Seattle Streetcar First Hill Streetcar

Seattle Streetcar 406 approaching the station at Broadway and Terrace
System	Seattle Streetcar
Type	Streetcar
Number of stations	9
Areas serviced	Capitol Hill First Hill Yesler Terrace International District
Termini	Capitol Hill International District (Occidental and Jackson)
Operations
Opened	January 23, 2016
Owner	City of Seattle
Operator	King County Metro
Average Weekday Boardings	3,666 (7/24)
Technical
Line length	2.5 mi (4.0 km)
Track gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8 1⁄2 in)
Electrification	750V DC Overhead
Operating speed	20 mp/h
Line Diagram

The First Hill Streetcar is a streetcar line in Seattle, WA. It is owed by the City of Seattle, along with the South Lake Union streetcar, and operated by King County Metro.

Route details

This route starts at the intersection of Occidental and Jackson, on a tail track that splits at the first terminal station. It travels and makes center median stops along S Jackson St, passing the spur at 8th Ave S for the streetcar depot. The route turns left on 14th Ave S, and left again on Yesler Way. It then turns right to travel north on Broadway E, serving stops until E Howell St, where tracks merge to form a terminal at Capitol Hill.

Service Frequency

	Frequency
Peak Hours	12 mins.
Midday	15 mins.
Evening	15 mins.
Late Night	15 mins.
Early Mornings	15 mins.
Saturday (All Day)	15 mins.
Sundays/Holidays	20 mins.

Occidental/Jackson	First Train	Last Train
Weekdays	5:28 a.m.	10:28 p.m.
Saturdays	6:28 a.m.	10:28 p.m.
Sundays/Holidays	10:08 a.m.	8:08 p.m.

Capitol Hill	First Train	Last Train
Weekdays	4:58 a.m.	10:28 p.m.
Saturdays	5:58 a.m.	10:28 p.m.
Sundays/Holidays	9:38 a.m.	7:58 p.m.

Fare

Type
	Single Ride	Day Pass
Adult (19-64)	$2.25	$4.50
Youth (Under 18)	Free	Free
Seniors (65+)	$1.00	$2.00
ORCA LIFT	$1.00	$2.00

Streetcar Stops

Station Name	Bus Connection
Broadway & E Howell St	9X(peak only) 10 12 43 49 60 Trailhead Direct
Broadway & Pike/Pine	9X 43 49 60 Trailhead Direct
Broadway & Marion	9X 43
Broadway & Terrace
Yesler & Broadway	27 60 630
14th & Jackson
Jackson St & 12 Ave	1 7 14 36 106
Jackson St & 7 Ave
Jackson St & 5 Ave	1 7 13 14 36 62 106 257 311 545 554
Occidental Mall

Vehicles

Owned by the City of Seattle and operated and maintained under contract by King County Metro Transit

Active

Fleet number(s)	Thumbnail	Year	Manufacturer	Model	Motors	Notes
401-406		2014	Inekon	Trio Type 121		Uses a battery pack to operate off wire while running downhill.

Points of Interest

• Capitol Hill Station
• Seattle Central College
• Pike/Pine
• Swedish Medical Center
• Yesler Terrace
• Bailey Gatzert Elementary School
• Wing Luke Museum
• Sound Transit International District / Chinatown Station
• Occidental Square

Route History

The Seattle City Council, in 2008, agreed to propose a new streetcar "network", using funding from an existing Sound Transit package. Sound Transit, in 2009, included a First Hill streetcar project in ST2, one of many of their expansion plans. The deal involved the City of Seattle, who took funds from existing transit funding to pay for the cost of building the line.

Three years later, after deciding the alignment and stations that should be along the Capitol Hill-Intl District line, the City of Seattle began construction on the line in 2012. The streetcars, by Inekon, completed manufacturing a year after the alignment finished construction.

The First Hill streetcar started on running in January 2016, but the official ceremony took place on Lunar New Year of 2016.