People get ready, there’s a train a-comin’.

That line from a song performed by numerous artists over the decades certainly applies to Sound Transit’s Thursday, Aug. 28 announcement that light rail passenger service to Kent, Des Moines and Federal Way will start Saturday, Dec. 6.

The 7.8-mile Federal Way Link Extension from Angle Lake Station in SeaTac includes three new stations in South King County, serving Kent Des Moines, Star Lake (Kent) and Federal Way Downtown. During peak hours, trains will operate every eight minutes.

“Today’s announcement on Federal Way shows that the region continues to make significant progress toward our mass transit goals,” said Dave Somers, Sound Transit Board chair and Snohomish County executive, in a Sound Transit news release. “This is one more step in

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