Cross-Border Amtrak Cascades Train Seattle - Vancouver - it feels like a “Prison Train”
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 Published On Sep 9, 2023

Amtrak Cascades Train: № 516
From: Seattle King Street Station, Washington, United States
To: Vancouver Pacific Central Station, British Columbia, Canada
Via: Puget Sound, Edmonds, Mukilteo, Everett, Snohomish River, Stanwood, Mount Vernon, Chuckanut Bay, Bellingham, Blaine, New Westminster Bridge (Fraser River)
Border United States/Canada: Blaine(Gr) / Peace Arch Park
Used Railroads: BNSF Railway Northern Transcon, Scenic Subdivision, Bellingham Subdivision, New Westminster Subdivision, Canadian National Railway
Travel Class: Coach (Second Class)
Coach no.: no assigned seating
Train operator: Amtrak Cascades, WSDOT
Railcar Model: Horizon / Comet, built by Bombardier Transportation in the late 1980s
Price: USD 82
Booked on: amtrak.com
Scheduled time of departure from Seattle, WA: 07h50 PT
Scheduled time of arrival in Vancouver, BA: 11h50 PT
Scheduled Travel time: 4 hours
Arrival delay into Vancouver: 24 minutes (12h14 PT)
Railway Distance: approx. 253 km
Travel season: August 2023
Diesel Locomotive: Siemens Charger SC-44 #1407
Owned by: Washington State Department of Transportation (WSDOT)
Built by: Siemens Mobility, Sacramento, California


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00:00 Preview Summary
02:52 Seattle Link Light Rail
04:19 Seattle King Street Station
06:40 Amtrak Cascades Horizon Railcars
08:52 Scenic Subdivision: Seattle - Edmonds
11:41 Puget Sound: Edmonds - Everett
16:02 Everett - Mount Vernon
19:50 Mount Vernon - Bellingham
23:41 Salish Sea + Bistro Car
26:48 Border United States / Canada
29:13 Strait of Georgia
31:31 Fraser River (New Westminster Bridge)
35:40 Canadian Immigration (CBSA) + Pacific Central Station
39:02 Vancouver SkyTrain

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