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[edit] Beacon Hill Station Not Deepest

I removed the following statement:

At a depth of 165 feet, the project's Beacon Hill station will be the deepest and largest underground station in the US.

In actuality, according to the Washington Park (MAX station) article...

At 260 ft. (70m) below ground, Washington Park is the deepest transit station in North America, second-deepest in the world.

Even when the Beacon Hill station is completed, the Washington Park station will remain the deepest by about 100 ft. --Westonmr 06:06, 14 January 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Stations

Please do not delete or change the new stations list. I am in the process of revising it by Sunday (Pacific Time). Thank you.

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[edit] Which Map?

Does anyone have an opinion on these two route designs? They each have their merits, but overall, which one works better? The top one (I couldn't figure out how to make them run side-by-side) that has the proposed extensions (University Segment; First Hill Streetcar) and some geographical features (the Ship Canal; Duwamish River), or the one that is more compact and shows arrival times from Tukwila, as well as being more directionally correct? Perhaps any suggestions for merging the two?

Sound Transit Link Mainline Route Map
Legend Northgate (Proposed) Roosevelt (Proposed) Brooklyn (Proposed) UW (Opens 2012) Lake Washington Ship Canal Capitol Hill (Opens 2012) Westlake University Street Pioneer Square International District to East Link Stadia SODO Beacon Hill Mount Baker Columbia City Othello Rainier Beach Duwamish River Boeing Field (Deferred) Tukwila SeaTac Airport (TIME) to TUKWILA INT'L BLVD to University Link (2016) (33min) Westlake (Streetcar/Monorail) (31min) University Street (29min) Pioneer Square (WSF) (27min) Int'l District (Sounder) Metro Transit Tunnel (26min) Stadium (22min) SODO (21min) Beacon Hill (19min) Mount Baker (16min) Columbia City (12min) Othello (9min) Rainier Beach (0min) Tukwila Int'l Blvd (7min) Sea-Tac Airport

I created the more compact second one. My thoughts with that were that because the University Extension / University Link / North Link has its own page, that would be left off, at least for now. And because none of the other street cars are official yet, I don't think they should be listed in the map until they are truly approved. I had considered adding waterways, but it was getting too complicated with this layout. I hadn't thought to add the Waterfront SC as did, but it's looking unlikely that it will be in operation for another 10 years, if ever again. Finally, I left the Boeing Access Road station off because it's not on any drawing boards anymore for being built. Again, one of those 'maybe sometime WAY down the road' things. That's my two cents! Joshuadkelley (talk) 11:07, 4 May 2008 (UTC)