Overlake Transit Center


Overlake Transit Center is a bus station and future light rail station in Redmond, Washington. The current bus station opened in 2002 and is located on the Microsoft Redmond Campus; it is served by Sound Transit Express and King County Metro.
In 2023, it will become the eastern terminus of the Sound Transit East Link light rail line and be renamed to Redmond Technology station.

Location

The Redmond Technology light rail station will be located adjacent to State Route 520 near its interchange with NE 40th Street.
A pedestrian bridge over State Route 520, connecting the station to the Microsoft west campus, was funded by Microsoft and the City of Redmond in 2013 and is anticipated to be completed in 2021.

History

The $8 million transit center, funded by Sound Transit, the City of Redmond, King County Metro, Microsoft and the Federal Transit Administration, opened on February 4, 2002. The new transit center initially lacked passenger shelters and a paved parking lot, which were added in May. The site was donated by Microsoft, who also contributed $1.2 million to the project and added commuter bus and shuttle bus services.
The park and ride closed in May 2017, during preparation for light rail construction. In late July, Sound Transit shifted bus service to a series of temporary bus bays near NE 36th Street and began demolition of the old transit center.
The bus bays at the station were opened in December 2019 under the partially-complete parking garage. During construction of the parking garage, cracks were discovered in the concrete above the bus exit. The bus stops and pedestrian walkways were temporarily moved from the garage in April 2020 while an investigation is conducted and repairs are made.