The first stretch of the Seattle light rail system is almost open. Last week a special run was made for the press, going all the way from downtown to the end of the line and back. The Stranger’s Dominic Holden was on board, and provided probably the only news report from the event to include cussing.

The Analysis: Light rail has arrived. And it is fucking great.

One thing I didn’t know until I read that article is that when the light rail opens next month, it won’t go all the way to the airport. The end of the line will be at the Tukwila station, about two miles from the main SeaTac terminal. That last stretch of track is still being worked on and won’t be ready until December, leaving you to take a shuttle bus the rest of the way. Seems like they should have made it a priority to open the whole line at once, but maybe they tried and it just didn’t happen.

I can’t wait to ride it, and I wish they could build this stuff faster so that all the other branches could be open before the end of next decade.

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