Mount Baker station

Mount Baker

Link Light Rail station

The northbound platform at Mount Baker station

Location

3000 Rainier Avenue S
Seattle, Washington

Coordinates

47°34′35.7″N 122°17′51.7″W / 47.576583°N 122.297694°WCoordinates: 47°34′35.7″N 122°17′51.7″W / 47.576583°N 122.297694°W

Owned by

Sound Transit

Line(s)

Central Link

Platforms

2 side platforms

Tracks

Connections

King County Metro

Construction

Structure type

Elevated

Parking

Paid parking nearby

Bicycle facilities

Bicycle lockers

Disabled access

Yes

History

Opened

July 18, 2009

Traffic

Passengers

2,237 daily boardings (Q1 2017)

Services

Preceding station				Following station
Columbia City toward Angle Lake		Central Link		Beacon Hill toward University of Washington

Mount Baker is a light rail station located in Seattle, Washington. It is situated between the Columbia City and Beacon Hill 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 elevated station consists of two side platforms located west of the intersection of Rainier Avenue and Martin Luther King Jr. Way in the Mount Baker neighborhood, part of Seattle's Rainier Valley.

A light rail station in the Mount Baker area was first proposed in 1995 and approved the following year. Construction began in late 2005 and the station was opened for regular service on July 18, 2009. 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. Mount Baker station is also served by five King County Metro bus routes that connect it to Downtown, Capitol Hill, Rainier Beach, the Central District, and the University District.

Mount Baker station is located west of the Rainier Avenue and Martin Luther King Jr. Way intersection in the Mount Baker neighborhood of Seattle, at the foot of Beacon Hill. The area surrounding the station consists of single-family detached homes and retail big-box stores, housing 6,675 and employing 2,208 respectively. Nearby pedestrian amenities include a bus station for King County Metro routes one block northeast and an overpass of Rainier Avenue and Martin Luther King Jr. Way connecting to Mount Baker Boulevard and Franklin High School.

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