Bingen–White Salmon is a train station in Bingen, Washington served by Amtrak. The unstaffed station is part of a larger BNSF dispatch center located one block south of Stuben Street (SR 14) in Bingen. The building is orangish-yellow in color.
Bingen–White Salmon, WA | |||||||||||||
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| Location | 313 West Depot Street Bingen, Washington United States | ||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 45°42′54″N 121°28′08″W / 45.7151°N 121.4688°W | ||||||||||||
| Owned by | BNSF Railway | ||||||||||||
| Line(s) | BNSF Fallbridge Subdivision | ||||||||||||
| Platforms | 1 side platform | ||||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||||
| Connections |  Mount Adams Transportation Service[1] | ||||||||||||
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| Parking | Yes | ||||||||||||
| Accessible | Yes | ||||||||||||
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| Station code | Amtrak: BNG | ||||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||||
| Opened | December 15, 1907 (Portland and Seattle Railway)[2] October 25, 1981[3] | ||||||||||||
| Rebuilt | 1992 | ||||||||||||
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| FY 2023 | 2,620[4] (Amtrak) | ||||||||||||
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Rail service through Bingen and nearby White Salmon began on December 15, 1907, when regular service began on the Portland and Seattle Railway.[2] The station was named after both Bingen and nearby White Salmon by a court order in 1910,[5] and formally introduced in 1930 by the Spokane, Portland and Seattle Railway.[6] The current station was built in 1992.[6]
References
edit- ^ "Fixed Route Service". Klickikat County. July 1, 2021. Retrieved April 4, 2022.
- ^ a b "Portland & Seattle Railway Starts Regular Trains Today". The Spokesman-Review. December 15, 1907. p. 45. Retrieved January 19, 2020 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Amtrak Timetable Changes - Effective October 1, 1981". timetables.org. Amtrak. October 1, 1981. p. 6. Retrieved November 22, 2018.
- ^ "Amtrak Fact Sheet, Fiscal Year 2023: State of Washington" (PDF). Amtrak. March 2024. Retrieved June 30, 2024.
- ^ Fifth Annual Report of the Railroad Commission of Washington. Olympia, Washington: E. L. Boardman. December 1910. p. 131. Retrieved February 24, 2018 – via Google Books.
- ^ a b "Bingen-White Salmon, WA (BNG)". Great American Stations. Amtrak. Retrieved February 24, 2018.
External links
edit- Bingen, WA – Amtrak
- Bingen, WA – Station history at Great American Stations (Amtrak)
- Amtrak Stations Database
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