The future of Amtrak Cascades

Amtrak Cascades Service Development Plan | WSDOT - WA.gov

Find details on our Amtrak Cascades Service Development Plan, which will provide paths to improve the Amtrak Cascades service over the next 20 years.

The future of Amtrak Cascades - Seattle Transit Blog

On BNSF tracks, Cascades trains would operate no faster than 90 mph. On parallel, sufficiently offset WSDOT-owned tracks in BNSF ROW, the trains ...

2024 Amtrak Cascades Preliminary Service Development Plan ...

Well-informed planning for the future of Amtrak. Cascades is critical to ensuring that available resources are invested in the wisest ways possible.

Amtrak Cascades Unveils Future 'Airo' Trainsets Launching in 2026

Amtrak Cascades will be the first Amtrak-branded service in the country to feature new "Airo" trainsets in 2026, which are part of a larger ...

Amtrak Advances Major Rail Yard Upgrades in Seattle

... Amtrak Cascades route. ... Amtrak's Cascades route, and upgrades will ensure it is positioned for future growth.

Amtrak Cascades Service Development Plan

The Washington State Department of Transportation (WSDOT) is updating the Amtrak Cascades Service Development Plan (SDP) to create a ...

Amtrak Cascades Path to Increasing Speed and Frequency

The Amtrak Cascades service, which connects Eugene, Portland, Seattle and Vancouver, is a great candidate for improvements.

So apparently, I learned that Amtrak Cascades has plans to update ...

Albeit if they just run more frequencies (ie we get the train sets) and it's appropriately funded, the Cascades will gain ridership. People in ...

Concepts for Amtrak Cascades Service Growth Have Arrived

For conventional rail, plans for substantial service growth on the Cascades corridor have mostly sat on shelves collecting dust. A long-range ...

Save the Amtrak Cascades! Don't Let WSDOT Undermine the Future ...

The Long Range Plan for the Amtrak Cascades charted a pathway to do that, and until June of 2023, was bolstered by a Master Agreement with host railroad BNSF to ...

Celebrating 30 years!Amtrak Cascades passenger rail service ...

As Amtrak Cascades looks toward the future, Amtrak and the states of Washington and Oregon are introducing a new fleet of state-of-the art ...

Clone of ABOUT | Amtrak Cascades

Work is underway on $800 million in rail improvements resulting in faster, more reliable Amtrak Cascades service. · This work is part of the federal American ...

AAWA Supports Expanding Amtrak Cascades Services, Calls for ...

“AAWA is pleased that the state is pursuing a forward-looking vision for the Amtrak Cascades, which will allow the service to increase its ...

The future of Amtrak Cascades : r/SeattleWA - Reddit

In principle, HSR is a great idea, but in practice, it would be extraordinarily expensive, and we don't have the density or use our land in a ...

Upgrade Amtrak Cascades or build high-speed rail? The choice is ...

There are two visions for future passenger rail in Washington: Cascadia High Speed Rail and Amtrak Cascades. Because they run at different ...

Newsletter 3/22/24: Amtrak Cascades and Japan HSR

The Amtrak Cascades service, which connects Eugene, Portland, Seattle and Vancouver, is a great candidate for improvements.

New Amtrak Cascades Trains in 2025-2026

Amtrak Cascades unveils new branding and our trainsets coming in 2025-26. · Environmental improvements: The new trains are more fuel efficient ...

Save the Amtrak Cascades - Solutionary Rail

Solutionary Rail and our allies demand that WSDOT's so-called Service Development Plan be replaced with an updated Long Range Plan for the Amtrak Cascades.

Amtrak Cascades - Oregon Annual Performance Report 2023

The Oregon Department of Transportation (ODOT) manages the Amtrak Cascades intercity passenger rail service along the Pacific Northwest Rail Corridor in ...

This is the design of Amtrak Cascades' brand new trains linking ...

Starting in 2026, the Amtrak Cascades service linking Vancouver, Seattle, and Portland will use the brand new Airo train.