PITF posted comments below the OctoSeattle Transit Blog story on light rail ridership.Ĭlick for Sound Transit release of data on station boarding and exit counts over first five years posted here.Īuthorities plan for the majority of light rail riders to be people commuting to work, and thus there is a focus by Sound Transit and Federal Transit Administration on weekday ridership on non-holidays. Seattle Transit Blog posts interesting ridership charts based on monthly aggregates. � Archive of data sheets from Sound Transit is at the bottom of this page. Sound Transit has provided PITF with the data presented here, all of which are estimates subject to change. This updated page covers Seattle's light rail daily passenger counts from the first day of revenue service Jthrough June 31, 2019. In addition to this page, see the charts comparing King County Metrobus boardings with Link Light Rail boardings. Here is a chart of monthly ridership reported to the National Transit Database through June 2020:Įven with growing ridership - especially with growing ridership - and with a growing interest in zoning more residential housing near light rail stations, a new problem may emerge after 2021 for the four car light rail trains of Seattle: overcrowding in peak periods.
However, ridership plunged in 2020 as the Covid-19 pandemic hit. Those expectation were for a line that has been severely delayed and won't reach the original 2006 expected termini of University District until 2021. Light rail ridership a decade after the service opened was in 2019 getting close to meeting the forecast official ridership expectations set in 1996. This page is a living document that is revised and updated periodically. Central Link Light Rail Pre-Pandemic was finally delivering average daily ridership results consistent with the earlier commitments made to secure Federal funding.
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