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Nate Bowling @natebowling.com

Not to defend ST but what about the Sounder commuter train?

aug 29, 2025, 1:17 am • 2 0

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Alejandro Leal @alexloyal.bsky.social

ST is phenomenal… during the 3-4 hours it runs in the morning and afternoon.

aug 29, 2025, 4:57 am • 2 0 • view
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Kirsti @kst.bsky.social

To get Sounder up & running, Sound Transit had to lease existing rail lines from freight companies who need to run their own trains most of the day. 1/

aug 31, 2025, 4:18 am • 0 0 • view
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Kirsti @kst.bsky.social

And because Sounder has to run on already-existing tracks, it goes through residential areas where train speeds have to be limited in case of accidents. At least that’s what the transit employee I talked to about the Sounder train on the phone back in the late 90s told me. 2/2

aug 31, 2025, 4:21 am • 2 0 • view
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Alejandro Leal @alexloyal.bsky.social

meant sounder train

aug 29, 2025, 4:58 am • 0 0 • view