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Ballard Terminal Railroad Company seeking to prevent rail salvage on the Cross Kirkland Corridor. In her oral ruling, Judge Pechman stated the Federal District Court did not have jurisdiction to consider Ballard's temporary restraining order (TRO) and that the Surface Transportation Board was the proper forum for adjudicating Ballard's claims. On August 1, 2013, the Surface Transportation Board denied the request by Ballard Terminal Railroad Company to block rail removal along the Cross Kirkland Corridor.
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on April 1, 2013, seeking to prevent the City of
Kirkland from removing the rail tracks for the planned trail. The Ballard Terminal Railroad wanted to keep the tracks intact for future rail freight use. On May 3, 2013, Federal District Court Judge Marsha Pechman granted the City of Kirkland's motion
876:"Was public railroaded in trail deal? Government officials said they bought the Eastside rail corridor for use as a trail, but it turns out that wasn't quite true. Now the courts are making them pay substantially more for it — at taxpayer expense"
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The group envisioned a partnership of established and reputable regional and national nonprofits to collectively advocate for the trail. The
Alliance would initially be co-led by Cascade Bicycle Club and The Trust for Public Land.
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January 2010. By 2011 Ballard Terminal Railroad was filing with other creditors in U.S. Bankruptcy Court for an involuntary reorganization of GNP.
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Sustainable Urban Rail Trails: Designing the Cross Kirkland Corridor
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838:"Eastside rail: The Humpty Dumpty of Northwest transportation"
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632:"Longest stretch of Eastside Rail Corridor opens in Kirkland"
588:"Lawsuit: Purchase of Eastside rail corridor was illegal"
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509:, Metropolitan King County Council, December 10, 2012
783:"Eastside railway's creditors seek reorganization"
292:Cities through which the corridor passes include:
268:. It was christened as Eastrail on July 20, 2019.
237:; a portion in downtown Bellevue was purchased by
205:in 2013, prior to removal of rails and resurfacing
116:20 ft (6.1 m), Lake Washington shoreline
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758:"Is Snohomish rail project on the right track?"
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386:Lake-to-Sound Trail (Renton to Des Moines)
1256:Transportation in King County, Washington
978:List of rail trails in Washington (state)
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739:. King County executive. January 26, 2009
656:"Kirkland's new trail changes everything"
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586:Scott Gutierrez (August 30, 2010).
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737:"The Eastside rail trail corridor"
161:has been under development in the
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654:Tom Fucoloro (February 2, 2015),
630:Alexa Vaughn (January 31, 2015),
550:Redmond Central Connector Phase 1
379:Snohomish County Centennial Trail
1218:Seattle and North Coast Railroad
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1050:Snoqualmie Valley Regional Trail
874:Westneat, Danny (June 7, 2014),
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836:C.B. Hall (November 13, 2012).
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672:Pappas, Evan (July 5, 2018).
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443:Surface Transportation Board
264:(and its bike trail) to the
44:Eastside Rail Corridor route
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1151:Karen Fraser Woodland Trail
390:Mountains to Sound Greenway
53:15.6 mi (25.1 km)
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1005:Cedar to Green River Trail
907:Eastside Greenway Alliance
722:Eastside Greenway Alliance
592:Seattle Post-Intelligencer
433:operating in Seattle, the
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272:Eastside Greenway Alliance
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1015:East Lake Sammamish Trail
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349:East Lake Sammamish Trail
318:Redmond Central Connector
231:Redmond Central Connector
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919:Eastside Trail Advocates
534:, City of Kirkland, 2012
464:"Centennial Trail South"
1212:Olympic Discovery Trail
1010:Cross Kirkland Corridor
531:Cross Kirkland Corridor
364:Snoqualmie Valley Trail
309:Cross Kirkland Corridor
223:Cross Kirkland Corridor
203:Cross Kirkland Corridor
185:at Snohomish Junction.
175:Woodinville Subdivision
128:Woodinville Subdivision
1196:Columbia Plateau Trail
1192:(Whitman/Latah, Idaho)
1141:Chehalis Western Trail
1035:Issaquah-Preston Trail
1025:Eastside Rail Corridor
913:Eastside Rail Corridor
859:Cooledge, Mia (2013).
613:Centennial Trail South
572:Eastside Rail Corridor
506:Eastside Rail Corridor
490:Eastside Rail Corridor
288:Cities and connections
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147:Eastside Rail Corridor
1146:Gate to Belmore Trail
1045:Sammamish River Trail
812:The Kirkland Reporter
344:Sammamish River Trail
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138:https://eastrail.org/
437:, filed suit in the
278:Bellevue, Washington
1224:Willapa Hills Trail
1220:(Clallam/Jefferson)
1214:(Clallam/Jefferson)
470:, December 15, 2016
441:and petitioned the
402:Tolt Pipeline Trail
219:King County Council
87:(southern terminus)
995:Burke-Gilman Trail
867:Claremont Colleges
789:, February 4, 2011
616:, Snohomish County
411:Railroad ownership
340:Burke-Gilman Trail
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1183:Multiple counties
1174:Interurban Trail
1000:Cedar River Trail
924:Eastside Rail Now
881:The Seattle Times
787:The Seattle Times
678:Kirkland Reporter
660:Seattle Bike Blog
636:The Seattle Times
553:, City of Redmond
493:, Port of Seattle
431:terminal railroad
369:Green River Trail
354:Cedar River Trail
331:Trail connections
183:City of Snohomish
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122:Right of way
113:Lowest point
960:Rail trails
323:Woodinville
194:Acquisition
165:suburbs of
65:King County
1240:Categories
964:Washington
847:2012-12-14
743:2012-12-14
641:2019-07-09
597:2012-12-14
557:2013-03-06
513:2012-12-14
450:References
428:short line
305:Kirkland (
171:Washington
159:rail trail
80:Trailheads
72:Washington
1105:Snohomish
1069:Klickitat
326:Snohomish
316:Redmond (
299:Newcastle
1133:Thurston
818:April 2,
793:June 29,
768:June 29,
705:July 22,
474:June 29,
302:Bellevue
163:Eastside
157:where a
151:Eastrail
62:Eastside
58:Location
33:Eastrail
18:Eastrail
1166:Whatcom
887:June 8,
683:July 6,
245:Opening
189:History
181:to the
167:Seattle
134:Website
1087:Pierce
968:county
296:Renton
179:Renton
85:Renton
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398:Trail
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