First Hill Streetcar

First Hill Streetcar
Streetcar on Broadway approaching the Terrace Street stop
Overview
Owner	City of Seattle
Line number	96 (used internally)
Termini	Pioneer Square, Downtown Seattle Capitol Hill Station, Capitol Hill
Stations	10
Website	First Hill Streetcar
Service
Type	Streetcar
System	Seattle Streetcar
Operator(s)	King County Metro
Rolling stock	Inekon Trio Type 121
Daily ridership	3,050 (December 2016)[1]
Ridership	882,219 (2017)[2]
History
Opened	January 23, 2016 (2016-01-23)
Technical
Line length	2.5 mi (4.0 km)
Number of tracks	2
Character	Street running, in mixed traffic
Track gauge	4 ft 8+1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge
Electrification	Overhead line, 750 V DC
Route diagram Legend 1 Line Capitol Hill Broadway & Denny 1 Line Broadway & Pine Broadway & Pike Broadway & Marion Broadway & Terrace Yesler & Broadway 14th & Washington 12th & Jackson to maintenance facility 7th & Jackson 5th & Jackson International District/ Chinatown 1 Line King Street Station Sounder & Amtrak Occidental Mall to Center City Connector northbound/outbound only stop southbound/inbound only stop This diagram: view talk edit

The First Hill Streetcar, officially the First Hill Line, is a streetcar route in Seattle, Washington, United States, forming part of the modern Seattle Streetcar system. It travels 2.5 miles (4.0 km) between several neighborhoods in central Seattle, including the International District, First Hill, and Capitol Hill. The line has ten stops and runs primarily in mixed traffic on South Jackson Street and Broadway.

The streetcar line was proposed in 2005 as an alternative to a cancelled Link light rail station on First Hill, with the goal of connecting the neighborhood to other light rail stations. The $135 million project, funded primarily by Sound Transit, was approved by voters and the city council in 2008. The city government selected the Broadway corridor and began construction on the line in April 2012, also working on a parallel protected bicycle lane.

Construction was completed in late 2014, but delays in the delivery and testing of the streetcar vehicles pushed the opening of the line to January 23, 2016. A proposed connection to the South Lake Union Streetcar line was planned to be constructed in the late 2010s, but was suspended by the city government in 2018.