20 March 2009

Amtrak Cascades to Celebrate 10 Years of Service

This year, Amtrak, Washington state, and Oregon departments of transportation are celebrating the 10th anniversary of Amtrak Cascades service.
 
The agencies will commemorate the milestone with a celebration to be held during the National Train Day event on 9 May 2009 at Seattle's King Street Station.
 
Operated by Amtrak in partnership with the Washington and Oregon DOTs, the Cascades service debuted in 1999, providing intercity passenger-rail service between Vancouver, B.C., and Eugene, Ore. Today, the Cascades features four daily round trips between Portland and Seattle, with connecting service between Portland and Eugene, Bellingham and Seattle. The service also includes one daily round trip between Seattle and Vancouver.
 
The Cascades service has carried more than 6 million passengers during the past decade, and ridership has shot up 71 percent since 1999. In 2008, the service registered an all-time-high 750,000 riders.