Centennial Station

"Olympia station" redirects here. For the station in London, see Kensington (Olympia) station.

For the station in Markham, Canada, see Centennial GO Station.

Olympia–Lacey, WA
Amtrak inter-city rail station
Centennial (Olympia–Lacey) Amtrak Depot
General information
Location	6600 Yelm Highway SE Lacey, Washington 98513 United States
Coordinates	46.99145°N 122.79403°W / 46.99145; -122.79403
Owned by	BNSF Railway & Intercity Transit
Line(s)	BNSF Railway Seattle Subdivision
Platforms	1 side platform
Tracks	2
Connections	Intercity Transit
Construction
Parking	Free
Accessible	Yes
Other information
Station code	OLW
History
Opened	1993
Passengers
2018	66,442  4.76%
Services
Preceding station Amtrak Following station Centralia toward Los Angeles Coast Starlight Tacoma toward Seattle Centralia toward Eugene Amtrak Cascades Tacoma toward Vancouver, British Columbia Suspended services Centralia toward Los Angeles Coast Starlight Tacoma Dome toward Seattle Centralia toward Eugene Amtrak Cascades Tacoma Dome toward Vancouver, British Columbia
Former services Preceding station Amtrak Following station Tacoma toward Seattle Pioneer Discontinued in 1997 Centralia toward Chicago Joint Great Northern/Northern Pacific/ Union Pacific service at East Olympia Preceding station Great Northern Railway Following station Plumb toward Portland Portland–Seattle Line Kyro toward Seattle Preceding station Northern Pacific Railway Following station Plumb toward Portland Portland–Seattle Line Kryo toward Seattle Preceding station Union Pacific Railroad Following station Plumb toward Portland Portland–Seattle Line Kryo toward Seattle
Location Olympia–Lacey, WA Location in Washington Olympia–Lacey, WA Location in the United States

The Centennial Station (also known as Olympia–Lacey) is a train station located immediately south of Lacey, Washington, United States that also serves the capital city of Olympia. The station is served by Amtrak's (the National Railroad Passenger Corporation) Amtrak Cascades and Coast Starlight.

Local transit connections are provided by Intercity Transit. Bus routes 64 and 94 connect to Lacey and Olympia Transit centers.

History

The original Union Pacific East Olympia station in East Olympia was demolished in the late 1960s. It was used by the pool trains that ran between Seattle and Portland by all three railroads that used the line, Northern Pacific, Great Northern, and Union Pacific. Northern Pacific also had a station at Kyro, approximately 2 miles (3.2 km) northeast of the current station. Amtrak trains during the 1970s and 1980s used a wooden shelter as East Olympia's passenger train station. However, the station site was remote and had no public transport, no lighting and a pot-holed gravel parking lot with a public telephone that rarely worked.

The stop was listed in the October 28, 1990 Coast Starlight timetable. The new Centennial Station was built by the non-profit Amtrak Depot Committee and opened in early 1993 following a six-year fundraising and lobbying effort by citizens of Thurston County. It is believed to be the only Amtrak station in the nation both built and operated entirely by volunteers.

External links

• Media related to Centennial Station at Wikimedia Commons

• Olympia, WA – Amtrak
• Olympia, WA – Station history at Great American Stations (Amtrak)
• Olympia-Lacey, WA (OLW) (Amtrak's Great American Stations)