Pasco Intermodal Train Station
Encyclopedia
Pasco Intermodal Train Station is a station stop for the Amtrak
Empire Builder
located in Pasco, Washington
, USA
. The station stop serves the Tri-Cities
of Richland
, Pasco, and Kennewick
. The station and parking are owned by the City of Pasco. The track and platforms are owned by BNSF Railway
. Greyhound Lines
provides inter-city bus transport at the station. Pasco is also a change point for Amtrak engineers on the Empire Builder.
Of the eighteen Washington stations served by Amtrak, Pasco was the tenth busiest in FY10, boarding or detraining an average of about 70 passengers daily.
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...
Empire Builder
Empire Builder
The Empire Builder is a passenger train route operated by Amtrak in the Midwestern and Northwestern United States. It is Amtrak's busiest long-distance route and busiest daily train, carrying more than 500,000 travelers annually since 2007. Overall, it is the railroad's 10th-busiest line. Before...
located in Pasco, Washington
Pasco, Washington
Pasco is a city in and the county seat of Franklin County, Washington, United States.Pasco is one of three cities that make up the Tri-Cities region of the state of Washington...
, USA
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
. The station stop serves the Tri-Cities
Tri-Cities, Washington
The Tri-Cities is a mid-sized metropolitan area in the southeastern part of the U.S. state of Washington, consisting of three neighboring cities: Kennewick, Pasco, and Richland. The cities are located at the confluence of the Yakima, Snake, and Columbia rivers in the semi-arid region of...
of Richland
Richland, Washington
Richland is a city in Benton County in the southeastern part of the U.S. state of Washington, at the confluence of the Yakima and the Columbia Rivers. As of the 2010 census, the city population was 48,058. April 1, 2011 estimates from the Washington State Office of Financial Management put the...
, Pasco, and Kennewick
Kennewick, Washington
Kennewick is a city in Benton County in the southeastern part of the U.S. state of Washington, near the Hanford nuclear site. It is the most populous of the three cities collectively referred to as the Tri-Cities...
. The station and parking are owned by the City of Pasco. The track and platforms are owned by BNSF Railway
BNSF Railway
The BNSF Railway is a wholly owned subsidiary of Berkshire Hathaway Inc., and is headquartered in Fort Worth, Texas. It is one of seven North American Class I railroads and the second largest freight railroad network in North America, second only to the Union Pacific Railroad, its primary...
. Greyhound Lines
Greyhound Lines
Greyhound Lines, Inc., based in Dallas, Texas, is an intercity common carrier of passengers by bus serving over 3,700 destinations in the United States, Canada and Mexico, operating under the well-known logo of a leaping greyhound. It was founded in Hibbing, Minnesota, USA, in 1914 and...
provides inter-city bus transport at the station. Pasco is also a change point for Amtrak engineers on the Empire Builder.
Of the eighteen Washington stations served by Amtrak, Pasco was the tenth busiest in FY10, boarding or detraining an average of about 70 passengers daily.