Washington

State Details

See Wikipedia; also see United States for information relating to the country as a whole, and the national operator Amtrak.

Maps

Washington is covered by the SPV "North America Railroad Atlas" volume Pacific North West.

Rail Operators

There are various Amtrak services in Washington:

• long-distance: between the Coast Starlight between Seattle and Los Angeles, the Empire Builder between Seattle / Portland (Oregon) and Chicago
• international / regional : between Eugene (Oregon) and Vancouver (British Columbia, Canada) he Northeast Corridor and places in Virginia.

Sound Transit

Sound Transit operates commuter rail services on two routes between Everett and Seattle and Seattle and Tacoma and two light-rail routes around Seattle.

• Infrastructure: see national details.
• Journey planner with map: map page
• Timetables: schedules page
• Service disruptions: service changes pages

Note: The Sound Transit routes between Everett, Seattle and Tacoma are also used by Amtrak services.

Tourist Lines

See Wikipedia

Metro and light rail systems

Seattle

Infrastructure

• Gauge: standard
• Electrification: overhead
• Rule of the road:

Information

• Journey planner and map: see page
• Engineering work and service disruptions: service changes pages

See also UrbanRail.

Updated May 2025

Obscure or Sparse Passenger Services

See USA - Lines with Obscure or Sparse passenger services - Washington State.