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The exterior of Beacon Hill Station and its adjoining plaza
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Location | 2702 Beacon Avenue S Seattle, Washington |
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Coordinates | 47°34′46″N 122°18′41″W / 47.57944°N 122.31139°WCoordinates: 47°34′46″N 122°18′41″W / 47.57944°N 122.31139°W | ||||||||||
Owned by | Sound Transit | ||||||||||
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Platforms | 1 split island platform | ||||||||||
Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||
Connections | King County Metro | ||||||||||
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Structure type | Tunnel | ||||||||||
Depth | 160 feet (49 m) | ||||||||||
Parking | Street parking | ||||||||||
Bicycle facilities | Bicycle lockers and parking cage | ||||||||||
Disabled access | Yes | ||||||||||
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Opened | July 18, 2009 | ||||||||||
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Passengers | 2,675 daily boardings (Q1 2017) | ||||||||||
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Beacon Hill is a light rail station located in Seattle, Washington. It is situated between the Mount Baker and SODO stations on the Central Link line, which runs from Seattle–Tacoma International Airport to Downtown Seattle and the University of Washington as part of the Link Light Rail system. The station is located 160 feet (49 m) under the southeast corner of Beacon Avenue South and South Lander Street in Seattle's Beacon Hill neighborhood.
Beacon Hill Station was first proposed in 1998 and was opened on July 18, 2009, as part of the inaugural Link line, after five years of tunnel boring and station construction. It consists of a single island platform, divided into two sections by the twin bores of the Beacon Hill Tunnel; four high-speed elevators ferry passengers from the platform to the surface entrance. Trains serve the station 20 hours a day on most days; the headway between trains is 6 minutes during peak periods, with less frequent service at other times. Beacon Hill Station is also served by two King County Metro buses that stop at a pair of sheltered bus stops on Beacon Avenue.
Beacon Hill Station is part of the Beacon Hill Tunnel, with its platform situated at a depth of 160 feet (49 m) and located under the intersection of Beacon Avenue South and South Lander Street. The station's only entrance is located at the southeast corner of the intersection, in the North Beacon Hill neighborhood of Seattle. The area surrounding the station consists of a mixture of low-density commercial and residential areas, housing a population of 6,081 people and businesses employing 1,453.El Centro de la Raza, a local social service agency, is situated north of the station complex and built 112 units of affordable housing adjacent to the station in 2016. The Beacon Hill branch of the Seattle Public Library is located two blocks south of the station, at the intersection of Beacon Avenue South and South Forest Street. The library branch opened in 2004 as part of the "Libraries for All" building program, housing 40,200 books and materials in 10,800 square feet (1,000 m2) of space.