Amtrak Cascades

Amtrak Cascades
A Cascades trainset in Vancouver, Washington, 2021
Overview
Service typeInter-city rail
LocalePacific Northwest
PredecessorBN/UP/SP corridor trains
First serviceMay 1, 1971 (1971-05-01)
Current operator(s)Amtrak, in partnership with Washington and Oregon Departments of Transportation
Annual ridership669,820 (FY23) Increase 71.6%[a][1]
Websiteamtrakcascades.com Edit this at Wikidata
Route
TerminiVancouver, British Columbia
Eugene, Oregon
Stops18
Distance travelled467 miles (752 km)
Train number(s)500–519
On-board services
Class(es)Coach Class
Business Class
Disabled accessFully accessible
Seating arrangements4 across in coach class
3 across in business class
Catering facilitiesCafé car, lounge car
Baggage facilitiesOverhead racks, checked baggage available at selected stations
Technical
Rolling stockSiemens Charger
Talgo Series 8
Horizon
Track gauge4 ft 8+12 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge
Operating speed79 mph (127 km/h) (top)
Track owner(s)UP, BNSF, Sound Transit[2]

The Amtrak Cascades is a passenger train route in the Pacific Northwest, operated by Amtrak in partnership with the U.S. states of Washington and Oregon. It is named after the Cascade mountain range that the route parallels. The 467-mile (752 km) corridor runs from Vancouver, British Columbia, through Seattle, Washington, and Portland, Oregon, to Eugene, Oregon.

As of December 2023, seven round trips operate along the corridor each day: one Vancouver–Seattle, one Vancouver–Seattle–Portland, three Seattle–Portland, and two Seattle–Portland–Eugene. No train travels the entire length of the corridor. For trains that do not travel directly to Vancouver or Eugene, connections are available on Amtrak Thruway bus services.[3] Additionally, Amtrak Thruway services offer connections to other destinations in British Columbia, Idaho, Oregon, and Washington not on the rail corridor.

In the fiscal year 2017, Cascades was Amtrak's eighth-busiest route with a total annual ridership of over 810,000.[4] In fiscal year 2018, farebox recovery ratio for the train was 63%.[5] On-time performance in FY2021 was 58.7%.[6]


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  1. ^ "Amtrak Fiscal Year 2023 Ridership" (PDF). Amtrak. November 27, 2023. Retrieved November 30, 2023.
  2. ^ "How We Manage the Trains". Washington State Department of Transportation. Retrieved December 18, 2023.
  3. ^ "Amtrak Cascades Schedule" (PDF). Amtrak. September 26, 2022. Retrieved September 26, 2022.
  4. ^ "Amtrak Fact Sheet, Fiscal Year 2017 - State of Washington" (PDF). Amtrak. November 2017. Retrieved March 31, 2019.
  5. ^ "Amtrak Cascades: 2018 Performance Data Report" (PDF). Washington State Department of Transportation. WSDOT. February 2019. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 24, 2021. Retrieved March 31, 2019.
  6. ^ "September 2021 Monthly Performance Report" (PDF). October 26, 2021. Archived (PDF) from the original on December 7, 2021. Retrieved January 10, 2022.

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