Crosslake Connection opens Saturday

March 23, 2026
This Saturday, March 28, the Crosslake Connection will open with Link light rail carrying passengers across Lake Washington for the first time. Crosslake trains will begin running at around 10 a.m. following a ribbon cutting ceremony.

The opening day celebration will start at 9 a.m. with a ribbon-cutting and street fair at Sam Smith Park, in partnership with the Northwest African American Museum. At 10 a.m., festivities begin at the new Mercer Island Station, in partnership with the Mercer Island Chamber of Commerce, as well as at nine more stations throughout the expanded Link system, until 2 p.m.

Get information about opening day activities at soundtransit.org/crosslake.

Explore the new parts of the 2 Line, from International District to South Bellevue, and play Discover. Stamp. Win! for a chance to win exciting prizes donated by event sponsors. Information about prizes and how to play is at soundtransit.org/crosslake/dsw. The first 1,000 people to turn in their completed ticket at the Welcome Tent at Sam Smith Park will receive a 1 and 2 Line reversible bucket hat provided by presenting sponsor Microsoft.

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