Spokane Intermodal Center

47°39′23″N 117°24′55″W / 47.6563°N 117.4153°W / 47.6563; -117.4153Owned byCity of SpokaneLine(s)BNSF Spokane SubdivisionPlatforms1 island platformTracks5Connections Amtrak Thruway
Greyhound Lines
Northwestern Trailways
Jefferson Lines
Travel Washington
Spokane Transit AuthorityConstructionStructure typeAt-gradeParkingYesAccessibleYesOther informationStation codeAmtrak: SPKHistoryOpenedMarch 5, 1891 (1891-03-05)^[2]Rebuilt1994PassengersFY 202234,053^[3] (Amtrak) Services

Preceding station	Amtrak			Following station
Ephrata toward Seattle		Empire Builder		Sandpoint toward Chicago
Pasco toward Portland

Former services

Preceding station Amtrak Following station Ephrata toward Seattle North Coast Hiawatha Sandpoint toward Chicago Expo '74 Terminus Preceding station Northern Pacific Railway Following station Marshall toward Seattle or Tacoma Main Line Hauser toward St. Paul Marshall toward Coulee City Washington Central Branch Terminus Terminus Spokane – Lewiston Marshall toward Lewiston Preceding station Spokane, Portland and Seattle Railway Following station Marshall toward Portland Main Line Terminus Preceding station Milwaukee Road Following station Cheney towards Seattle or Tacoma Main Line Dishman towards Chicago

Location
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The Spokane Intermodal Center is an intermodal transport facility located in Spokane, Washington, United States. It serves as a service stop for the Amtrak Empire Builder, as well as the Greyhound, Trailways, and Jefferson Lines station for Spokane. The Empire Builder provides service daily between Chicago, Illinois and Spokane before continuing on to Seattle, Washington or Portland, Oregon.^{[Note 1]}

The station was built in 1891 for the Northern Pacific Railway. It was remodeled in 1994 to allow buses to share the station, creating an intermodal facility.

Since 1981, when the westbound Empire Builder arrives in the middle of the night, the first six Superliner cars (five passenger cars, a diner and a baggage car) go to King Street Station in Seattle, while a single locomotive from Spokane takes the last four cars (the Sightseer Lounge, two coaches and a sleeper) to Portland Union Station. The eastbound trains join in Spokane in the middle of the night and run combined to Chicago Union Station. (The next eastbound stop is in Sandpoint, Idaho and the next westbound stops are in Ephrata, Washington for the Seattle section and Pasco, Washington for the Portland section.) In pre-Amtrak days, the Empire Builder split into Seattle and Portland sections at Spokane for most of the 1940s and 1950s.^[5][6]

The station located just north of Interstate 90 and is about 0.5 miles (0.80 km) southwest of the Spokane Center of the University of Washington and 1 mile (1.6 km) southwest of the campus of Gonzaga University.

The station, parking lot, and passenger platform are owned by the City of Spokane. The tracks are owned by BNSF Railway.^[7]

Boardings and alightings

Year	2011[8]	2012[9]	2013[10]	2014[11]	2015[12]	2016[13]	2017[14]	2018 [15]
Total	46,798	62,773	63,975	53,500	50,365	51,211	50,347	46,784
YOY Difference	-	15,975	1,202	-10,475	-3,135	846	-864	-3,563
YOY Difference %	-	34.14%	1.91%	-16.37%	-5.86%	1.68%	-1.69%	-7.08%

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References

External links

Media related to Spokane Intermodal Center at Wikimedia Commons

• Spokane, WA – Amtrak
• Spokane, WA – Station history at Great American Stations (Amtrak)
• Spokane Amtrak Station (USA RailGuide -- TrainWeb)