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Simplicity can work for certain things. Not for this. No offense, but this looks awful IMO. Where are the restrooms? Vending machines? Imagine having to sit there waiting for HOURS (Because... Amtrak oftentimes experiences delays.) No thanks.
Well I guess there are lots of places to go au naturale outdoors lol.. No wifi either so you better like looking up at the stars at night or maybe birdwatching during the day
Restrooms, shade (it's not always noon!), rain cover (what if more than three people are waiting?), a drinking fountain, more seating...
Yeah, I understand that different areas call for different designs, but I don't like Amtrak passing off a glorified bus shelter as a 'train station'. It's probably very hot in that part of Texas and that would not serve many people well imo.
My favorite is Sanderson, Texas. It's a brand new station and its beauty is in its simplicity. This station isn't trying to show off like a Grand Central. Instead it displays a reserved confidence. It is purely functional. There's no waste in the design (so it's environmentally friendly). Take all the materials used to make the behemoth 30th Street Station. What a waste! Who in the world needs a 100 foot tall ceiling? Nobody's that tall. Sanderson, though, has a modest overhang to block out the Texas sun. Other than that, the rest of the station's ceiling is the sky itself. At Grand Central you can look up at night and see an artist's (scientifically inaccurate) rendering of the stars. At Sanderson you can look up and see the real thing.
Haha. Nice one.
That was Amtrak's least used station pre-pandemic with only 225 passengers in the entirety of 2019 and even less since.
Here's a video that describes the station history prior to the new construction starting at the 7:50 mark.
From best to worst that I've used/been inside at least once. They are all transit hubs, Amtrak stations, or both:
-Grand Central
-30th Street Philly
-DC Union Station
-Chicago Union Station
-Hoboken
-Secaucus
-St. Paul Union Station
-Broad Street Station Newark
-Ogilive Chicago
-Suburban Philly
-NY Penn prior to renovations
-Harrisburg
-Newark Penn
-Jefferson Philly
-Baltimore Penn
-Pittsburgh
-Trenton
-Stanford
-Fargo
-Toledo
I include everything from architecture to cleanliness, safety, efficient use, etc.
For a smaller one that isn’t really used anymore, the Durham museum is located at the old Union station in Omaha is awesome. Union station in Kansas City is also great but doesn’t have a lot of traffic unfortunately.
This needs to happen like yesterday. But from what I hear we're looking @ 2030 at the earliest for the full scale re-development to kick off.
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