Fairhaven Station
Train station in Fairhaven, Washington
Fairhaven Station , also called Bellingham , is a train station serving Amtrak 's Cascades route, as well as a bus station serving Greyhound Lines and local Whatcom Transportation Authority buses, in Bellingham , Washington , United States .[ 3] Built in 1995, the station is located near the Bellingham Cruise Terminal , the southern connection for the Alaska Marine Highway .[ 4] [ 5] Water Taxi services and seasonal whale watching excursions also provide connections from the Bellingham Cruise Terminal to the San Juan Islands.[ 6]
Fairhaven Station is owned by the Port of Bellingham and is the last northbound stop in the United States on the Amtrak Cascades route before it enters Canada . (Passengers clear Canadian customs in Vancouver , so northbound trains do not stop at the border.)
Bellingham is also the northernmost Amtrak station in the contiguous U.S.
Boardings and alightings
Year
2011[ 7]
2012[ 8]
2013[ 9]
2014[ 10]
2015[ 11]
2016[ 12]
2017[ 13]
Total
59,490
64,091
55,325
54,888
51,915
50,896
51,219
Difference
-
4,601
-8,766
-437
-2,973
-1,019
323
Difference %
-
7.73%
-13.68%
-0.79%
-5.42%
-1.96%
0.63%
References
^ "Bellingham, WA (BEL)" . Amtrak . Retrieved October 2, 2013 .
^ "Amtrak Fact Sheet, Fiscal Year 2023: State of Washington" (PDF) . Amtrak . March 2024. Retrieved June 30, 2024 .
^ "Amtrak Train" . Port of Bellingham . Archived from the original on June 5, 2009. Retrieved August 28, 2010 .
^ Fairhaven Station (Plaque outside train station). Fairhaven Station: Port of Bellingham. July 21, 1995.
^ "BELLINGHAM WASHINGTON (BEL)" . TrainWeb. Retrieved August 28, 2010 .
^ "Alaska Marine Highway" . Port of Bellingham. Archived from the original on July 1, 2010. Retrieved August 28, 2010 .
^ "Amtrak Fact Sheet, Fiscal Year 2011: State of Washington" (PDF) . Amtrak . November 2011. p. 1. Retrieved January 6, 2015 .
^ "Amtrak Fact Sheet, Fiscal Year 2012: State of Washington" (PDF) . Amtrak . November 2012. p. 1. Retrieved January 6, 2015 .
^ "Amtrak Fact Sheet, Fiscal Year 2013: State of Washington" (PDF) . Amtrak . November 2013. p. 1. Retrieved January 6, 2015 .
^ "Amtrak Fact Sheet, Fiscal Year 2014: State of Washington" (PDF) . Amtrak . November 2014. p. 1. Retrieved January 12, 2016 .
^ "Amtrak Fact Sheet, Fiscal Year 2015: State of Washington" (PDF) . Amtrak . November 2015. p. 1. Retrieved January 12, 2016 .
^ "Amtrak Fact Sheet, Fiscal Year 2016, State of Washington" (PDF) . Amtrak . November 2016. Retrieved January 17, 2017 .
^ "Amtrak Fact Sheet, Fiscal Year 2017, State of Washington" (PDF) . Amtrak . November 2016. Retrieved December 13, 2017 .
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