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Seattle, Amtrak Station As Railroad Transport
Located on King Street in downtown Seattle, Washington, it is a beautifully restored old station. |
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King Street crosses 2nd Avenue and ends at the lower entrance to the train station.
This is where taxis will drop you off. This day happened to be unusually warm and sunny.
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Also near the King Street entrance was a long covered passenger loading and unloading area. To the left of this
photo was
an orange kiosk that showed the stations location relative to the rest of Seattle.
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Inside, the station was clean and well lit. The walls above the waiting area were ornate. The walls and columns
were marble. Through this area and to the left was the room to buy tickets.
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The high ceilinged main lobby contained entrances for the restrooms.
The main lobby also held the
line in which to wait for seat assignments when traveling coach. Note that business class
could board early without waiting in line.
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The main lobby had a high ceiling, many windows, and lots of beautiful lighting. The benches were the original
wooden benches and were the same as those used by so many other transit hubs throughout the 19th and early 20th Centuries.
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At the top of a long flight of stairs was a balcony that overlooked the lobby. An elevator was also available. This level was the entry from South Jackson Street.
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A Pronto
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A large plaza faced the South Jackson Street entrance to Amtrak. This entrance only had one set of doors
and was the less commonly used entrance. This level was, however, diagonally opposite a light rail station.
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Outside stairs that led down to the King Street entrance. Or you could enter the building through
the doorway to the left (out of frame) and take an elevator down.
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The ticket office was spacious, clean and well lit. Here you could buy tickets, exchange tickets, or upgrade,
like we did, to business class for early boarding, better seats and advanced seat assignments.
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The marble columns inside the lobby were topped with mosaic tile work.
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A detail shot of the upper walls surrounding the lobby.
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Several round windows decorated the walls of the lobby. They appeared to be windows for interior offices.
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The floor of the main lobby contained a tile-work edging made up of many mosaic squares.
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The ceiling of the main lobby was a complex relief of many fancy repeated designs.
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