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Sounder fleet expansion
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- Buyer
- Central Puget Sound Regional Transit Authority (Sound Transit)
- Where
- Washington · Tacoma
- Segments
- Rolling stock
- Technology areas
- Rolling-stock hardware
- Status
- Planned — A standing system expansion project in the 2026 Transit Improvement Plan with an unchanged authorized allocation.
- Value band
- $100–500m
- Currency
- USD
- Key dates (month)
- Programme year 2026
Status in full
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A standing system expansion project in the 2026 Transit Improvement Plan with an unchanged authorized allocation. Additional Sounder South trips are only partially funded in the updated ST3 System Plan, and Resolution R2026-11 directs Sound Transit to open negotiations with BNSF on additional trips with a focus on midday service and a demand pilot.
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- Exact value
- How the figure was arrived at
- Key dates (1)
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3 sources · all primary
- ● Central Puget Sound Regional Transit Authority (Sound Transit) · 2026 Adopted Budget and Financial Plan — agency overview, transit operating budgets by mode, project budgets, Transit Improvement Plan and Appendix I project and programme detail pages (published 2026-03-23 · checked 2026-09-14)
- ● Central Puget Sound Regional Transit Authority (Sound Transit) · Resolution No. R2026-11, Updating the ST3 System Plan (Board final action 28 May 2026), with Attachment A tables 1-3 and the updated sources-and-uses summary (published 2026-05-28 · checked 2026-09-14)
- ● Central Puget Sound Regional Transit Authority (Sound Transit) · Report - Transit Development Plan 2026-2031 (submitted under RCW 35.58.2795; information current as of June 2026; Board adoption scheduled 27 August 2026) (published 2026-08-06 · checked 2026-09-14)
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