Roosevelt station (Sound Transit)
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Roosevelt station is a light rail station located in the Roosevelt neighborhood of Seattle, Washington, United States. It is served by the 1 Line of Sound Transit's Link light rail system, which continues north to Northgate station and south to Downtown Seattle and SeaTac. The underground station consists of a single island platform connected to the surface via a mezzanine and two entrances along 12th Avenue Northeast at Northeast 65th and 67th streets.
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Location | 6501 12th Avenue Northeast Seattle, Washington United States | |||||||||||||||||
Coordinates | 47°40′36″N 122°18′56″W | |||||||||||||||||
Owned by | Sound Transit | |||||||||||||||||
Platforms | 1 island platform | |||||||||||||||||
Tracks | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
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Structure type | Underground | |||||||||||||||||
Bicycle facilities | Bicycle parking cage, lockers, and racks | |||||||||||||||||
Accessible | Yes | |||||||||||||||||
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Opened | October 2, 2021 (2021-10-02) | |||||||||||||||||
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4,252 daily weekday boardings (2023)[1] 1,416,395 total boardings (2023)[1] | ||||||||||||||||||
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Construction on the Northgate extension was approved by voters in a 2008 ballot measure and began in 2012. Two tunnel boring machines used to build the light rail tunnels arrived at Roosevelt station in 2015, on their way between Northgate and the University District. The station opened on October 2, 2021.