Convention Center/South 15th Street station explained

Convention Center
Style:Sound Transit
Other Name:Convention Center/South 15th Street
Address:Commerce Street at South 15th Street
Borough:Tacoma, Washington
Country:United States
Coordinates:47.2495°N -122.4386°W
Owned:Sound Transit
Platforms:2 side platforms
Tracks:2
Accessible:Yes
Opened:August 22, 2003[1]
Mapframe:yes
Mapframe-Custom:
Shape:none
Line:none
Marker:rail-light
Zoom:15

Convention Center/South 15th Street station is a light rail station on Link light rail's T Line in Tacoma, Washington, United States. The station officially opened for service on August 22, 2003, and is located almost adjacent to the Greater Tacoma Convention and Trade Center. The heart of the downtown business core is also accessible from the station, with several major employers headquartered nearby.

Artwork at the station includes colored panels in the roof and towers of rocks, evoking a Buddhist temple that used to exist in the area.

Notes and References

  1. News: Corvin . Aaron . August 23, 2003 . Tacoma Link makes its debut . . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20030901214617/http://www.tribnet.com/news/local/story/3744667p-3771129c.html . September 1, 2003 . August 4, 2015.