Vancouver station (Washington)

Vancouver is an Amtrak train station in Vancouver, Washington, United States. The station is served by the Cascades, Coast Starlight, and Empire Builder trains.

This article is about the Amtrak station in Vancouver, Washington. For the Amtrak station in Vancouver, British Columbia, see Pacific Central Station.

Vancouver, WA
Location	1301 West 11th Street Vancouver, Washington 98660[1] United States
Coordinates	45°37′44″N 122°41′11″W
Owned by	City of Vancouver
Line(s)	BNSF Northwest Division
Platforms	2 side platforms
Tracks	4
Construction
Parking	10 short term and 45 long term dedicated parking spaces
Disabled access	Yes
Other information
Station code	Amtrak code: VAN
History
Opened	1908
Rebuilt	1988 (partial) 2008 (complete)
Traffic
Passengers (2018)	119,818[2]  22.7%
Services
Preceding station Amtrak Following station Portland toward Eugene–Springfield Amtrak Cascades Kelso toward Vancouver, British Columbia Portland toward Los Angeles Coast Starlight Kelso toward Seattle Portland Terminus Empire Builder Bingen–White Salmon toward Chicago
Former services Preceding station Amtrak Following station Kelso toward Seattle Pioneer Discontinued in 1997 Portland toward Chicago Joint Great Northern/Northern Pacific/ Union Pacific service Preceding station Great Northern Railway Following station Portland Terminus Portland–Seattle Line Felida toward Seattle Preceding station Northern Pacific Railway Following station Portland Terminus Portland–Seattle Line Felida toward Seattle Preceding station Union Pacific Railroad Following station Portland Terminus Portland–Seattle Line Felida toward Seattle
Location
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It is a unique, two-sided station situated in a "wye", where passengers board the Empire Builder on the southeast side of the station while the Amtrak Cascades and Coast Starlight are boarded on the northwest side of the station.[3] The station building is now open after extensive interior renovations.

Of the 19 Washington stations served by Amtrak, Vancouver was the third busiest in FY14.[4]

Service

Although the Amtrak Cascades runs between Eugene, Oregon and Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, there is no train that starts at one terminus and ends at the other. However, each day eight Amtrak Cascades trains (four northbound and four southbound) stop at the Vancouver, Washington Station.[5] The Coast Starlight and Empire Builder run less frequently. The Coast Starlightruns daily in each direction between Los Angeles, California and Seattle.[6] The Empire Builder runs daily in each direction between Chicago and Portland.[7] After having split in Spokane, part of the Empire Builder train continues on to Seattle—this part does not pass through or stop at Vancouver. (The next northbound stop on both the Amtrak Cascades and the Coast Starlight is in Kelso and the next southbound stop is in Portland. It is the last westbound stop before Portland; the next eastbound stop is in Bingen.)

Boardings and alightings

Year	2011[8]	2012[9]	2013[10]	2014[11]	2015[12]	2016[13]	2017[14]	2018 [2]
Total	99,001	99,363	98,473	96,330	93,433	96,927	97,627	119,818
YOY Difference	-	362	-890	-2,143	-2,897	3,494	700	22,191
YOY Difference %	-	0.37%	-0.90%	-2.18%	-3.01%	3.74%	0.72%	22.7%

References

1. "Vancouver, WA (VAN)". amtrak.com. Amtrak. Retrieved January 12, 2014.
2. "Amtrak Fact Sheet, Fiscal Year 2018, State of Washington" (PDF). amtrak.com. Amtrak. June 2019. Retrieved December 25, 2019.
3. "Great American Stations: Vancouver, WA (VAN)". greatamericanstations.com. Amtrak. Retrieved January 13, 2014.
4. "Amtrak Fact Sheet, FY2014, State of Washington" (PDF). amtrak.com. Amtrak. November 2014. Retrieved January 6, 2015.
5. "Amtrak Cascades" (PDF). amtrak.com. Amtrak. February 20, 2016. pp. 2–3. Retrieved July 29, 2016.
6. "Coast Starlight" (PDF). amtrak.com. Amtrak. January 11, 2016. p. 2. Retrieved July 29, 2016.
7. "Empire Builder" (PDF). amtrak.com. Amtrak. January 11, 2016. p. 2. Retrieved July 29, 2016.
8. "Amtrak Fact Sheet, Fiscal Year 2011: State of Washington" (PDF). Amtrak. November 2011. p. 1. Retrieved January 6, 2015.
9. "Amtrak Fact Sheet, Fiscal Year 2012: State of Washington" (PDF). Amtrak. November 2012. p. 1. Retrieved January 6, 2015.
10. "Amtrak Fact Sheet, Fiscal Year 2013: State of Washington" (PDF). Amtrak. November 2013. p. 1. Retrieved January 6, 2015.
11. "Amtrak Fact Sheet, Fiscal Year 2014: State of Washington" (PDF). Amtrak. November 2014. p. 1. Retrieved January 12, 2016.
12. "Amtrak Fact Sheet, Fiscal Year 2015: State of Washington" (PDF). Amtrak. November 2015. p. 1. Retrieved January 12, 2016.
13. "Amtrak Fact Sheet, Fiscal Year 2016, State of Washington" (PDF). amtrak.com. Amtrak. November 2016. Retrieved January 17, 2017.
14. "Amtrak Fact Sheet, Fiscal Year 2017, State of Washington" (PDF). amtrak.com. Amtrak. November 2017. Retrieved July 16, 2018.

External links

• Vancouver, WA – Amtrak
• Vancouver (VAN) Station, Great American Stations website