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.
Recent and Future Changes
Recent Changes
on 10 May 2025 SOUND Transit opened a 5.4km extension of Line 2, running from the previous terminus at Redmond Technology and adding two new stations at Marymoor Village and Downtown Redmond.
The initial 10.6km line that runs northeast from South Bellevue to Redmond Technology opened on April 27 2024. The final 6.4km section of Line 2, which will run west from South Bellevue across Lake Washington to International District/Chinatown in the city centre via Mercer Island and Judkins Park, is also scheduled to open within the next 12 months.
Future Changes
See [ https://www.soundtransit.org/system-expansion system expansion pages]
Updated May 2025
Obscure or Sparse Passenger Services
See USA - Lines with Obscure or Sparse passenger services - Washington State.
