Centennial Station
Encyclopedia
Centennial Station is an Amtrak
station for the Coast Starlight
and Amtrak Cascades
passenger trains serving Lacey
and Olympia
, Washington.
Local transit connections are provided by Intercity Transit
. Bus routes 64 and 94 connect to Lacey and Olympia Transit centers.
Of the eighteen Washington stations served by Amtrak, Olympia-Lacey was the fifth busiest in FY10, boarding or detraining an average of about 170 passengers daily.
The new Centennial Station was built by the non-profit Amtrak Depot Committee and opened in May 1993 following a 6-year fundraising and lobbying effort by citizens of Thurston County. It is believed to be the only Amtrak station in the nation operated entirely by volunteers.
Amtrak
The National Railroad Passenger Corporation, doing business as Amtrak , is a government-owned corporation that was organized on May 1, 1971, to provide intercity passenger train service in the United States. "Amtrak" is a portmanteau of the words "America" and "track". It is headquartered at Union...
station for the Coast Starlight
Coast Starlight
The Coast Starlight is a passenger train operated by Amtrak on the West Coast of the United States. It runs from King Street Station in Seattle, Washington, to Union Station in Los Angeles, California. The train's name was formed as a merging of two of Southern Pacific's train names, the Coast...
and Amtrak Cascades
Amtrak Cascades
The Amtrak Cascades is a passenger train route operated by Amtrak in partnership with the states of Washington and Oregon in the Pacific Northwest of the United States and the province of British Columbia in Canada...
passenger trains serving Lacey
Lacey, Washington
Lacey is a city in Thurston County, Washington, United States. Established as a suburb of Olympia, its population was 42,393 at the 2010 census out of a county population of 252,264.-History:...
and Olympia
Olympia, Washington
Olympia is the capital city of the U.S. state of Washington and the county seat of Thurston County. It was incorporated on January 28, 1859. The population was 46,478 at the 2010 census...
, Washington.
Local transit connections are provided by Intercity Transit
Intercity Transit
Intercity Transit is a public transportation service organized as a municipal corporation that services Lacey, Olympia, Tumwater, and Yelm, Washington, an area of approximately...
. Bus routes 64 and 94 connect to Lacey and Olympia Transit centers.
Of the eighteen Washington stations served by Amtrak, Olympia-Lacey was the fifth busiest in FY10, boarding or detraining an average of about 170 passengers daily.
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 3 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.The new Centennial Station was built by the non-profit Amtrak Depot Committee and opened in May 1993 following a 6-year fundraising and lobbying effort by citizens of Thurston County. It is believed to be the only Amtrak station in the nation operated entirely by volunteers.