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Fairhaven Station

Coordinates: 48°43′14″N 122°30′40″W / 48.7205°N 122.5111°W / 48.7205; -122.5111
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Fairhaven Station
Amtrak inter-city rail station
General information
Location401 Harris Avenue
Bellingham, Washington[1]
 United States
Coordinates48°43′14″N 122°30′40″W / 48.7205°N 122.5111°W / 48.7205; -122.5111
Owned byPort of Bellingham
Line(s)
Platforms1 side platform
Tracks2
Construction
Structure typeAt-grade
ParkingYes; paid
AccessibleYes
Other information
Station codeBEL
History
Opened1995
Passengers
201551,915[2]Decrease 5.42%
Services
Preceding station   Amtrak   Following station
Template:Amtrak lines

Fairhaven Station, also called Bellingham, is a train station serving the Amtrak's "Template:Amtrak train" route, as well as a bus station serving Greyhound Lines and local Whatcom Transportation Authority buses, in Bellingham, Washington, United States.[3] The station was built in 1995,[4][5] and is near the Bellingham Cruise Terminal, a port for ferries to the San Juan Islands or Victoria, British Columbia, as well as the Alaska Marine Highway.[6]

Fairhaven Station is owned by the Port of Bellingham and is the last northbound stop in the United States on the Amtrak Cascades before it enters Canada.

Boardings and Alightings

Year 2011[7] 2012[8] 2013[9] 2014[10] 2015[2]
Total 59,490 64,091 55,325 54,888 51,915
year-over-year Difference - 4,601 -8,766 -437 -2,973
year-over-year Difference % - 7.73% -13.68% -0.79% -5.42%

References

  1. ^ "Bellingham, WA (BEL)". Amtrak. Retrieved 2 Oct 2013.
  2. ^ a b "Amtrak Fact Sheet, Fiscal Year 2015, State of Washington" (PDF). Amtrak. November 2015. Retrieved 12 Jan 2016.
  3. ^ "Amtrak Train". Port of Bellingham. Retrieved August 28, 2010.
  4. ^ Fairhaven Station (Plaque outside train station). Fairhaven Station: Port of Bellingham. July 21, 1995.
  5. ^ "BELLINGHAM WASHINGTON (BEL)". TrainWeb. Retrieved 28 Aug 2010.
  6. ^ "Alaska Marine Highway". Port of Bellingham. Retrieved 28 Aug 2010.
  7. ^ "Amtrak Fact Sheet, Fiscal Year 2011: State of Washington" (PDF). Amtrak. November 2011. p. 1. Retrieved 6 Jan 2015.
  8. ^ "Amtrak Fact Sheet, Fiscal Year 2012: State of Washington" (PDF). Amtrak. November 2012. p. 1. Retrieved 6 Jan 2015.
  9. ^ "Amtrak Fact Sheet, Fiscal Year 2013: State of Washington" (PDF). Amtrak. November 2013. p. 1. Retrieved 6 Jan 2015.
  10. ^ "Amtrak Fact Sheet, Fiscal Year 2014: State of Washington" (PDF). Amtrak. November 2014. p. 1. Retrieved 12 Jan 2016.