Stanwood station
Stanwood, WA | |||||||||||||
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Location | 27111 Florence Way Stanwood, Washington United States | ||||||||||||
Coordinates | 48°14′34″N 122°21′01″W / 48.24278°N 122.35028°W | ||||||||||||
Owned by | Washington State Department of Transportation | ||||||||||||
Line(s) | BNSF Railway Bellingham Subdivision | ||||||||||||
Platforms | 1 side platform | ||||||||||||
Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||||
Connections | Community Transit, Island Transit | ||||||||||||
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Parking | 20 spaces | ||||||||||||
Accessible | Yes | ||||||||||||
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Station code | Amtrak: STW | ||||||||||||
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Opened | November 21, 2009 | ||||||||||||
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FY 2022 | Service suspended due to COVID-19[1] (Amtrak) | ||||||||||||
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Stanwood is an
Stanwood station opened on November 21, 2009, as an infill station on the Cascades route after several delays in design and construction. The $5 million project to build the station was approved in 2006 and began construction in March 2009 alongside a siding expansion. Stanwood was previously served by intercity passenger trains on the Great Northern Railway until 1971.
Description
Stanwood station has a single
History
Stanwood was settled in the 1870s and received its first
Vancouver's selection as host city of the 2010 Winter Olympics accelerated several long-term projects along the Amtrak Cascades corridor to improve train operations. The $3 million expansion of a siding through Stanwood was named as a high priority and was sent to the state legislature for funding.[14][15] Downtown boosters in Stanwood began pushing for a new train station in the early 2000s, hoping to piggyback off the siding expansion project, and appealed to state senator Mary Margaret Haugen for support.[16][17] Senator Haugen, chairwoman of the Senate transportation committee, introduced a bill to fund the project's $5 million design and construction cost.[18] The bill was passed by the state legislature in 2006, also approving $15 million for the original siding expansion.[5][16] The legislature also considered an earlier plan that would have included provisions for commuter rail service, which was later removed from the bill.[8]
Stanwood station when planned in 2006 was "intended to serve as an interim facility"[8]: iii that could be replaced by a larger multi-modal transportation facility at a later date.[8]
Construction on the station was scheduled to begin in 2007, but was delayed by a year due to design changes requested by
Services
The station is served by four daily trips on Amtrak Cascades, which travels south to Seattle via Everett and north to Vancouver, British Columbia, via Mount Vernon and Bellingham.[4][23] Stanwood has fairly low ridership compared to other Cascades stops, with only Service suspended due to COVID-19 passenger boardings in Amtrak's Fiscal Year 2022.[1] In addition to Cascades, Stanwood station is adjacent to bus stops served by Community Transit and Island Transit routes to Camano Island and Arlington.[24]
References
- ^ a b "Amtrak Fact Sheet, Fiscal Year 2022: State of Washington" (PDF). Amtrak. June 2023. Retrieved August 30, 2023.
- ^ a b c d Fiege, Gale (November 20, 2009). "Stanwood welcomes return of the train". The Everett Herald. Archived from the original on September 3, 2014. Retrieved July 7, 2018.
- ^ Fiege, Gale (February 22, 2010). "Stanwood Amtrak station tallied hundreds of boardings in final weeks of 2009". The Everett Herald. Archived from the original on February 27, 2010. Retrieved May 30, 2019.
- ^ a b c "Great American Stations: Stanwood, WA (STW)". Amtrak. Retrieved July 7, 2018.
- ^ a b c Pesznecker, Scott (April 21, 2008). "Stanwood to join Amtrak line". The Everett Herald. Archived from the original on July 10, 2012. Retrieved July 7, 2018.
- ^ Prasse, Karen (September 13, 2008). "Railroad between Seattle and British Columbia is completed near Stanwood on October 12, 1891". HistoryLink. Retrieved July 7, 2018.
- Newspapers.com.
- ^ a b c d "Stanwood Station Project" (PDF). Washington State Department of Transportation. May 2006. Archived from the original (PDF) on February 21, 2017. Retrieved July 7, 2018.
- ^ "Twin Cities: Stanwood and East Stanwood". The Seattle Times. October 30, 1949. p. 1.
- OCLC 881468746. Retrieved July 7, 2018 – via Google Books.
- ^ Schmidt, Carol (July 4, 2017). "News Files: Shortest steam train ran a mile in 1907". Stanwood Camano News. Retrieved July 7, 2018.
- OCLC 36113496.
- OCLC 40399950.
- ^ Whitely, Peyton (April 7, 2004). "Potential traffic problems spoil view of 2010 Olympics". The Seattle Times. p. H6.
- ^ Whitely, Peyton (December 31, 2003). "Siding work at Stanwood should help alleviate rail congestion". The Seattle Times. p. H16.
- ^ a b Morris, Scott (May 14, 2006). "Platform to allow Amtrak's return". The Everett Herald. Archived from the original on June 14, 2006. Retrieved July 7, 2018.
- ^ a b Pipkin, Whitney (November 21, 2009). "Public officials, station advocates make inaugural Stanwood stop". Skagit Valley Herald. Retrieved July 7, 2018.
- ^ "Amtrak trains now arriving at $5 million Stanwood station". Whidbey News-Times. November 23, 2009. Retrieved May 30, 2019.
- ^ "Stanwood Station Quarterly Project Report Update for Quarter Ending December 2007". Washington State Department of Transportation. December 2007. Archived from the original on November 18, 2008. Retrieved July 7, 2018.
- ^ "Rail Projects: Stanwood Siding Upgrades". Washington State Department of Transportation. November 2010. Archived from the original on November 24, 2010. Retrieved July 7, 2018.
- ^ Fiege, Gale (July 7, 2009). "Amtrak platform work resumes in Stanwood". The Everett Herald. Retrieved July 7, 2018.
- ^ Fiege, Gale (September 21, 2009). "Eagerly anticipated Stanwood train platform late, over budget". The Everett Herald. Archived from the original on August 26, 2014. Retrieved July 7, 2018.
- ^ "Amtrak Cascades timetable" (PDF). Amtrak. January 2018. Retrieved July 7, 2018.
- ^ City of Stanwood Transportation Plan (PDF) (Report). City of Stanwood. March 2015. pp. 19–23. Archived from the original (PDF) on July 2, 2018. Retrieved July 7, 2018.