Published January 2004

Commuter rail starts
in county

SCBJ Staff

Seven years and $285 million later, Sound Transit has delivered on its promise to bring Sounder commuter rail to Everett, Edmonds and eventually Mukilteo.

As of press time, Sounder service was expected to start Dec. 21 with a special train taking football fans to watch the Seattle Seahawks game. Regular daily service was expected to start Dec. 22 with one train going south in the morning and one coming back with the commute in the evening.

The Sound Transit Board approved seven agreements at an emergency meeting Dec. 17 to allow Sounder service to start from Everett to Seattle and from Tacoma to Lakewood.

Service to Snohomish County will start with one roundtrip train per weekday. It eventually will be ramped up to four trains per day.

Outgoing County Executive Bob Drewel said he has spent 20 percent of his life working on this project.

“I think it’s a demonstration that honest, principles, hard work still counts,” he said.

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