49 steps up and 49 steps down
A little less than 20 years ago, some friends and I stood in front of the Fullerton City Council pleading with the Redevelopment Agency to build a pedestrian underpass at the train station instead of a steel bridge overpass. We had three reasons. The first was expense: an underpass was about half the cost of a bridge. Second was the matter of practicality and convenience: it is easier for a pedestrian to climb 24 steps versus 49; not to mention the cost of maintaining two elevators. Third, the bridge was going to tower over the Historic Santa Fe Depot – a real incongruous pairing and one in which the Depot suffered.
Read the rest of “The Making of An Eyesore; And a Hell of a Climb, Too”
Yeah, Tony, this is curious. Same thing at the Santa Ana station, same thing at the downtown Pomona station. Why the tall walk-over? If you call Amtrack to find out, post it up. I’m one who’d like to know.
There are only two choices, the stations I have seen, most have these towers.