Mercer Island | |||||||||
Style: | Sound Transit | ||||||||
Type: | Link light rail station | ||||||||
Borough: | Mercer Island, Washington | ||||||||
Country: | United States | ||||||||
Coordinates: | 47.5881°N -122.2333°W | ||||||||
Owned: | Sound Transit | ||||||||
Platform: | 1 island platform | ||||||||
Tracks: | 2 | ||||||||
Structure: | Below-grade | ||||||||
Accessible: | Yes | ||||||||
Opening: | 2025 | ||||||||
Mapframe: | yes | ||||||||
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Mercer Island station is a future light rail station on the 2 Line of the Link light rail network operated by Sound Transit. It will serve the city of Mercer Island and is located in the median of Interstate 90 at the north end of the island. The station is scheduled to open in 2025 as part of the 2 Line section that crosses Lake Washington between Seattle and the Eastside.[1]
The station is located in the middle of Interstate 90 in what was formerly the freeway's express lanes. It has entrances at 77th Ave SE to the west and 80th Ave SE to the east.[2] This location is just south of the Mercer Island Park & Ride and just north of Mercer Island's business district.