Seattle King Street Station

[Lonestar648]

This June I will be arriving on14 into Seattle from LA, then leaving a couple days later on 8 to CHI, sleeper both trains I have not been to King Street since it was remodeled, my question is if there are any major changes, other than the obvious cosmetic beautification, I should be aware of before arriving.

 

[PacificStarlight]

The ticket office is a real office, and baggage pickup has moved. Nothing too drastic.

 

[MEA707]

There is some track side construction that started last month to add a new platform/canopy and extend tracks north towards the station.

Right across from the station, there is an Embassy Suites high-rise hotel under construction.

The station itself while nice, is lacking in amenities. Hopefully that will change soon.

 

[DonNadeau]

King Street Station shines with its renewal but unlike Portland it's a sterile renewal with no thought to the people waiting there.

No food other than very limited vending. No plugs for phones, laptops. No Wi-Fi. No publications for sale.

Architecture and design should be judged not just on how nice they look, but more importantly on well well they serve the people using them.

 

[RampWidget]

The newly renovated station is magnificent. The other posts are correct regarding the lack of amenities at King Street. However, on our March trip, I recall seeing a drug store (Rite-Aid, Walgreens - cant remember which) under construction across the street from the front of the station. Also, two short blocks away just next to adjacent Union Station is a small grocery/convenience store. It's kind of pricey but was all I could find in the area. Enjoy that June trip!

 

[D T Nelson]

... I recall seeing a drug store (Rite-Aid, Walgreens - cant remember which) under construction across the street from the front of the station. ...

It is a new outlet of Bartell Drugs, a Seattle chain, which is going in on the ground floor of the new building at the northeast corner of 4th and Jackson.

 

[west point]

At one time there was some kind of sandwich shop diagonally to NW of station. Had a "G" scale a model train that delivered orders to coustomers

 

[D T Nelson]

At one time there was some kind of sandwich shop diagonally to NW of station. Had a "G" scale a model train that delivered orders to coustomers

That was The Iron Horse, which closed in 2000.