Deal signed to start Snohomish- Bellevue commuter train runs

Deal signed to start Snohomish- Bellevue commuter train runs

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Story Published: May 28, 2008 at 12:21 PM PDT

Story Updated: Nov 20, 2008 at 8:49 PM PDT

By Associated Press

EVERETT, Wash. (AP) - Snohomish County has signed onto a plan for commuter rail service between Snohomish and Bellevue.

Tom Payne and his company, GNP Railway, hope to spend as much as $150 million to $200 million to rehabilitate railroad tracks, build five stations and a 12-foot-wide trail and buy engines and passenger cars.

Payne hopes that by 2013, six morning trains and six evening trains will be running at half-hour intervals and carrying 10,000 riders a day. The trains would use tracks now owned by Burlington Northern Santa Fe.

By comparison, Sound Transit currently has 9,300 riders on commuter trains linking Seattle with Tacoma and Everett.

Peter Camp, the county's executive director and an adviser to County Executive Aaron Reardon, says the county is not putting any money into the deal.

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