Westlake station (Sound Transit)

Westlake
Link light rail station
The Westlake station mezzanine, seen from the platform level
General information
Location	Pine Street & 4th Avenue Seattle, Washington United States
Coordinates	47°36′41″N 122°20′14″W / 47.61139°N 122.33722°W / 47.61139; -122.33722
Owned by	Sound Transit
Platforms	2 side platforms
Tracks	2
Connections	Seattle Center Monorail South Lake Union Streetcar King County Metro Sound Transit Express Community Transit
Construction
Structure type	Underground
Parking	Paid parking nearby
History
Opened	September 15, 1990 (1990-09-15)
Rebuilt	2005–2007
Passengers
9,354 daily weekday boardings (2023)[1] 3,320,940 total boardings (2023)[1]
Services
Preceding station Sound Transit Following station Capitol Hill toward Northgate 1 Line University Street toward Angle Lake
Future service Preceding station Sound Transit Following station Capitol Hill toward Lynnwood City Center 2 Line University Street toward Downtown Redmond
Former services Preceding station Sound Transit Following station Convention Place toward Downtown Seattle Route 550 University Street toward Bellevue Transit Center
Location

Westlake station is a light rail station that is part of the Downtown Seattle Transit Tunnel in Seattle, Washington, United States. The station is located under Pine Street between 3rd and 6th avenues in Downtown Seattle, near Westlake Center and Westlake Park. It is served by the 1 Line, part of Sound Transit's Link light rail system, and also connected above ground by buses at several stops, the South Lake Union Streetcar, and the Seattle Center Monorail.

Westlake station consists of two underground side platforms, connected to the surface by entrances and a mezzanine level served by nearby department stores. It is situated between University Street station to the south, and the former Convention Place station to the north; Convention Place was only served by buses, however, and Capitol Hill station is the next northbound light rail station. The transit tunnel was built in the 1980s by King County Metro and opened for bus-only service on September 15, 1990. The tunnel was closed from 2005 to 2007 for a major renovation to prepare for light rail service, which began on July 18, 2009.

Link light rail trains terminated at Westlake until the opening of the University Link Extension on March 19, 2016; the tunnel became train-only in March 2019. Trains serve the station twenty hours a day on most days; the headway between light rail trains is six minutes during peak periods, with less frequent service at other times. A second downtown tunnel is planned to be built in 2030, with a transfer at Westlake station for traffic continuing towards South Lake Union and Ballard.