I ride the sounder train to work, it is simply one of the worst things someone should have to do. The only reason I do is because it is payed for by my company.
If you have meetings, classes, times you have to clock in, do not ride the train its that simple. It's constantly late, if not cancelled.
The funniest/worst thing about it all is that they preach communication with the people who sign up for their texts/email notifications, then send out alerts hours too late if at all.
The cars are dirty and cramped, it's either way too hot or way too cold and the PA system in the cars rarely works.
If Sound Transit is supposed to be here to alleviate commuting stress and cars on the road they better invest some serious money on fixing some very basic things like dependability if they expect people to continue to use the train.
I've heard all the excuses before, "it's not our fault", "bnsf runs the rails, they have priority", on and on. Frankly, I don't care. If you are going to run a business you need to take a little pride and take care of your customers. At no job can you show up late, if at all, not be fully functioning, and blame it on other people and keep your job, but clearly that's the standard at Sound Transit. This company needs a wake up call and maybe a change in management.
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I ride the sounder train to work, it is simply one of the worst things someone should have to do. The only reason I do is because it is payed for by my company. If you have meetings, classes, times you have to clock in, do not ride the train its that simple. It's constantly late, if not cancelled. The funniest/worst thing about it all is that they preach communication with the people who sign up for their texts/email notifications, then send out alerts hours too late if at all. The cars are dirty and cramped, it's either way too hot or way too cold and the PA system in the cars rarely works. If Sound Transit is supposed to be here to alleviate commuting stress and cars on the road they better invest some serious money on fixing some very basic things like dependability if they expect people to continue to use the train. I've heard all the excuses before, "it's not our fault", "bnsf runs the rails, they have priority", on and on. Frankly, I don't care. If you are going to run a business you need to take a little pride and take care of your customers. At no job can you show up late, if at all, not be fully functioning, and blame it on other people and keep your job, but clearly that's the standard at Sound Transit. This company needs a wake up call and maybe a change in management.