06 April 2010

Everett, WA

Of Interest: buying carpet?

Tourist Office: no

Book Rack: no

Other transit: This also the local bus station and Everett Greyhound

Accessible: yes


Downtown is probably within walking distance,  but you have to cross and interstate to get to it. The station is located in an industrial area. It is not possible to walk to most businesses in the area.

Everett is the place where the Empire Builder line meets the Cascade train. The train running north to Vancouver leaves six minutes before the Empire Builder comes in. If the scheduling was changed by fifteen minutes, this would be a great place to change trains for a trip to Vancouver.

Vancouver is three hours away. There is one morning train and one evening train in each direction. Seattle is an hour to two hours away, depending on the train that you take. There are three trains a day. The Empire Builder is the third train. Its time is likely to vary as it is coming the end of a multi-day trip, but it is actually pretty on time. Going the other way, the Empire Builder takes seven hours to get to Spokane, Washington. That line continues on through Montana, North Dakota, Minnesota, and Wisconsin before ending in Chicago.

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