Sound Transit

regional transit system serving the Seattle metropolitan area
Organization transit_district Q3965367
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Sound Transit

Summary

Sound Transit is a transit district[1]. It ranks in the top 9% of transit_district entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (713 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Sound Transit is located in Washington[3].
  • Sound Transit is in the country of United States[4].
  • Sound Transit's instance of is recorded as transit district[5].
  • Sound Transit's item operated is recorded as Sound Transit Express[6].
  • Sound Transit's item operated is recorded as Sounder commuter rail[7].
  • Sound Transit's item operated is recorded as Link light rail[8].
  • Sound Transit's headquarters location is recorded as Seattle[9].
  • Sound Transit's headquarters location is recorded as Union Station[10].
  • Sound Transit's chief executive officer is recorded as Dow Constantine[11].
  • Sound Transit's Commons category is recorded as Sound Transit[12].
  • September 19, 1999 marks the founding of Sound Transit[13].
  • Sound Transit's location of formation is recorded as Seattle[14].
  • Sound Transit's official website is recorded as https://www.soundtransit.org/[15].
  • Sound Transit's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Sound Transit[16].
  • Sound Transit's date of official opening is recorded as September 19, 1999[17].
  • Sound Transit's owner of is recorded as Theater District/South 9th Street[18].
  • Sound Transit's owner of is recorded as Theater District[19].
  • Sound Transit's connects with is recorded as King County Metro[20].
  • Sound Transit's connects with is recorded as Community Transit[21].
  • Sound Transit's connects with is recorded as Skagit Transit[22].
  • Sound Transit's connects with is recorded as Everett Transit[23].
  • Sound Transit's connects with is recorded as Pierce Transit[24].
  • Sound Transit's connects with is recorded as Intercity Transit[25].
  • Sound Transit's social media followers is recorded as {'amount': '+88828'}[26].
  • Sound Transit's social media followers is recorded as {'amount': '+89104'}[27].

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Founding

September 19, 1999 marks the founding of Sound Transit[13]. Its location of formation is recorded as Seattle[14].

Leadership

Sound Transit's chief executive officer is recorded as Dow Constantine[11].

Operations

Headquarters locations include Seattle[9], a city in the United States[28], in United States[29], founded in 1851[30] and Union Station[10], a railway station[31], in United States[32], founded in 1911[33].

Why It Matters

Sound Transit ranks in the top 9% of transit_district entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (713 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 8 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[34] It is known by 8 alternative names across languages and contexts.[35]

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] . soundtransit.org. soundtransit.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  4. [7] . soundtransit.org. soundtransit.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  5. [8] . soundtransit.org. soundtransit.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  6. [3] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [28] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [29] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [30] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [31] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [32] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  6. [33] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [34] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [35] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 9d ago · Mxn · 2026-05-24 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Ceo
    Connects with King County Metro, Community Transit, Skagit Transit +3
    Location of formation Seattle
    Item operated Sound Transit Express, Sounder commuter rail, Link light rail
    + 19 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ [[Property:P463]]: [[Q138812596]], [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/258464|batch #258464]]"
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