Centennial Station
The Centennial Station (also known as Olympia–Lacey) is a train station located immediately south of Lacey, Washington, United States that also serves the capital city of Olympia. The station is served by Amtrak's (the National Railroad Passenger Corporation) Amtrak Cascades and Coast Starlight.
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Location | 6600 Yelm Highway SE Lacey, Washington 98513[1] United States | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Coordinates | 46.99145°N 122.79403°W | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Owned by | BNSF Railway & Intercity Transit[2] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Line(s) | BNSF Railway Seattle Subdivision | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Platforms | 1 side platform | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Tracks | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Connections | Intercity Transit | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Parking | Free | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Disabled access | Yes | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Station code | OLW | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Opened | 1993[3][2] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Passengers (2018) | 66,442[4] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Local transit connections are provided by Intercity Transit. Bus routes 64 and 94 connect to Lacey and Olympia Transit centers.[5][6]
History
The original Union Pacific East Olympia station in East Olympia was demolished in the late 1960s. It was used by the pool trains that ran between Seattle and Portland by all three railroads that used the line, Northern Pacific, Great Northern, and Union Pacific. Northern Pacific also had a station at Kyro, approximately 2 miles (3.2 km) northeast of the current station. Amtrak trains during the 1970s and 1980s used a wooden shelter as East Olympia's passenger train station. However, the station site was remote and had no public transport, no lighting and a pot-holed gravel parking lot with a public telephone that rarely worked.[7]
The stop was listed in the October 28, 1990 Coast Starlight timetable.[8][9] The new Centennial Station was built by the non-profit Amtrak Depot Committee and opened in early 1993 following a six-year fundraising and lobbying effort by citizens of Thurston County. It is believed to be the only Amtrak station in the nation both built and operated entirely by volunteers.[3]
References
- "Lacey, WA – Olympia (OLW)". amtrak.com. Amtrak. Retrieved January 11, 2014.
- "Great American Stations: Olympia-Lacey, WA (OLW)". amtrak.com. Amtrak. Retrieved January 11, 2014.
- "Train Platform Improved at Olympia/Lacey Centennial Station". Washington State Department of Transportation. Retrieved February 26, 2007.
- "Amtrak Fact Sheet, Fiscal Year 2018, State of Washington" (PDF). amtrak.com. Amtrak. June 2019. Retrieved December 28, 2019.
- "Route 64". www.intercitytransit.com. Intercity Transit. Archived from the original on January 12, 2014. Retrieved January 11, 2014.
- "Route 94". www.intercitytransit.com. Intercity Transit. Archived from the original on January 12, 2014. Retrieved January 11, 2014.
- Hall, C.B. (February 21, 2012). "Amtrak finds it hard to take citizens' help, even when they build a station". Crosscut.com. Retrieved February 22, 2018.
- "Amtrak National Train Timetables". The Museum of Railway Timetables. Amtrak. October 28, 1990.
Olympia/Lacey, WA–Yelm Hwy. and Burlington Northern RR Tracks, Lacey 98503
- "Amtrak National Train Timetables". The Museum of Railway Timetables. Amtrak. October 28, 1990. Retrieved May 24, 2020.