Spokane Intermodal Center
in Spokane, United StatesCategory: Attraction
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The Spokane Intermodal Center is an intermodal transport facility located in Spokane, Washington, United States. Built in 1891 for the Northern Pacific Railway, the historic facility now serves as a station, re-fueling, and 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.The Intermodal Center is unique in the operation of the Empire Builder in that the westbound train splits into two sections. Since 1981, one heads to King Street Station in Seattle and the other to Union Station in Portland. Of the cars in the arriving westbound train, the first six Superliner cars (five passenger cars, a diner and a baggage car) go to Seattle, while a single locomotive from Spokane takes the last four cars (the Sightseer Lounge, two coaches and a sleeper) to Portland. The eastbound trains use the reverse operation, joining in Spokane before continuing on to the east end of the line at Chicago Union Station in Chicago. (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.)The station located just north of Interstate 90 and is about 0.5 miles (0.80 km) southwest of the Spokane campus 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.
