Old City Hall station
streetcar station in Tacoma, Washington
Old City Hall station is a light rail station on Link light rail's T Line in Tacoma, Washington, United States. The station officially opened for service on September 16, 2023; it is located at the northern end of downtown and named for the Old City Hall building, which it is adjacent to.
The station replaced a station known as Theater District/South 9th Street station, located two blocks to the south. That station officially opened for service on August 22, 2003; it was located at the northern end of downtown and named for the several nearby performing arts venues. The station closed on August 1, 2022, as part of work to connect the T Line with its extension to the Hilltop neighborhood, due to its close proximity with the new Old City Hall station.
“Old City Hall station” enters the record as streetcar station in Tacoma, Washington. Crown Archives preserves that source wording while asking what City, Hall and station can confirm, complicate or overturn.
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