Federal Way Downtown station

Federal Way Downtown station is a light rail and bus station in Federal Way, Washington, United States. It is the southern terminus of the 1 Line, part of the Link light rail system managed by Sound Transit, and is also served by King County Metro, Pierce Transit, and Sound Transit Express buses. The station is located near The Commons at Federal Way shopping mall and has a 1,500-stall parking garage. It is also the terminus of the RapidRide A Line, a bus route operated by King County Metro.

The first park-and-ride lot in Federal Way was opened by Metro Transit (now King County Metro) in 1979 and was primarily served by express buses to Downtown Seattle. Plans for a new facility, named Federal Way Transit Center, were approved by voters in 1996 with the establishment of Sound Transit as a regional transit system. It opened on February 11, 2006, along with an adjacent parking garage and a new direct access ramp from Interstate 5. The transit center was sited in Federal Way's desired location for a new downtown with the goal of building transit-oriented development.

Plans to build a light rail station in Federal Way emerged in the 1980s and were approved for preliminary design and engineering by Sound Transit through a 2008 ballot measure. The scope of the project, later named the Federal Way Link Extension, was scaled back due to funding cuts during the Great Recession and later moved to the new Sound Transit 3 package, which was approved in 2016 and funded construction. Federal Way Downtown station began construction in 2020 at a site south of the transit center and garage. The bus bays were moved in March 2025 and the light rail station opened on December 6, 2025.