![]() ![]() “Whether they donned baseball jerseys or friendship bracelets – or both – legions of fans stepped up and filled trains, buses, and water taxis for these spectacular events, and helped transit ridership soar to new heights,” King County Executive and Sound Transit Board Chair Dow Constantine said in a statement.Ĭhokepoints: Chris Sullivan’s shares tale of his wild Link Light Rail ride to the Mariners game. But that record was eclipsed twice again during the days of the Eras Tour concerts with 126,000 riders on Saturday, July 22 and a whopping 136,800 on Sunday, July 23. Then, Sound Transit Link set another single-day light-rail ridership record with 119,500 boardings on Friday, July 21. Transit agencies went fare free on July 10-11 across King County Metro and Sound Transit to support riders and the MLB All-Star events, including the T-Mobile Home Run Derby. That broke the previous record which was 108,500 riders set on Oct. ![]() First, on Tuesday, July 11, the day of the MLB All-Star Game, there were an estimated 115,600 riders. Most notably, the light rail set single-day ridership records four times in less than two weeks in July.
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