This has to be one of the most unique stations in the world.
@realquadmoo10 ай бұрын
There were 4 stations like this while they ran buses and trains at the same time! International District/Chinatown, Pioneer Square, University Street, and Westlake. This was the original downtown tunnel built for buses with trains in mind. They eventually finished the rest of the beginning of the train line, and then for a long while they ran buses and trains in the tunnels at the same time. They needed trains to be more frequent, so they kicked all the buses out! This is now just a very small part of a system that is slowly getting bigger and bigger. And all the buses are happy and thriving on 3rd Avenue, which is now one of the busiest transit corridors in the US! King County Metro claims it's *the* busiest corridor, but other agencies say the same thing for theirs, so I'm not sure.
@guinessbeer5 жыл бұрын
Wow those southbound link trains are packed !!!
@hobog3 жыл бұрын
The seat excess inside those Kinki Sharyo trains seriously hurts standing pax capacity
@williamcondon83274 жыл бұрын
Seriously, they are starting construction on three new stations to extend the line further south. I can't even imagine rush hour when that's done. Hopefully, we will have a vaccine by then or enough Hurd immunity. They have since removed buses from this tunnel and it only trains now, but they are still packed.
@realquadmoo10 ай бұрын
Everyone works from home now and I'm sad 😭😭😭
@233CFH3 жыл бұрын
And I thought Boston was the only one with an underground bus service.
@qjtvaddict2 жыл бұрын
It is as this one is trains only
@hobog3 жыл бұрын
Removing a downed bus from these tunnels was a true hassle, because busses can't be pushed and steered by rails -one rush hour crowd control guy I overheard in this station
@aaronramos25472 ай бұрын
20:02 why is there 255 here the 255 goes to U-District
@RainbowSpinDashIsawesome2 жыл бұрын
how does those buses & light rails knows which one is coming without crashing into each other?
@acela21502 жыл бұрын
There are now only Trains in the tunnel ever since 2016
@RainbowSpinDashIsawesome2 жыл бұрын
@@acela2150 dam I guess they couldn't handle it
@realquadmoo10 ай бұрын
@@RainbowSpinDashIsawesome actually they did that in order to run more trains. it was pretty much like they just kicked the buses out. You should see how the system is looking today!!
@robertm.45165 жыл бұрын
Are these buses duel mode, or just what looks like CNG tanks on top?