Federal Way Transit Center

Federal Way Transit Center is a bus station and proposed light rail station in Federal Way, Washington. The current bus station opened in 2006 and has 1,190 parking spaces available in its parking garage and surface lots. It is served by King County Metro, Pierce Transit and Sound Transit Express buses and is the southern terminus of the RapidRide A Line.[1][2] The transit center is located adjacent to The Commons at Federal Way shopping mall and Interstate 5, connected via a direct access ramp to its high-occupancy vehicle lanes.

Federal Way Transit Center
Sound Transit Express bus leaving the transit center
Location31621 23rd Ave S,
Federal Way, Washington
United States
Coordinates47°19′03″N 122°18′17″W
Train operatorsSound Transit (proposed)
Bus stands9
Bus operatorsKing County Metro
Pierce Transit
Sound Transit Express
Construction
ParkingParking garage
Bicycle facilitiesBicycle lockers and racks
Disabled accessYes
History
OpenedFebruary 11, 2006 (February 11, 2006)
Services
Preceding station  
  Following station
  Future service  
Line 1Terminus
  Proposed service  
Line 1
Tacoma Dome Extension
(2030)
South Federal Way
toward Angle Lake

As part of the expansion of Link Light Rail by Sound Transit, the transit center is planned to be the southern terminus of the Federal Way Link Extension, which would extend light rail south from its current terminus at Angle Lake station to Federal Way. A voter-approved plan passed in 2008 proposed funding to design, but not construct, a light rail station and other bus and parking improvements at the transit center. In 2016, the Sound Transit 3 plan approved a 2024 completion date for light rail to Federal Way Transit Center, as well as a light rail extension from Federal Way to Tacoma to be opened by 2030.[3]

The preliminary design for the light rail station consists of an elevated platform along 23rd Avenue South that is located two blocks south of the current transit center. A second garage with 400 parking stalls would be built, along with transit-oriented development on the site of a former shopping center.[4] Demolition of several vacated retail buildings at the site began in April 2020.[5]

References

  1. Guadette, Karen (February 8, 2006). "New lots will make it easier to park, ride". The Seattle Times. Retrieved May 6, 2016.
  2. "Federal Way Transit Center Boarding Locations". King County Metro. Retrieved May 6, 2016.
  3. Demay, Daniel (June 2, 2016). "Sound Transit approves faster timeline for next phases of light rail". Seattle Post-Intelligencer. Retrieved October 26, 2016.
  4. "Federal Way Transit Center station area spotlight". Sound Transit. February 12, 2019. Retrieved March 3, 2019.
  5. Sullivan, Olivia (April 17, 2020). "Demolition of Federal Way buildings will make room for light rail". Federal Way Mirror. Retrieved April 24, 2020.

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