Vancouver station (Washington)

This article is about the Amtrak station in Vancouver, Washington. For the Amtrak station in Vancouver, British Columbia, see Pacific Central Station.

Vancouver
General information
Location	1301 West 11th Street Vancouver, Washington 98660 United States
Coordinates	45°37′44″N 122°41′11″W
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
Accessible	Yes
Other information
Station code	Amtrak code: VAN
History
Opened	1908
Rebuilt	1988 (partial) 2008 (complete)
Passengers
2017	97,627  0.72%
Services
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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.

Service

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 run less frequently. The Coast Starlightruns daily in each direction between Los Angeles, California and Seattle. The Empire Builder runs 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.)

Boardings and alightings

Year	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017
Total	99,001	99,363	98,473	96,330	93,433	96,927	97,627
year-over-year Difference	-	362	-890	-2,143	-2,897	3,494	700
year-over-year Difference %	-	0.37%	-0.90%	-2.18%	-3.01%	3.74%	0.72%

External links

• Vancouver, WA – Amtrak
• Vancouver, WA – Station history at Great American Stations (Amtrak)
• Vancouver (VAN) Station, Great American Stations website
• Vancouver, Washington Amtrak Station (The SubwayNut)