The Amtrak station in Vancouver is at the foot of 11th Street in downtown. It was built of stone in 1908 for the Southern Pacific Railroad. Remodeled in 1988 and again in 2008, it has been used as a site in movies.
In the fiscal year that ended Sept. 30, 811,692 passengers rode the Amtrak Cascades route.
Amtrak total ridership for that fiscal year was 31.6 million, according to Amtrak officials.
Forget the strain, take the train.
That’s what the Schwadel family advises.
“It’s not like a car where you’re all crammed in and fighting with each other,” Karen Schwadel said, smiling in Vancouver’s Amtrak station. “You arrive in good spirits.”
The family of four was waiting Sunday for the 516 (Cascades) train that would take them to their home in Vancouver, B.C.
What were they doing in our Vancouver?
“We went to a big family wedding in Hood River. The Kaser wedding. People came from Australia, Colorado, San Francisco, Michigan, and we came from Canada.”