt lot

    The headhouse of Beacon Hill station, seen under construction in May 2009.

  • Link Light Rail crosses the Duwamish 04

    The high bridge here crosses the Duwamish River in Tukwila; the low bridge carries East Marginal Way S.

  • A map depicting the route of the Line 1 through Seattle, with stations marked and labeled. An additional dashed line extends further north on the future Northgate extension, with its stations also marked.

    A map of Line 1, showing the current line and future Northgate extension

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