To assist riders, agency staff will be dispatched to stations to help guide riders through the service detour. In a rider alert, Sound Transit said that the service disruption is expected to last at least two weeks. As a result, riders were also forced to transfer at Capitol Hill and Stadium Stations onto the DSTT shuttle, which again was announced at 30-minute headways between those stations. Service along the line was also effectively broken into three parts with trains operating between Capitol Hill and Northgate Stations and between Stadium and Angle Lake Stations every 12 minutes. Originally, Sound Transit was only operating a shuttle train service through the Downtown Seattle Transit Tunnel (DSTT), confined for both directions to what are normally the southbound tracks. For most riders, this operating strategy is generally much better than the earlier versions. Boarding and alighting from trains at Westlake, University Street, and International District/Chinatown Stations is limited to one platform. Trains are operating about every 15 to 20 minutes on the 1 Line and trains are holding at Pioneer Square Station for about three to five minutes to facilitate platform transfers at the station. The system is effectively running as a two-line service with mandatory transfers at Pioneer Square Station for continuing journeys north or south. This greatly reduces operational flexibility and service levels on the 1 Line.Īs of Friday evening, Sound Transit is still using a single-track operations between Westlake and Stadium Stations. Since damage has affected the northbound tracks and platform at Westlake Station, Sound Transit has taken extraordinary measures to fully close the northbound tracks between Capitol Hill and Stadium Stations to assess and address the damage. The agency imposed the service changes just hours after the agency’s Thursday afternoon board meeting where Sound Transit CEO Julie Timm mentioned leaks and damage at the station. The operating strategy has changed subsequently though to ease the pain a bit.
During an expected two weeks (or more) of assessment and repair work, the agency originally implemented single-tracking through the Stadium to Capitol Hill section with a shuttle train operating at 32-minute frequencies. Allegedly, a construction crew doing work on a Ben Bridge post clock caused substantial damage to the station tunnel roof, forcing Sound Transit to significantly curtail service. (Credit: Carl street-level construction mishap above Westlake Station has unexpectedly disrupted the entire Link 1 Line light rail system, leading to chaos for riders. Westlake Station's northbound platform is closed due to damage from street-level construction.
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