Seattle Transit Blog reports that testing on the Link Light Rail line is becoming a regular occurrence, with operator training well underway. I think he said that they haven’t yet done a full downtown-to-airport run on the line, but trains have been running back and forth between stations all over the line. I can’t believe it’s taken Seattle this long to get a light rail system up and running, but I’m sure most of the people who have been following this saga for the last couple of decades can’t believe it either. It’s supposed to be open to passengers before the end of the year. Probably even this summer.

And there’s more good news. The airport line hasn’t even opened yet, and already they’ve broken ground on the University Link, heading north from downtown to the University of Washington campus. Where the airport line is mostly above ground, the line to the university will mostly entirely be underground, drilling a tunnel deep underneath Capitol Hill. That line is supposed to see its grand opening in 2016, a mere 7 years away!

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