Station Data:

Address

Foot of West 11th Street
Vancouver, WA 98660

Location

45.63 N, 122.69 W

Elevation

45m / 148ft

Population

143,560 (Census 2000)

Staff

Staffed

Open Hours

8:00am - 8:00pm Daily

Building

Built: 1908, Renovation: 1988

Ridership

73,981 (FY2006)

Amtrak Train Information:

CASCADES

[ Vancouver, BC - Seattle, WA - Portland, OR - Eugene, OR ]

COAST STARLIGHT

[ Seattle, WA - Portland, OR - Sacramento, CA - Los Angeles, CA ]

EMPIRE BUILDER

[ Seattle, WA - St. Paul / Minneapolis, MN - Chicago, IL ]

Visited in Aug. 2001

Station Building
8 / 20 / 2001

Looking toward East
8 / 20 / 2001

Looking toward South
8 / 20 / 2001

The bridge is open.
8 / 20 / 2001

For Amtrak passengers, Amtrak Taxi Connector Voucher between Vancouver Station and Bus Terminal (Downtown) is available.  The voucher is redeemable for one-way travel between C-TRAN's 7th Street Transit Center and the Vancouver Amtrak Station.  Please ask Amtrak Staff for more detail.

Looking toward South
8 / 20 / 2001

Visited in June 2003

West Side View
6 / 26 / 2003

West Side View
6 / 26 / 2003

Entrance
6 / 26 / 2003

East Side View
6 / 26 / 2003

Ticket Counter and Waiting Area
6 / 26 / 2003

Vancouver Downtown near Bus Terminal
6 / 26 / 2003

Looking toward North
6 / 26 / 2003

Looking toward South
6 / 26 / 2003

October 2003  Pictures courtesy of Mr. Steve Relei

1. An Amtrak Talgo Cascades train comes off the BNSF Bridge over the Columbia River and prepares to make a brief stop at the Vancouver, WA, depot before continuing north to Seattle.

2. An Amtrak Talgo Cascades train makes a brief stop at the Vancouver, WA, depot, in this photo looking northward, before continuing on to Seattle.

3. Looking from the south part of the station platform, the BNSF railroad bridge over the Columbia River is open for river traffic. The bridge must be realigned to allow trains to cross again.