Northgate station (Sound Transit)

Northgate Transit Center
Looking northeast at the transit center
Location	10200 1st Avenue Northeast Seattle, Washington United States
Coordinates	47°42′11″N 122°19′41″W / 47.70306°N 122.32806°W / 47.70306; -122.32806Coordinates: 47°42′11″N 122°19′41″W / 47.70306°N 122.32806°W / 47.70306; -122.32806
Train operators	Sound Transit (planned)
Bus routes	14
Bus stands	6
Bus operators	King County Metro Sound Transit Express
Construction
Parking	284 parking spaces
Bicycle facilities	Bicycle lockers and racks
Disabled access	Yes
History
Opened	June 6, 1992 (1992-06-06)
Services
Future services   Preceding station     Following station Roosevelt toward University of Washington Northgate Link Extension Under Construction Terminus Terminus Lynnwood Link Extension Planned NE 145th Street toward Lynnwood

Northgate Transit Center is a bus station and future light rail station in the Northgate neighborhood of Seattle, Washington. The transit center, located adjacent to the Northgate Mall, has six bus bays and parking for 284 vehicles.

Upon the completion of the Northgate Link Extension project in 2021, it will become the northern terminus of the Link Light Rail system. It is also proposed as a major bus rapid transit terminal and an area with potential for transit-oriented development.

Northgate Transit Center is located east of 1st Aveune NE between NE 103rd and NE 100th streets on the south side of Northgate Mall. It consists of 4.5 acres (1.8 ha) and includes a 284-stall park and ride that is supplemented by 728 additional spaces in surrounding lots. The transit center itself consists of six bus bays that serve a reverse-direction street for buses that is wide enough for layover space and passing lanes. The passenger waiting area is covered by large white canvases held aloft by steel towers. Various pieces of public artwork at the transit center were designed by Chris Bruch and cost $50,000 to install.

The transit center is also located directly east of Interstate 5 and is near an access ramp to the freeway's reversible express lanes.

The transit center features several amenities, including public bathrooms, pay phones, an ORCA card vending machine, bicycle parking, and a baby changing station.

The Northgate Transit Center opened on June 6, 1992, at a cost of $15.8 million to construct. It was planned in 1978, as part of King County Metro's "MetroTRANSITion" program, becoming the last of 11 transit centers built under the plan. The Northgate area was historically served by the Blue Streak express bus to downtown Seattle from 1970 onward, using a park and ride on the north side of the mall (closed in 2008 and converted into Hubbard Homestead Park). Construction began in 1990 with the demolition of a Group Health clinic and relocation of a segment of Thornton Creek.