Rainier Beach station

Rainier Beach
Link light rail station
A test train at Rainier Beach station prior to its opening
General information
Location	9132 Martin Luther King Jr. Way South Seattle, Washington United States
Coordinates	47°31′21.4″N 122°16′45.7″W / 47.522611°N 122.279361°W / 47.522611; -122.279361
Owned by	Sound Transit
Platforms	1 island platform
Tracks	2
Connections	King County Metro
Construction
Structure type	At-grade
Parking	Paid parking nearby
Bicycle facilities	Lockers
Accessible	Yes
History
Opened	July 18, 2009 (2009-07-18)
Passengers
1,494 daily weekday boardings (2023)[1] 491,368 total boardings (2023)[1]
Services
Preceding station Sound Transit Following station Othello toward Northgate 1 Line Tukwila International Boulevard toward Angle Lake
Location

Rainier Beach station is a light rail station in Seattle, Washington. It is between the Tukwila International Boulevard and Othello stations on the 1 Line. The line runs from Seattle–Tacoma International Airport to Downtown Seattle and the University of Washington as part of the Link light rail system. The station consists of an at-grade island platform south of South Henderson Street in the median of Martin Luther King Jr. Way in the Rainier Beach neighborhood, part of Seattle's Rainier Valley.

The Rainier Beach area was proposed for light rail service in 1995 and included in the final plan for Central Link (now the 1 Line) approved in 1999. Construction on Rainier Beach station began in 2006, and regular train service began on July 18, 2009. Trains serve the station twenty hours a day on most days; the headway between trains is six minutes during peak periods, with less frequent service at other times. Rainier Beach station is also served by three King County Metro bus routes that connect it to Beacon Hill, Downtown Seattle, Georgetown, Mount Baker and Renton. The station also has six art installations that were funded by a systemwide art program.