Ephrata, WA | |||||||||||||||||
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Location | 24 Alder Street Ephrata, Washington United States | ||||||||||||||||
Coordinates | 47°19′15″N119°32′58″W / 47.32089°N 119.54935°W | ||||||||||||||||
Owned by | City of Ephrata | ||||||||||||||||
Line(s) | BNSF Columbia River Subdivision | ||||||||||||||||
Platforms | 1 side platform | ||||||||||||||||
Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||||||||
Connections | Amtrak Thruway Grant Transit Authority Northwestern Trailways | ||||||||||||||||
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Parking | Yes | ||||||||||||||||
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Station code | Amtrak: EPH | ||||||||||||||||
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Rebuilt | 1994 | ||||||||||||||||
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FY 2022 | 2,441 [1] (Amtrak) | ||||||||||||||||
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Ephrata is a train station on Amtrak's Empire Builder line in Ephrata, Washington. The station and parking are owned by the city government, while the track and platforms are owned by BNSF Railway. [2] [3] Northwestern Trailways provides inter-city bus transportation next to the station while local transit is provided by the Grant Transit Authority. [4]
Passenger rail service to Ephrata began in 1893 with the arrival of the Great Northern Railway, particularly services like the Empire Builder and Western Star . Ephrata was the smallest town to be served by Great Northern's streamlined passenger trains through the mid-20th century. [5] After Amtrak took over the national passenger rail network in 1971, the Western Star was eliminated and the Empire Builder stopped serving Ephrata. [6] The loss of passenger rail service also affected postal deliveries to Ephrata, which were switched from trains to trucks. [7] Amtrak service to Ephrata began on June 11, 1973, with a routing change for the North Coast Hiawatha . [8] The trains stopped at an existing depot that served freight until December 1973. [9]
The Ephrata stop served few passengers and was slated for closure as part of cuts in 1977, [10] but was kept as an unstaffed station. [11] The North Coast Hiawatha was discontinued in 1979, ending passenger service to Ephrata and Wenatchee. [12] The Empire Builder returned to its original route in 1981, restoring passenger service to Ephrata. [13] [14] The existing Amtrak station was renovated and expanded to include a new multimodal transportation center and office space for the local chamber of commerce, re-opening on November 7, 1994. [15] [16]
Year | 2011 [17] | 2012 [18] | 2013 [19] | 2014 [20] | 2015 [21] | 2016 [22] | 2017 [23] | 2018 [24] |
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Total | 3,063 | 3,874 | 3,750 | 3,576 | 3,443 | 3,509 | 3,742 | 3,503 |
YOY Difference | - | 811 | -124 | -174 | -133 | 66 | 233 | -239 |
YOY Difference % | - | 26.48% | -3.20% | -4.64% | -3.72% | 1.92% | 6.64% | -6.39% |
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