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The Amtrak Cascades is a passenger train route operated by Amtrak. It is named after the Cascade mountain range that the route parallels. The Cascades covers a 446-mile (718 km) rail corridor and connects 18 cities in the Pacific Northwest from Eugene, Oregon to Vancouver, British Columbia. However, no single train covers the whole distance from Vancouver, BC to Eugene, OR. As of December 2023, two daily trains operate between Vancouver, BC and Seattle (one continuing to Portland), six daily trains operate between Seattle and Portland, and two daily trains operate between Eugene and Seattle. Check the schedule for exact times.

Between Seattle and Eugene, Amtrak's Coast Starlight makes the same stops as the Amtrak Cascades with the exception of Tukwila and Oregon City. The Coast Starlight route also travels between Eugene to Los Angeles.

See rail travel in the United States for further information about Amtrak and other train routes.

Stations

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Map of Amtrak Cascades

The stations serve as bus stations for local public transit and to Greyhound and other intercity bus companies in some places. See 'By bus' or 'By public transit' in a city article for listings of bus companies serving that location. They are listed in below from north to south:

  • 2 Bellingham – Fairhaven Station. A connection can be made here to the Alaska Marine Highway System Bellingham station (Q3095958) on Wikidata Fairhaven Station on Wikipedia
  • 3 Mount Vernon – Skagit Transportation Center. Skagit Transportation Center (Q3097125) on Wikidata Skagit Transportation Center on Wikipedia
  • 4 Stanwood – Stanwood Station. Gateway to Camano Island Stanwood station (Q7600324) on Wikidata Stanwood station on Wikipedia
  • 5 Everett – Everett Station. A connection can be made here to the Empire Builder. Everett Station (Q3095760) on Wikidata Everett Station on Wikipedia
  • 6 Edmonds – Edmonds Station. A connection can be made here to the Empire Builder. Edmonds station (Q3095725) on Wikidata Edmonds station (Washington) on Wikipedia
  • 7 Seattle – King Street Station. A connection can be made here to the Empire Builder. Thruway bus connections to Vancouver by Cantrail and to Port Angeles by Greyhound Connect. King Street Station (Q536131) on Wikidata King Street Station on Wikipedia
  • 8 Tukwila – Tukwila Station. The Coast Starlight train passes through but does not stop here. Tukwila station (Q3097914) on Wikidata Tukwila station on Wikipedia
  • 9 Tacoma – Freighthouse Square. Tacoma Dome Station (Q7673991) on Wikidata Tacoma Dome Station on Wikipedia
  • 10 Olympia/Lacey – Centennial Station. Located in Lacey. The closest station to Washington state's capital of Olympia. Centennial Station (Q3096832) on Wikidata Centennial Station on Wikipedia
  • 11 Centralia – Centralia Station. Centralia station (Q3096163) on Wikidata Centralia station (Washington) on Wikipedia
  • 12 Kelso/Longview – Kelso Station. Located in Kelso, though close to Longview. Kelso Multimodal Transportation Center (Q3096684) on Wikidata Kelso Multimodal Transportation Center on Wikipedia
  • 13 Vancouver – Vancouver Station. A connection can be made here to the Empire Builder. Vancouver station (Q1825911) on Wikidata Vancouver station (Washington) on Wikipedia
  • 14 Portland – Union Station. A connection can be made here to the Empire Builder. Thruway connections to Eugene is operated by Cascade Point and to Astoria by Northwest Point, both operated by MTR Western. Union Station (Q861473) on Wikidata Portland Union Station on Wikipedia
  • 15 Oregon City – Oregon City Station. The Coast Starlight train passes through but does not stop here. Oregon City station (Q3095832) on Wikidata Oregon City station on Wikipedia
  • 16 Salem – Salem Station. Salem station (Q3097653) on Wikidata Salem station (Oregon) on Wikipedia
  • 17 Albany – Albany Station. Albany station (Q3095603) on Wikidata Albany station (Oregon) on Wikipedia
  • 18 Eugene – Eugene Springfield Station. Thruway connections to Portland is operated by Cascades Point Eugene–Springfield (Q3095753) on Wikidata Eugene–Springfield_station on Wikipedia

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