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The SEA Underground, formerly called the Satellite Transit System (STS), is an automated people mover (APM) system operating in the Seattle–Tacoma International Airport in SeaTac, Washington, United States. Originally opening in 1973, the SEA Underground is one of the oldest airport people mover systems in the world.
King County Metro is the public transit authority of King County, Washington, including the city of Seattle in the Puget Sound region.It operates a fleet of 1,396 buses, serving 115 million rides at over 8,000 bus stops in 2012, making it the eighth-largest transit agency in the United States.
On September 22, 2006, Sound Transit and the Port of Seattle broke ground on the Airport Link extension, beginning three years of light rail and roadway construction. [48] [49] The airport's return-to-terminal ramps were closed for demolition in October, clearing the site of the future station. [50]
The terminal at the renamed Seattle–Tacoma International Airport was formally dedicated by Governor Arthur Langlie on July 9, 1949, in front of a crowd of 30,000 spectators. [17] The 71,000-square-foot (6,600 m 2) building, designed by architect Herman A. Moldenhour, included a rooftop control tower and glass courting walls in the concourses.
The Ballard Terminal Railroad wanted to keep the tracks intact for future rail freight use. [19] On May 3, 2013, Federal District Court Judge Marsha Pechman granted the City of Kirkland's motion to dismiss the case filed by Ballard Terminal Railroad Company seeking to prevent rail salvage on the Cross Kirkland Corridor.
The bus system was known as Metro Transit and began operations on January 1, 1973. Its operations subsumed the Seattle Transit System, formerly under the purview of the City of Seattle and the Metropolitan Transit Corporation, a private company serving suburban cities in King County.
Ballard Terminal Railroad: Seattle and International Railway: NP: 1896 1901 Northern Pacific Railway: Seattle, Lake Shore and Eastern Railway: SLS&E NP: 1885 1896 Seattle and International Railway, Spokane and Seattle Railway: Seattle and Montana Railroad: GN: 1898 1907 Great Northern Railway: Seattle and Montana Railway: GN: 1890 1898 Seattle ...
The control center is located at 3101 Auburn Way S, Auburn, Washington, which is 11.5 miles (18.5 km) from Seattle–Tacoma International Airport, the only Class B airport served by the center. [ citation needed ] The center was moved from Sea-Tac to a three-story facility in Auburn in August 1962.