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From: Washington State Department of Transportation
Sent: 11/4/2011 9:31:20 PM
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Subject: Amtrak Cascades Adds 11 More Trains for Busy Thanksgiving Weekend Update
Return of express train â€" Seattle to Portland on Thanksgiving Eve
SEATTLE â€" Amtrak will add 11 trains along the Amtrak Cascades route between Portland and Seattle to accommodate the travel demand during the holiday week. The extra Amtrak Cascades trains will operate Wednesday, Nov. 23, through Sunday, Nov. 27.
For a second year, rail passengers can take a Thanksgiving Eve express service on Nov. 23, to Portland from Seattle. The non-stop train will depart one minute before midnight and arrive in Portland at 4:14 am. In addition, Amtrak will operate three non-stop roundtrip Thruway motorcoaches between Portland and Seattle. Amtrak is also adding a Thruway motorcoach connection from Bellingham to Seattle for the Coast Starlight trains, 11 and 14, on Wednesday and Sunday. The week of Thanksgiving is typically Amtrak’s busiest travel period of the year.
Regular one-way adult fares between Seattle and Portland start as low as $31, but are going fast. All Amtrak Cascades trains require reservations and passengers are encouraged to purchase tickets early to obtain lowest fares. Visit www.AmtrakCascades.com, or call 800-USA-RAIL for reservations and information.
Amtrak Cascades operates three daily round trips between Portland and Seattle; one daily round trip between Seattle and Vancouver, B.C., and one between Portland and Vancouver, B.C.; and daily service between Eugene and Seattle, via Portland. Amtrak Cascades is operated by Amtrak in partnership with the Washington and Oregon Departments of Transportation. For Amtrak Cascades fares and schedules, visit AmtrakCascades.com.
Amtrak and the Washington State Department of Transportation will operate eleven extra trains in order to supplement regularly scheduled Amtrak Cascades service for the Thanksgiving 2011 holiday to accommodate increased ridership.
Extra time is added to the schedule because these trains may experience brief delays due to track congestion. Proposed schedules have been constructed to operate at 4 hours and 15 minutes between Seattle and Portland and will make all regularly scheduled stops except for train 503 on November 23 which will run non-stop.
The schedules for the extra trains are as follows:
Wednesday 11/23/11
Train #511 Train #514 Train #503
Seattle 1 30P Portland 7 00P Seattle 11 59P
Tukwila 1 45P Vancouver 7 20P Tukwila -
Tacoma 2 25P Kelso 8 05P Tacoma -
Olympia 3 13P Centralia 8 50P Olympia -
Centralia 3 35P Olympia 9 13P Centralia -
Kelso 4 21P Tacoma 10 01P Kelso -
Vancouver 5 03P Tukwila 10 31P Vancouver -
Portland 5 45P Seattle 11 15P Portland 4 14A
Thursday 11/24/11
Train #502 Train #505
Portland 9 00A Seattle 8 30A
Vancouver 9 20A Tukwila 8 45A
Kelso 10 05A Tacoma 9 25A
Centralia 10 50A Olympia 10 13A
Olympia 11 13A Centralia 10 35A
Tacoma 12 01P Kelso 11 21A
Tukwila 12 31P Vancouver 12 03P
Seattle 1 15P Portland 12 45P
Saturday 11/26/11
Train #502 Train #511
Portland 9 00A Seattle 1 30P
Vancouver 9 20A Tukwila 1 45P
Kelso 10 05A Tacoma 2 25P
Centralia 10 50A Olympia 3 13P
Olympia 11 13A Centralia 3 35P
Tacoma 12 01P Kelso 4 21P
Tukwila 12 31P Vancouver 5 03P
Seattle 1 15P Portland 5 45P
Sunday 11/27/11
Train #511 Train #512
Seattle 1 30P Portland 1 45P
Tukwila 1 45P Vancouver 2 05P
Tacoma 2 25P Kelso 2 50P
Olympia 3 13P Centralia 3 35P
Centralia 3 35P Olympia 3 58P
Kelso 4 21P Tacoma 4 46P
Vancouver 5 03P Tukwila 5 16P
Portland 5 45P Seattle 6 00P
Train #514 Train #515
Portland 7 00P Seattle 7 00P
Vancouver 7 20P Tukwila 7 15P
Kelso 8 05P Tacoma 7 55P
Centralia 8 50P Olympia 8 43P
Olympia 9 13P Centralia 9 05P
Tacoma 10 01P Kelso 9 51P
Tukwila 10 31P Vancouver 10 33P
Seattle 11 15P Portland 11 15P
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