In April 2009 we began building a new train station on the northeast corner of 271st Street NW and 84th Avenue NW in Stanwood. The station will give residents of the Stanwood-Camano Island area access to Amtrak Cascades intercity passenger trains that travel between Portland, Seattle, Vancouver, BC, and ten intermediate communities. The last time passenger trains stopped in Stanwood was over 35 years ago.
Don't you just love old photos? This is a great one. It's the old Stanwood station in the 1960's.
Crews constructed the storm water retention system in July.
Measuring for trainman’s ramp. What is a trainman's ramp? That's a good question, I didn't know either. A trainman’s ramp is a place where a train crew member who has to walk along side a freight train can easily climb on to and off a train station platform, and is a railroad safety requirement.
And here is the finished product. Beautiful! You can find the rest of the construction photos in the
Stanwood Station set on flickr. The new station will open for service on Saturday morning, November 21st, 2009! An opening ceremony will be held at the station starting at 8:45 a.m. Tickets are on sale now at
Amtrak.com.
