text: This is not a review of Amtrak traveling via train or any particular train line I repeat THIS IS A STATION REVIEW I do not care if a train is ontime late or not running at all That is a problem for another review What I want to tackle here is the ode to modernist architecture that is the Charlotte Amtrak Station This thing oy nnLets start with the fact that it is a station with multiple overnight passengers but they maintain one vending machine and one coke machine that sellsget thisPepsi Foul language may have tumbled out of my mouth when I stumbled into the station past midnight to see that sorry sight Bless their little hearts nnThen we can turn to the actual lobby of the station The imposing concrete walls that tower two whole stories up and are finished with thrown gravel both inside and out do bring to mind a certain era It is like the s municipal architecture experience has never been reconsidered The thrown gravel panels inside the building are an odd choice but I understand that we do not all have the money for good taste nnThe benches are hard and of a certain era when people were meant to slide off them I think I certainly did There was some sleep to be had and I appreciated that it was quiet and safe inside the stationeven though the station was ugly And it is ugly Do not visit hoping to see one of the great humanist temples of old But consider taking a nap on the benchesprovided you are a ticketed passenger of course nnAccessibility notes Doors open in Ramps are plentiful Welllit Braille signage Ticket counters are high