Centennial Station

Centennial Station
Amtrak inter-city rail station

Centennial (Olympia-Lacey) Amtrak Depot
Location 6600 Yelm Highway SE
Lacey, Washington 98513[1]
 United States
Coordinates 46°59′29″N 122°47′39″W / 46.99145°N 122.79403°W / 46.99145; -122.79403Coordinates: 46°59′29″N 122°47′39″W / 46.99145°N 122.79403°W / 46.99145; -122.79403
Owned by BNSF Railway & Intercity Transit[2]
Line(s)
  Amtrak Cascades
  Coast Starlight
Platforms 1 side platform
Tracks 2
Connections Intercity Transit
Construction
Parking Free
Disabled access Yes
Other information
Station code OLW
History
Opened 1993[3][2]
Traffic
Passengers (2015) 61,535[4] Decrease 2.06%
Services
Preceding station   Amtrak   Following station
toward Los Angeles
Coast Starlight
toward Seattle
Amtrak Cascades
  Former services  
toward Seattle
Pioneer
Discontinued in 1997
toward Chicago
Location
Location of the Olympia-Lacey Amtrak Station
Location of Centennial Station within Washington

The Centennial Station (also known as Olympia–Lacey) is a train station located immediately south of Lacey, Washington, United States that also serves the capital city of Olympia. The station is served by Amtrak's (the National Railroad Passenger Corporation) Amtrak Cascades and Coast Starlight.

Local transit connections are provided by Intercity Transit. Bus routes 64 and 94 connect to Lacey and Olympia Transit centers.[5][6]

History

The original Union Pacific station at East Olympia was demolished in the late 1960s. It was used by the pool trains that ran between Seattle and Portland by all three railroads that used the line, Northern Pacific, Great Northern, and Union Pacific. Amtrak trains during the 1970s and 1980s used a wooden shelter as East Olympia's passenger train station, however the station site was remote and had no public transport, no lighting and a pot-holed gravel parking lot with a public telephone that rarely worked.[7]

The new Centennial Station was built by the non-profit Amtrak Depot Committee and opened in early 1993 following a six-year fundraising and lobbying effort by citizens of Thurston County. It is believed to be the only Amtrak station in the nation operated and built entirely by volunteers.[3]

Schedule

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 Centennial Station.[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 Tacoma and the next southbound stop is in Centralia.)

Boardings and Alightings

Of the eighteen Washington stations served by Amtrak, Olympia-Lacey was the fifth busiest in fiscal year 2010, boarding or detraining an average of about 170 passengers daily.[10]

Year 2011[11] 2012[12] 2013[13] 2014[14] 2015[4]
Total 58,094 61,322 63,065 62,828 61,535
YOY Difference - 3,228 1,743 -237 -1,293
YOY Difference % - 5.56% 2.84% -0.38% -2.06%

Notes

  1. ↑ As of 6 January 2014 the new Amtrak Cascades schedule is as follows:[8]
    • Southbound trains:
      • Train 501 stops at 8:50 am (originating in Seattle and heading to Portland, Oregon)
      • Train 513 stops at 12:45 pm (originating in Vancouver, British Columbia and heading to Portland)
      • Train 507 stops at 3:20 pm (originating in Seattle and heading to Eugene, Oregon)
      • Train 509 stops at 6:50 pm (originating in Seattle and heading to Portland)
    • Northbound trains:
      • Train 500 stops at 10:12 am (originating in Eugene and heading to Seattle)
      • Train 506 stops at 2:07 pm (originating in Portland and heading for Seattle)
      • Train 516 stops at 4:37 pm (originating in originated in Portland and heading for Vancouver, British Columbia)
      • Train 508 stops at 8:42 pm (originating in originated in Eugene and heading for Seattle)
  2. ↑ As of 13 January 2014 the southbound Coast Starlight (Train 11) is scheduled to stop at 11:11 am and the northbound (Train 14) is scheduled to stop at 6:14 pm.[9]

References

  1. ↑ "Lacey, WA - Olympia (OLW)". amtrak.com. Amtrak. Retrieved 11 Jan 2014.
  2. 1 2 "Great American Stations: Olympia-Lacey, WA (OLW)". amtrak.com. Amtrak. Retrieved 11 Jan 2014.
  3. 1 2 "Train Platform Improved at Olympia/Lacey Centennial Station". Washington State Department of Transportation. Retrieved 26 Feb 2007.
  4. 1 2 "Amtrak Fact Sheet, Fiscal Year 2015, State of Washington" (PDF). amtrak.com. Amtrak. Nov 2015. Retrieved 12 Jan 2016.
  5. ↑ "Route 64". www.intercitytransit.com. Intercity Transit. Retrieved 11 Jan 2014.
  6. ↑ "Route 94". www.intercitytransit.com. Intercity Transit. Retrieved 11 Jan 2014.
  7. ↑ "Centennial Station - Lacey, Washington". waymarking.com. Goundspeak, Inc. Retrieved 12 Jan 2014.
  8. ↑ "Amtrak Cascades" (PDF). amtrak.com. Amtrak. 6 Jan 2014. p. 2-3. Retrieved 11 Jan 2014.
  9. ↑ "Coast Starlight" (PDF). amtrak.com. Amtrak. 13 Jan 2014. p. 2. Retrieved 11 Jan 2014.
  10. ↑ "Amtrak Fact Sheet, FY2010, State of Washington" (PDF). amtrak.com. Amtrak. Nov 2010. Retrieved 1 Jan 2011.
  11. ↑ "Amtrak Fact Sheet, Fiscal Year 2011: State of Washington" (PDF). Amtrak. November 2011. p. 1. Retrieved 6 Jan 2015.
  12. ↑ "Amtrak Fact Sheet, Fiscal Year 2012: State of Washington" (PDF). Amtrak. November 2012. p. 1. Retrieved 6 Jan 2015.
  13. ↑ "Amtrak Fact Sheet, Fiscal Year 2013: State of Washington" (PDF). Amtrak. November 2013. p. 1. Retrieved 6 Jan 2015.
  14. ↑ "Amtrak Fact Sheet, Fiscal Year 2014: State of Washington" (PDF). Amtrak. November 2014. p. 1. Retrieved 12 Jan 2016.

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