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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
865:"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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621:"Longest stretch of Eastside Rail Corridor opens in Kirkland"
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257:. It was christened as Eastrail on July 20, 2019.
226:; a portion in downtown Bellevue was purchased by
194:in 2013, prior to removal of rails and resurfacing
105:20 ft (6.1 m), Lake Washington shoreline
747:"Is Snohomish rail project on the right track?"
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375:Lake-to-Sound Trail (Renton to Des Moines)
1245:Transportation in King County, Washington
967:List of rail trails in Washington (state)
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645:"Kirkland's new trail changes everything"
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1240:Geography of King County, Washington
1195:Palouse to Cascades State Park Trail
408:, took over freight operations from
1107:Interurban Trail (Snohomish County)
575:Scott Gutierrez (August 30, 2010).
726:"The Eastside rail trail corridor"
150:has been under development in the
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1235:Rail trails in Washington (state)
904:at King County government website
643:Tom Fucoloro (February 2, 2015),
619:Alexa Vaughn (January 31, 2015),
539:Redmond Central Connector Phase 1
368:Snohomish County Centennial Trail
1207:Seattle and North Coast Railroad
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1039:Snoqualmie Valley Regional Trail
863:Westneat, Danny (June 7, 2014),
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825:C.B. Hall (November 13, 2012).
457:Snohomish County Washington Gov
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89:Hiking/Biking, Freight Railroad
1019:Interurban Trail (King County)
16:Rail trail in Washington state
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661:Pappas, Evan (July 5, 2018).
372:Lake-to-Lake Trail (Bellevue)
432:Surface Transportation Board
253:(and its bike trail) to the
33:Eastside Rail Corridor route
1140:Karen Fraser Woodland Trail
379:Mountains to Sound Greenway
42:15.6 mi (25.1 km)
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1179:Bill Chipman Palouse Trail
994:Cedar to Green River Trail
896:Eastside Greenway Alliance
711:Eastside Greenway Alliance
581:Seattle Post-Intelligencer
422:operating in Seattle, the
395:Bear Creek Trail (Redmond)
261:Eastside Greenway Alliance
1145:Yelm–Rainier–Tenino Trail
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1009:Redmond Central Connector
1004:East Lake Sammamish Trail
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854:(Scripps Senior Theses).
424:Ballard Terminal Railroad
406:Ballard Terminal Railroad
338:East Lake Sammamish Trail
307:Redmond Central Connector
220:Redmond Central Connector
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1029:Preston-Snoqualmie Trail
908:Eastside Trail Advocates
523:, City of Kirkland, 2012
453:"Centennial Trail South"
1201:Olympic Discovery Trail
999:Cross Kirkland Corridor
520:Cross Kirkland Corridor
353:Snoqualmie Valley Trail
298:Cross Kirkland Corridor
212:Cross Kirkland Corridor
192:Cross Kirkland Corridor
174:at Snohomish Junction.
164:Woodinville Subdivision
117:Woodinville Subdivision
1185:Columbia Plateau Trail
1181:(Whitman/Latah, Idaho)
1130:Chehalis Western Trail
1024:Issaquah-Preston Trail
1014:Eastside Rail Corridor
902:Eastside Rail Corridor
848:Cooledge, Mia (2013).
602:Centennial Trail South
561:Eastside Rail Corridor
495:Eastside Rail Corridor
479:Eastside Rail Corridor
277:Cities and connections
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136:Eastside Rail Corridor
1135:Gate to Belmore Trail
1034:Sammamish River Trail
801:The Kirkland Reporter
333:Sammamish River Trail
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127:https://eastrail.org/
426:, filed suit in the
267:Bellevue, Washington
1213:Willapa Hills Trail
1209:(Clallam/Jefferson)
1203:(Clallam/Jefferson)
459:, December 15, 2016
430:and petitioned the
391:Tolt Pipeline Trail
208:King County Council
76:(southern terminus)
984:Burke-Gilman Trail
856:Claremont Colleges
778:, February 4, 2011
605:, Snohomish County
400:Railroad ownership
329:Burke-Gilman Trail
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1172:Multiple counties
1163:Interurban Trail
989:Cedar River Trail
913:Eastside Rail Now
870:The Seattle Times
776:The Seattle Times
667:Kirkland Reporter
649:Seattle Bike Blog
625:The Seattle Times
542:, City of Redmond
482:, Port of Seattle
420:terminal railroad
358:Green River Trail
343:Cedar River Trail
320:Trail connections
172:City of Snohomish
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111:Right of way
102:Lowest point
949:Rail trails
312:Woodinville
183:Acquisition
154:suburbs of
54:King County
1229:Categories
953:Washington
836:2012-12-14
732:2012-12-14
630:2019-07-09
586:2012-12-14
546:2013-03-06
502:2012-12-14
439:References
417:short line
294:Kirkland (
160:Washington
148:rail trail
69:Trailheads
61:Washington
1094:Snohomish
1058:Klickitat
315:Snohomish
305:Redmond (
288:Newcastle
1122:Thurston
807:April 2,
782:June 29,
757:June 29,
694:July 22,
463:June 29,
291:Bellevue
152:Eastside
146:where a
140:Eastrail
51:Eastside
47:Location
22:Eastrail
1155:Whatcom
876:June 8,
672:July 6,
234:Opening
178:History
170:to the
156:Seattle
123:Website
1076:Pierce
957:county
285:Renton
168:Renton
74:Renton
39:Length
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387:Trail
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