Spokane Intermodal Center

Spokane Intermodal Center

Station building viewed from parking lot
Station statistics
Address 221 West 1st Avenue
Spokane, WA 99201
Lines
Connections Greyhound Lines, Northwestern Trailways, Spokane Transit Authority, Amtrak Thruway Motorcoach
Platforms 1 island platform
Tracks 5
Parking Yes; paid
Baggage check Yes
Other information
Opened 1994
Accessible
Code SPK
Owned by City of Spokane
Traffic
Passengers (2011) 46,798[1]  6.9% (Amtrak)
Services
Preceding station   Amtrak   Following station
toward Seattle
Empire Builder
toward Chicago
toward Portland

The Spokane Intermodal Center is an inter-modal transport facility that serves as a station, re-fueling, and service stop for the Amtrak Empire Builder, as well as the Greyhound and Trailways station for Spokane, Washington, USA.

Spokane is unique in the operation of the Empire Builder. At Spokane, the westbound train is split into two sections; one heads to Seattle and the other to Portland. Of the cars in the arriving westbound train, the last four Superliner cars (the Sightseer Lounge, two Coaches, and a Sleeper car) go to Portland. The eastbound trains use the reverse operation, joining in Spokane.

Of the eighteen Washington stations served by Amtrak, Spokane was the sixth busiest in FY10, boarding or detraining an average of 138 passengers daily.[2]

The station and parking are owned by the City of Spokane. The platform and track are owned by BNSF Railway.[3]

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External links

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