Centralia station (Washington)
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Centralia (Washington)
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File:Centralia Union Depot.jpg
Centralia Union Depot in 2011
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Location | 210 Railroad Avenue Centralia, Washington 98531[1] ![]() |
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Owned by | BNSF Railway & City of Centralia[2] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Line(s) | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Platforms | 1 side platform | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Tracks | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Connections | Twin Transit | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Parking | Free | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Disabled access | Yes | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Station code | CTL | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Opened | 1912[3][2] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Rebuilt | 2002[4][2] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Passengers (2015) | 24,791[5] ![]() |
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Centralia Union Depot
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Location | 210 Railroad Avenue Centralia, Washington |
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NRHP Reference # | 88000608 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Added to NRHP | 1988[6] |
The Centralia Union Depot is a train station in Centralia, Washington, United States served by Amtrak's (the National Railroad Passenger Corporation) Amtrak Cascades and Coast Starlight.
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 Centralia Union Depot.[Note 1]
- The Coast Starlight has a simpler, less frequent schedule and runs daily in each direction between Los Angeles, California and Seattle.[Note 2] (The next northbound stop on both Amtrak trains is in Lacey and the next southbound stop is in Kelso.)
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.[9]
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.[10]
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.[11]
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.[11]
The 1996 merger of BN with the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway 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.[11] 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.[11]
- 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.[11]
The restoration project was completed in April 2002 and celebrated in the city's "Railroad Days" festival.[11]
The depot is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.[12]
Boardings and Alightings
Year | 2011[13] | 2012[14] | 2013[15] | 2014[16] | 2015[5] |
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Total | 21,998 | 23,331 | 25,132 | 25,525 | 24,791 |
YOY Difference | - | 1,333 | 1,801 | 393 | -734 |
YOY Difference % | - | 6.06% | 7.72% | 1.56% | -2.88% |
Notes
- ↑ As of 6 January 2014 the new Amtrak Cascades schedule is as follows:[7]
- Southbound trains:
- Train 501 stops at 9:11 am (originating in Seattle and heading to Portland, Oregon)
- Train 513 stops at 1:06 pm (originating in Vancouver, British Columbia and heading to Portland)
- Train 507 stops at 3:41 pm (originating in Seattle and heading to Eugene, Oregon)
- Train 509 stops at 7:11 pm (originating in Seattle and heading to Portland)
- Northbound trains:
- Train 500 stops at 9:51 am (originating in Eugene and heading to Seattle)
- Train 506 stops at 1:46 pm (originating in Portland and heading for Seattle)
- Train 516 stops at 4:16 pm (originating in Portland and heading for Vancouver, British Columbia)
- Train 508 stops at 8:21 pm (originating in Eugene and heading for Seattle)
- Southbound trains:
- ↑ As of 13 January 2014 the southbound Coast Starlight (Train 11) is scheduled to stop at 11:35 am and the northbound (Train 14) is scheduled to stop at 5:49 pm.[8]
References
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External links
Media related to Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. at Wikimedia Commons
- Pages with broken file links
- Amtrak stations in Washington (state)
- Northern Pacific Railway stations in Washington (state)
- Railway stations on the National Register of Historic Places in Washington (state)
- Railway stations opened in 1912
- Centralia, Washington
- Buildings and structures in Lewis County, Washington
- Transportation in Lewis County, Washington
- 1912 establishments in Washington (state)