Ride the Link 2 Line

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Ride the Link 2 Line

Photo: Oran Viriyincy · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons

🚂 Train · Bellevue

2 hours · $ · No reservation needed

age fit
0–1 yr
★ 5.0
1–3 yrs
★ 5.0
3–5 yrs
★ 5.0
5–10 yrs
★ 3.0
  • 🚗
    About 5 min drive
    From Bellevue · Parking: Free at the South Bellevue station park and ride; Bellevue Downtown station is walkable
  • 🍼
    Stroller-friendly
    Flat surfaces — bring the stroller
  • 🌳
    Lots of shade
    Rain-OK · Great on sunny days · Good on cool days · Handles heat
  • ⏱️
    Typical visit: 2 hours
    Best seasons: Spring · Summer · Fall · Winter

For a kid, the light rail ride is the destination: the Eastside's 2 Line runs elevated from South Bellevue all the way to Downtown Redmond, with lake, forest, and the Microsoft campus out the window, and the Redmond river trail and playground right by the last stop.

💡 Tips
In Washington, riders under 18 ride buses and light rail free (kids 6 and up should get a free Youth ORCA card); adults pay $3. For the opening date of the cross-lake section to Seattle, check the Sound Transit website.

What this place offers

✓light rail
✓free under 18
✓stroller rolls on
✓scenic
✓rainy day
✓Redmond

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This weekend's weather in Bellevue

Forecast at the destination itself (coast and hills often differ from home)

🌦️
Sat 10/17
Drizzle · 50–60°F · 53% rain
☁️
Sun 10/18
Overcast · 45–60°F · 0% rain

Location

Bellevue, Washington

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