King Street Station

To leave Seattle on The Coast Starlight, we needed to get ourselves to The King Street Station, before 8:30AM.

Being it was potentially going to drizzle or rain, I was a bit concerned and we came up with a "Just in Case" plan. Taking a trolley for about 3 blocks, before going back underground to take the LINK (which is the transportation option for getting back and forth from SEATAC Airport). Light rail and very convenient, by the way.

No rain was forthcoming, so we dragged our bags those 3 blocks and connected with the LINK, at Westlake Station.

Our station was International District/Chinatown, about the 3rd stop (outbound to SEATAC) on the LINK.

We got off the train and when we got ourselves upstairs, we could see (across the street and tracks) our train Station.

To say the least, I was impressed. Old style, (it was built in 1906) but beautiful.

Once we entered the building, we could see the results of the recent restoration that had been done. It was almost a decade in the making and it was completed in 2013.

They restored the upper area, which this second photo was taken at. it is a balcony, overlooking the waiting room below.

We then made our way downstairs and took in the waiting room itself.

In this next picture, you can see the balcony we had just vacated, over on the top right of the photo.

All the marble has been totally restored and so have the restrooms.

A noticeable difference, is that the family bathroom is within the Men's room, not the Women's room.

Since I read several reviews, I knew they had no food to purchase, but since about 2 months ago, they added some vending machines. A smart move and appreciated by the passengers.

All in all, a wonderful end to our almost 3 day visit.