Centralia station (Washington)

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Not to be confused with Centralia station (Illinois).
Centralia (Washington)
Amtrak inter-city rail station
File:Centralia Union Depot.jpg
Centralia Union Depot in 2011
Location 210 Railroad Avenue
Centralia, Washington 98531[1]
 United States
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Owned by BNSF Railway & City of Centralia[2]
Line(s) Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
Platforms 1 side platform
Tracks 1
Connections Twin Transit
Construction
Parking Free
Disabled access Yes
Other information
Station code CTL
History
Opened 1912[3][2]
Rebuilt 2002[4][2]
Traffic
Passengers (2015) 24,791[5] Decrease 2.88%
Services
Preceding station   BSicon LOGO Amtrak2.svg Amtrak   Following station
toward Eugene
 Amtrak Cascades
toward Los Angeles
 Coast Starlight
toward Seattle
  Former services  
toward Seattle
 Pioneer
Discontinued in 1997
toward Chicago
Centralia Union Depot
Centralia station (Washington) is located in Washington (state)
Centralia station (Washington)
Location 210 Railroad Avenue
Centralia, Washington
Coordinates Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
NRHP Reference # 88000608
Added to NRHP 1988[6]

The Centralia Union Depot is a train station in Centralia, Washington, United States served by Amtrak's (the National Railroad Passenger Corporation) Amtrak Cascades and Coast Starlight.

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 Centralia Union Depot.[Note 1]

  • The Coast Starlight has a simpler, less frequent schedule and runs daily in each direction between Los Angeles, California and Seattle.[Note 2] (The next northbound stop on both Amtrak trains is in Lacey and the next southbound stop is in Kelso.)

Of the eighteen Washington stations served by Amtrak, Centralia was the twelfth busiest in FY10, boarding or detraining an average of about 65 passengers daily.[9]

The track and platforms are owned by BNSF Railway. Local transit connections are provided by Twin Transit.

History

The station was constructed by the Northern Pacific Railway (NP) and opened in 1912. It is the third station to have been constructed in Centralia since rail service began in 1880.[10]

The large brick structure was built to accommodate a 400% population boom in the area from 1900-1914. Only 2 years after its opening, Centralia Union Depot was being served by 44 passenger trains and 17 freight trains daily. The station faced 14 hotels along Tower Avenue, as well as 5 theaters and 8 banks in the downtown core.[11]

The demise of NP with its merger into Burlington Northern Railroad (BN) in 1970 and the creation of Amtrak to provide passenger rail service in 1971, coupled with increased automobile traffic on Interstate 5 saw the Centralia Union Depot deteriorate, much as the city's downtown core was experiencing economic decline. Local civic leaders recognized the problem during the mid-1980s and began a two-decade project that would see the structure acquired by the city and restored as part of a larger downtown revitalization project.[11]

The 1996 merger of BN with the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway to form the BNSF Railway (BNSF) spurred both the city and the state Department of Transportation (Rail Branch) to negotiate with BNSF to acquire the depot.[11] Following its purchase, the city began the design process for the historic restoration which took place as follows:

  • Phase 1 (1996) consisted of exterior work. Stabilize structure deterioration, restore roof dormers that had been removed, install new tile roof, re-point brick exterior, new utilities, new parking lots at each end of the building.[11]
  • Phase 2 (2000) consisted of interior work. New floors, restored mill work and brass fittings, Amtrak ticket office, baggage room, freight room, express building, HVAC, elevator.[11]

The restoration project was completed in April 2002 and celebrated in the city's "Railroad Days" festival.[11]

The depot is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.[12]

Boardings and Alightings

Year 2011[13] 2012[14] 2013[15] 2014[16] 2015[5]
Total 21,998 23,331 25,132 25,525 24,791
YOY Difference - 1,333 1,801 393 -734
YOY Difference % - 6.06% 7.72% 1.56% -2.88%

Notes

  1. ↑ As of 6 January 2014 the new Amtrak Cascades schedule is as follows:[7]
    • Southbound trains:
      • Train 501 stops at 9:11 am (originating in Seattle and heading to Portland, Oregon)
      • Train 513 stops at 1:06 pm (originating in Vancouver, British Columbia and heading to Portland)
      • Train 507 stops at 3:41 pm (originating in Seattle and heading to Eugene, Oregon)
      • Train 509 stops at 7:11 pm (originating in Seattle and heading to Portland)
    • Northbound trains:
      • Train 500 stops at 9:51 am (originating in Eugene and heading to Seattle)
      • Train 506 stops at 1:46 pm (originating in Portland and heading for Seattle)
      • Train 516 stops at 4:16 pm (originating in Portland and heading for Vancouver, British Columbia)
      • Train 508 stops at 8:21 pm (originating in Eugene and heading for Seattle)
  2. ↑ As of 13 January 2014 the southbound Coast Starlight (Train 11) is scheduled to stop at 11:35 am and the northbound (Train 14) is scheduled to stop at 5:49 pm.[8]

References

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External links

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