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[QUOTE]Originally posted by smitty195: [QB] Hello from on-board Virgin America flight 753! Heading back to SFO now---should be on the ground in about 45 minutes. I took the light rail system for the first time from downtown Seattle to SeaTac Airport. It was very easy, and worked out great. The entrance to the downtown station is at Westlake Center. There is an entrance at Nordstrom's at street level. You just walk in, take the escalator down, and there you are. At first i thought I was in the wrong place because there were a bunch of buses coming and going. Then I saw the tracks and realized that the light rail shares the station with buses! I talked to the security person there, and he said they are the only setup like this in the world. Not sure if that's true, but I do know that I've never seen anything like it. The fare is only $2.75. I also learned that there is a stop for the Amtrak/King Street station. It does not stop right 'at' the station, but it's close enough. I forget what the station name is called, but it's 2 or 3 stops after you depart the Westlake station. The trip out to the airport takes about 35 to 40 minutes. Once there, you just take a connecting walkway over to the airport. If you are disabled or have problems walking, then you will have trouble getting into the terminal because it's a good walk---at least 5 minutes or longer, depending on your airline. Virgin America is at ticket counter #3, so the walk from light rail station to ticket counter is 10 minutes. It's a great setup---I'll never pay the 32 bucks again for a taxi! [/QB][/QUOTE]
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