Vancouver station (Washington)

Vancouver
Location	1301 West 11th Street Vancouver, Washington 98660 United States
Coordinates	45°37′44″N 122°41′11″W / 45.62889°N 122.68639°W / 45.62889; -122.68639Coordinates: 45°37′44″N 122°41′11″W / 45.62889°N 122.68639°W / 45.62889; -122.68639
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 (2016)	96,927  3.74%
Services
Preceding station   Amtrak   Following station Portland, OR toward Eugene–Springfield Amtrak Cascades Kelso toward Vancouver, BC Portland, OR toward Los Angeles Coast Starlight Kelso toward Seattle Portland, OR Terminus Empire Builder Bingen-White Salmon toward Chicago   Former services   Kelso toward Seattle Pioneer Discontinued in 1997 Portland, OR toward Chicago
Location
Vancouver Location within Vancouver 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.

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. 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.

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. The Coast Starlight and Empire Builder have simpler, less frequent schedules. The Coast Starlightruns daily in each direction between Los Angeles, California and Seattle. The Empire Builderruns daily in each direction between Chicago, Illinois and Portland, Oregon. After having split in Spokane, part of the Empire Builder train continues on to Seattle--this part does not pass through or stop at the Vancouver, Washington Station. (The next northbound stop on both the Amtrak Cascades and the Coast Starlight is in Kelso and the next southbound stop is in Portland, Oregon. The next westbound stop on the Empire Builder is also in Portland and next eastbound stop is in Bingen.)