Pioneer Square link rail station tour | Seattle sound transit | Washington | Life in USA

Pioneer Square station is a light rail station that is part of the Downtown Seattle Transit Tunnel in Seattle, Washington, United States. The station is located under 3rd Avenue at James Street, between University Street and International District/Chinatown stations. It is served by the 1 Line, part of Sound Transit's Link light rail system, and provides connections to local buses and Colman Dock, a major ferry terminal serving areas west of Seattle.
The station consists of two side platforms situated under street level, with two mezzanines connecting to the surface at James Street and Yesler Way in Seattle's Pioneer Square neighborhood. It opened on September 15, 1990, and was used exclusively by buses until 2009. The tunnel and stations closed for almost two years, from 2005 to 2007, for renovation and modifications to accommodate light rail trains. Link light rail service to Pioneer Square station began on July 18, 2009, and bus service ended on March 23, 2019. Trains serve the station twenty hours a day on most days at a frequency of six minutes during peak periods and 12-20 minutes at other times. In early 2020, Pioneer Square station served as a transfer point between trains with a temporary center platform as part of construction for the 2 Line.
Pioneer Square station is located under 3rd Avenue between Cherry Street and Yesler Way in the Pioneer Square neighborhood of Downtown Seattle. The station is at the northern end of the Pioneer Square National Historic District, where the city's oldest buildings are located, and is near the Seattle Underground Tour and the Klondike Gold Rush National Historical Park.[2][3] To the north and east is the Seattle Civic Center, a complex of city and King County government office buildings, including Seattle City Hall and the King County Courthouse.[4][5] Pioneer Square station is six blocks east of Colman Dock, the city's primary ferry terminal for Washington State Ferries and King County Water Taxi service.[6]
Much of the non-government and non-historic land use around Pioneer Square station is for high-rise offices and multi-family housing. Within a 1⁄2-mile (0.8 km) radius of the station is an estimated population of 12,866 people, and approximately 69,795 jobs.[7] Nearby office towers include Smith Tower,[4] the Columbia Center, and Wells Fargo Center.[8] The corporate headquarters of logging company Weyerhaeuser was moved from Federal Way to Occidental Park near Pioneer Square station in 2016; the company cited transit access as one of its main reasons to choose the neighborhood.

[@Marcelinooo.o]

5:00 my all time FAVORITE entrance at Pioneer Square station, I love how vintage it looks!

[@aravindkramesh]

It smells like urine

[@sudharamesh4031]

👌💯

[@jasonj.6276]

That's very interesting. I was going to use this station vs. the chinatown station...I guess there's no difference

[@guinessbeer]

What a sad looking city

[@vercingetorixarverni6343]

Lol it looks fine

[@jasonj.6276]

Which station is more dangerous -- Pioneer Square or Chinatown International District?

[@aravindkramesh]

Pioneer sqaure. I was on the train when someone got shot between Chinatown and Pioneer Square.

[@jasonj.6276]

@@aravindkramesh Good to know. I got a bit concerned about the recent stabbing at Chinatown station.