Kelso Multimodal Transportation Center

Kelso
Amtrak inter-city rail station
The transportation center with the clock tower in the background
Location	501 South First Avenue Kelso, Washington 98626  United States
Coordinates	Coordinates: 46°08′32″N 122°54′47″W / 46.14215°N 122.91316°W / 46.14215; -122.91316
Owned by	City of Kelso & BNSF Railway
Line(s)	Amtrak Cascades   Coast Starlight
Platforms	1 side platform
Tracks	2
Connections	Greyhound Lines RiverCities Transit
Construction
Parking	Yes
Disabled access	Yes
Other information
Station code	KEL
History
Opened	1912
Rebuilt	1995
Traffic
Passengers (2016)	31,660  2.07%
Services
Preceding station   Amtrak   Following station Vancouver, WA toward Eugene–Springfield Amtrak Cascades Centralia, WA toward Vancouver, BC Vancouver, WA toward Los Angeles Coast Starlight Centralia, WA toward Seattle   Former services   Centralia, WA toward Seattle Pioneer Discontinued in 1997 Vancouver, WA toward Chicago
Location
Location of the Kelso Multimodal Transportation Center within Washington

The Kelso Multimodal Transportation Center (also known as Kelso–Longview and previously as the Kelso Burlington Northern Train Depot) is an Amtrak train station located immediately south of Kelso, Washington, United States. The station also serves the neighboring city of Longview, which is located just across the Cowlitz River. The station is served by Cascades and Coast Starlight trains. Greyhound Lines provides national and regional bus service, while RiverCities Transit provides local transit. Shuttle vans, taxis and rental cars can also be hired at the station.

The Kelso Train Station was originally built by the Northern Pacific Railroad. The first small depot was a wooden structure in the 100 block of Front or First Avenue. By 1906 the citizens of Kelso petitioned the Northern Pacific Railroad for a better passenger and freight depot. This was granted and a new, brick passenger and a wood freight depot was built. A grand opening reception was held February 12, 1912.

In 1970 the Northern Pacific Railway merged with several other railroads to create the Burlington Northern Railroad. The station remained in active freight service until the early 1980s when Burlington Northern suspended freight service there and transferred that service to the Portland, Oregon hub.

The station became an Amtrak stop in 1981. The station was manned by a ticketing agent until the 1990s when the station was locked up due to vandalism.

In the mid-1990s the station underwent extensive remodeling to make it look like the passenger stations of a bygone era. The station's interior and exterior received face-lifts and rebuilds, and a 30-foot-tall (9.1 m) clock tower was constructed outside the station. The clock can be seen from across the Cowlitz River at the Cowlitz County Hall of Justice and as far north as the higher points in the Beacon Hill neighborhood of Kelso. The refurbished station was formally dedicated on September 23, 1995.