11 Facts About Sumner station

Sumner station is a train station in the city of Sumner, Washington, United States.

The station is located to the southwest of downtown Sumner and includes two platforms, a bus station, and 302 parking spaces.

Parking at the Sumner station is expected to expand to over 600 stalls in 2021, after the completion of a new parking garage and pedestrian bridge.

Sumner station is located southwest of downtown Sumner along Narrow and Traffic streets between Maple and Academy streets.

Sumner station has 302 parking spaces in two lots, two bicycle racks with ten spaces, and seven bicycle lockers with a capacity of 14 bicycles.

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Proposals for a modern commuter rail system between Seattle and Tacoma date back to the 1980s and included a potential stop in Sumner station using either the Burlington Northern or Union Pacific railroads.

The Narrow Street site was formally adopted as the preferred alternative in early 1998 and a contract to design the Sumner station was awarded to Tacoma-based architecture firm Merritt Pardini.

The station's depot, reflecting the area's historical hops industry, was originally slated to be scaled back due to rising project costs, but protests from Sumner residents prompted Sound Transit to fund its construction separately.

Parking demands at the Sumner station spurred the creation of a restricted parking zone on nearby streets, as the park and ride lot filled quickly in the mornings by 2006.

The garage project and a provisional station in North Sumner were included in the Roads and Transit ballot measure in 2007, which combined transit projects with road improvements.

The station was served by local Pierce Transit service until Sumner withdrew from the district in 2012, in part due to declining service.