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24 January – United States – In Hartford, Connecticut, an Amtrak train collided with a maintenance truck which is stuck on a railroad crossing, the train hit the truck, 6 people were injured.7 January – Mexico – 7 people die and more than 30 are injured when a Ferromex train strikes a bus at a level crossing in Sonora.Both locomotives end up in the Kootenai River. 1 January – United States – A BNSF freight train strikes a landslide and derails near Bonner's Ferry, Idaho.Board likely makes final decision on light rail route through Federal Way and Pierce County. 2026: Design process starts for Tacoma Dome extension project.Construction completion will take more time and go “some number of months into 2025,” and the current opening is to be determined.
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2025: Last estimated time of opening for downtown Federal Way light rail station.2016: Voters approve the $58.3 billion ST3 ballot measure, expanding light rail service south through Tacoma, north through Everett, east through Issaquah and west through Ballard and West Seattle.The timeline for the Sound Transit light rail system expansion through Federal Way and Tacoma changes frequently, but currently looks like this: Sound Transit spokesperson David Jackson said the new delay to 2035 “reflects the time required to study” those new options that went before the board. The $3.3 billion light rail extension was first planned to open in 2030, and later delayed to 2032. The Tacoma Dome extension will connect service from the upcoming downtown Federal Way station to the Tacoma Dome across nearly 10 miles of track. Building the line west along Highway 99, connecting with Pacific highway before ultimately rejoining the freeway near Milton.This could jeopardize Tribal resources and be hampered by poor soil, according to Sound Transit. Maintaining the preferred alternative line, which re-joins I-5 at its intersection with SR 161.
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