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.
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
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.
@@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!!
This has to be one of the most unique stations in the world.
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.
Wow those southbound link trains are packed !!!
The seat excess inside those Kinki Sharyo trains seriously hurts standing pax capacity
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
And I thought Boston was the only one with an underground bus service.
It is as this one is trains only
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.
Everyone works from home now and I'm sad 😭😭😭
20:02 why is there 255 here the 255 goes to U-District
how does those buses & light rails knows which one is coming without crashing into each other?
There are now only Trains in the tunnel ever since 2016
@@acela2150 dam I guess they couldn't handle it
@@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!!
I haven’t ride yet (6956)
Are these buses duel mode, or just what looks like CNG tanks on top?
These buses are diesel-hybrid units.
Dual mode with electric battery packs
what is this city?
Seattle