

Other rides in the train, like Mark Rafferty, said the extension is long overdue. "There are just a ton of restaurants I believe the number is somewhere near a hundred," Richardson said. Richardson said the hope is to attract more visitors to the area.

The U-District stop is the second stop in the vicinity of the University of Washington campus. "It's the revitalization of a great historical, iconic neighborhood," said U-District Partnership board member Miles Richardson. The U-District Partnership held a food and drink kick-off event on Brooklyn Avenue, the location of the new U-District stop. Hundreds, if not thousands, of people rode the train to the new stops at Seattle's U-District, Roosevelt, and Northgate neighborhoods and enjoyed celebration events along the way. SEATTLE - Sound Transit's inaugural service on three new Link light rail stops on the Northgate Link extension attracted plenty of riders Saturday.
