SEA C Concourse Train Station Reopened (1/23/2020)
Jan 12, 2020, 5:29 pm
#16
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Jan 23, 2020, 1:49 pm
#18
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I do not find a stop at B or C useful. I suppose it might be a little shorter for connections between the end of C and N. The C stop should be eliminated and blame it on environmental reasons (no need to waste kinetic energy by stopping and starting).
Jan 23, 2020, 1:53 pm
#19
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I disagree. Its best route for connections between any N Gate and the end C Gates...
Im happy to hear its back open.
DUT
Im happy to hear its back open.
DUT
Jan 23, 2020, 1:58 pm
#20
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Jan 23, 2020, 2:05 pm
#21
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I find it VERY useful! I can easily get to the new N gate lounge when I have a flight at C9 and above (especially when C club gets so crowded), or when arriving at C9 and above it is nice to take a train to bag claim instead of that long walk after a long day and long flight.
Jan 23, 2020, 3:27 pm
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I find it useful as well. I am usually connecting to/from Horizon flights (from Eugene) so getting to/from N to C is a pain if you have to go through the D station.
Jan 23, 2020, 3:53 pm
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not when your inbound lands early, but blocks in 15-20 min late at N18 for what was offered as a 40-minute connection to a flight departing from C18
Jan 24, 2020, 9:50 am
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That stop is useless for AS flyers who are SEA residents. Arriving at N was tolerable when there were no stops heading back to the main terminal.
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Jan 24, 2020, 10:05 am
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Jan 24, 2020, 10:05 am
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What IS annoying is calling ahead for an Uber/Lyft and still have to wait another 15-20 minutes for them to arrive in the parking garage pickup point.
Jan 24, 2020, 10:53 am
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Jan 24, 2020, 11:13 am
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And moreover, twice in the last year I have been in N for my flight and gotten a gate change notice to the high C gates. If you have any sort of knee issues (or even if you don't) it was a very long schlep from N.
Or, as happened once last year, I got bumped from a SEA-OAK flight leaving from N and to a SEA-SFO flight leaving from C17, and not a lot of time to make the change. The train would have been really, really helpful.
More options are always better than fewer.
Or, as happened once last year, I got bumped from a SEA-OAK flight leaving from N and to a SEA-SFO flight leaving from C17, and not a lot of time to make the change. The train would have been really, really helpful.
More options are always better than fewer.
Jan 24, 2020, 11:47 am
#30
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I find it VERY useful! I can easily get to the new N gate lounge when I have a flight at C9 and above (especially when C club gets so crowded), or when arriving at C9 and above it is nice to take a train to bag claim instead of that long walk after a long day and long flight.
See, that's why dictatorship is bad. If I were the Dictator of Seattle Airport, I would have demolished the C station but now I know better. I wonder if an underground walkway to N from C or D should have been built in the early 1970's.