For many, the March 19th launch of U-Link and opening of Capitol Hill Station can’t get here soon enough.
If you want to be on the first train that morning out of UW Station and take one of the most thrilling 3-minute rides of your public transit life at speeds approaching 55 MPH, Sound Transit is giving away a golden ticket (or two) to be part of the inaugural journey:
Sound Transit’s promo captures the same joy you will surely feel as you pass under the Montlake Cut
Win a first ride
With a Golden Ticket, you’ll be the first to ride a University Link train on Launch Day. Here are the ways to enter and win (you must be 18 or older):Follow @SoundTransit on Facebook, Twitter or Instagram. Take a photo or video letting us know where you will Link in 2016. Share using #Ulink2016 @SoundTransit.
Listen to these radio stations: KEXP (90.3 FM), KUOW (94.9 FM) and KNDD (107.7 FM) for your chance to win two Golden Tickets.
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The countdown clock to the March 19, 2016 10 AM departure of the first U-Link train from UW Station is ticking.
Similar to its 2014 contest for a walking tour of the U-Link tunnels (which CHS was lucky enough to get to go on), Sound Transit is also using the contest to help with mitigation efforts for businesses affected by construction around the future U District and Roosevelt stations:
Stop by any of these U District or Roosevelt businesses, spend $5 or more and fill out an “enter to win” Golden Ticket raffle card (begins January 29). Participating businesses include: Brooklyn Avenue Dental, Cedars of Lebanon, My Favorite Deli, Nasai Teriyaki, Neptune Music Company, Samir’s Mediterranean Grill, Sweet Alchemy (opens February), Ugly Mug Café, Health Mutt, Nature Nails, Pies and Pints, Roosevelt Vacuum, Subway (Roosevelt Square), Teddy’s, Thrive, Toronado, UPS Store on 65th.
The contest rules are here. Good luck!
