Monorail remodel gets underway before the release of the Kraken hockey team at Seattle Center

Apr. 5—With the clock ticking, contractors for the 1-mile Seattle Center Monorail will gut and remodel both stations in anticipation of hockey fans riding the historic trains in October.

Waiting-area space will increase. Riders will pass through automatic fare gates, similar to those used by people walking onto state ferries. The new layouts should boost flow and capacity, compared to the old way where everybody walks past a ticketing booth.

Construction staging begins Monday, then monorail service will shut down from April 12 to 30 during the demolition phase of the project, said Tom Albro, owner of Seattle Monorail Services, private operator of the city-owned trains.

He estimated that 4,000 fans among a sold-out crowd of 17,100 would ride the monorail to Climate Pledge Arena, home of the National Hockey League's new Seattle Kraken franchise and the four-time WNBA champion Seattle Storm. ............(more)

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