THE LIGHT-RAIL TRAIN
TWO-CAR TRAIN: 190 feet
SINGLE CAR: 95 feet
40.9 ft.
8.6 ft.
40.9 ft.
8.17 ft.
6 feet
12.32 ft.
8.69 ft.
To the average Seattle transit rider, a
standard 190-foot, two-car Link train will
look huge — about three times as long as
an articulated bus.
FLEET: 35 railcars
MANUFACTURER: Kinkisharyo of Japan;
final assembly in Everett
COST: $4 million per car
CAPACITY: 74 seats per car, 200 people if
packed (or 400 in two-car train)
6.33 ft.
POWER: Electricity transmitted through
overhead wire, called a catenary
SPEED: Maximum 55 mph, in elevated
Tukwila segment, or 35 mph on surface
WHEELCHAIR ACCESS: Trains have low
floors, level with station platforms
BICYCLES: No more than four bicycles per
train car are allowed. Board at the doors
marked with a bicycle symbol. Use hooks
for hanging bicycles in the designated
bicycle-storage area of each car.