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Centralia station (Washington)

Coordinates: 46°43′03″N 122°57′10″W / 46.7174°N 122.9529°W / 46.7174; -122.9529
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Centralia
Centralia Union Depot in 2011.
General information
Location210 Railroad Avenue
Centralia, WA 98531
Coordinates46°43′03″N 122°57′10″W / 46.7174°N 122.9529°W / 46.7174; -122.9529
Line(s)
  Amtrak Cascades
  Coast Starlight
Platforms1 side platform
Tracks1
ConnectionsTwin Transit
Construction
ParkingFree
Other information
Station codeCTL
History
Opened1912[1]
Rebuilt2002[2]
Passengers
201121,998[3] Decrease 8.1%
Services
Preceding station   Amtrak   Following station
Template:Amtrak lines
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Centralia Union Depot
Location210 Railroad Avenue Centralia, Washington
NRHP reference No.88000608
Added to NRHP1988[4]

The Centralia Union Depot is an Amtrak station in Centralia, Washington. It is served by the Coast Starlight and Amtrak Cascades passenger trains.

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.[5]

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.[6]

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.[7]

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.[7]

The 1996 merger of BN 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.[7] 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.[7]
  • 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.[7]

The restoration project was completed in April 2002 and celebrated in the city's "Railroad Days" festival.[7]

The depot is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.[8]

Notes and references

  1. ^ "Centralia". Washington State Department of Transportation(WSDOT). Archived from the original on 2007-02-09. Retrieved 2007-02-26.
  2. ^ "Amtrak Cascades Ridership and Station On-Off Information" (PDF). Washington State Department of Transportation(WSDOT). Retrieved 2007-02-26. [dead link]
  3. ^ http://www.amtrak.com/pdf/factsheets/WASHINGTON11.pdf
  4. ^ Listings in Lewis County. National Register of Historical Places. Retrieved March 11, 2011
  5. ^ "Amtrak Fact Sheet, FY2010, State of Washington" (PDF). Amtrak. November 2010. Retrieved 2011-01-06. {{cite web}}: External link in |publisher= (help)
  6. ^ "Centralia Union Depot". waymarking.com.
  7. ^ a b c d e f "Restoration of the Historic Centralia Railroad Depot" (PDF). City of Centralia Community Development.
  8. ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. January 23, 2007.

External links

Media related to Centralia Union Depot at Wikimedia Commons

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